# Rutvik H. Desai

**Type:** Researchers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/researchers/rutvik-h-desai/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Citations | 11,664 |
| Field | Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism |
| h-index | 36 |
| i10-index | 57 |
| Last Known Institution | University of South Carolina |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/A5056374962 |
| ORCID iD | 0000-0002-7937-5109 |
| Works | 105 |

## Researcher papers

- [Where Is the Semantic System? A Critical Review and Meta-Analysis of 120 Functional Neuroimaging Studies](https://scholariq.org/papers/where-is-the-semantic-system-a-critical-review-and-meta-analysis-of-120/)
- [The neurobiology of semantic memory](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-neurobiology-of-semantic-memory/)
- [A new method for improving functional-to-structural MRI alignment using local Pearson correlation](https://scholariq.org/papers/a-new-method-for-improving-functional-to-structural-mri-alignment-using-local/)
- [Toward a brain-based componential semantic representation](https://scholariq.org/papers/toward-a-brain-based-componential-semantic-representation/)
- [The Neural Career of Sensory-motor Metaphors](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-neural-career-of-sensory-motor-metaphors/)
- [Concept Representation Reflects Multimodal Abstraction: A Framework for Embodied Semantics](https://scholariq.org/papers/concept-representation-reflects-multimodal-abstraction-a-framework-for-embodied/)
- [Neural Systems for Reading Aloud: A Multiparametric Approach](https://scholariq.org/papers/neural-systems-for-reading-aloud-a-multiparametric-approach/)
- [Some neurophysiological constraints on models of word naming](https://scholariq.org/papers/some-neurophysiological-constraints-on-models-of-word-naming/)
- [A piece of the action: Modulation of sensory-motor regions by action idioms and metaphors](https://scholariq.org/papers/a-piece-of-the-action-modulation-of-sensory-motor-regions-by-action-idioms-and/)
- [Parkinson’s disease disrupts both automatic and controlled processing of action verbs](https://scholariq.org/papers/parkinson-s-disease-disrupts-both-automatic-and-controlled-processing-of-action/)

## Researcher topics

- [Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism](https://scholariq.org/topics/neurobiology-of-language-and-bilingualism/)
- [Action Observation and Synchronization](https://scholariq.org/topics/action-observation-and-synchronization/)
- [Language, Metaphor, and Cognition](https://scholariq.org/topics/language-metaphor-and-cognition/)
- [Reading and Literacy Development](https://scholariq.org/topics/reading-and-literacy-development/)
- [Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies](https://scholariq.org/topics/neural-and-behavioral-psychology-studies/)

## Researcher university

- [University of South Carolina](https://scholariq.org/institutions/university-of-south-carolina/)

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