Adele Abrahamsen

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Adele Abrahamsen is a scholar working on History and Philosophy of Science, Cognitive Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Adele Abrahamsen has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in History and Philosophy of Science, 9 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 5 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Adele Abrahamsen's work include Philosophy and History of Science (9 papers), Circadian rhythm and melatonin (4 papers) and Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies (3 papers). Adele Abrahamsen is often cited by papers focused on Philosophy and History of Science (9 papers), Circadian rhythm and melatonin (4 papers) and Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies (3 papers). Adele Abrahamsen collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. Adele Abrahamsen's co-authors include William Bechtel, Daniel C. Burnston, Mike Oaksford, Charan Ranganath, Ray Jackendoff, Jesse Prinz, Barbara Von Eckardt, Élisabeth Pacherie, Gregory L. Murphy and Sara J. Shettleworth and has published in prestigious journals such as Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Cognitive Science and Heart Rhythm.

In The Last Decade

Adele Abrahamsen

25 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Adele Abrahamsen United States 11 613 367 313 154 146 26 1.3k
Stuart Glennan United States 12 736 1.2× 139 0.4× 287 0.9× 61 0.4× 98 0.7× 27 1.2k
Peter Machamer United States 13 1.2k 1.9× 339 0.9× 405 1.3× 153 1.0× 260 1.8× 51 2.2k
William C. Wimsatt United States 15 584 1.0× 192 0.5× 216 0.7× 62 0.4× 122 0.8× 33 1.4k
Barbara Von Eckardt United States 9 496 0.8× 603 1.6× 119 0.4× 293 1.9× 377 2.6× 19 1.9k
Gualtiero Piccinini United States 27 692 1.1× 1.0k 2.8× 160 0.5× 325 2.1× 462 3.2× 75 2.0k
Claus Emmeche Denmark 19 318 0.5× 189 0.5× 178 0.6× 65 0.4× 81 0.6× 50 1.1k
Michael Strevens United States 18 696 1.1× 136 0.4× 85 0.3× 162 1.1× 235 1.6× 50 1.2k
Jeffrey S. Poland United States 5 426 0.7× 82 0.2× 101 0.3× 62 0.4× 82 0.6× 6 914
David M. Kaplan United States 25 583 1.0× 634 1.7× 211 0.7× 353 2.3× 700 4.8× 84 2.6k
Larry Wright United States 10 371 0.6× 232 0.6× 70 0.2× 57 0.4× 166 1.1× 29 963

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Adele Abrahamsen

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Abrahamsen, Adele, et al.. (2017). Explaining visually using mechanism diagrams. 238–254. 1 indexed citations
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Bechtel, William, et al.. (2014). Representing Time in Scientific Diagrams. Cognitive Science. 36(36). 4 indexed citations
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Abrahamsen, Adele & William Bechtel. (2014). Diagrams as Tools for Scientific Reasoning. Review of Philosophy and Psychology. 6(1). 117–131. 14 indexed citations
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Frankish, Keith, Adele Abrahamsen, Barbara Von Eckardt, et al.. (2012). The Cambridge Handbook of Cognitive Science. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 43 indexed citations
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Bechtel, William & Adele Abrahamsen. (2012). Diagramming Phenomena for Mechanistic Explanation. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 34(34). 9 indexed citations
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Bechtel, William & Adele Abrahamsen. (2012). Thinking Dynamically About Biological Mechanisms: Networks of Coupled Oscillators. Foundations of Science. 18(4). 707–723. 40 indexed citations
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Bechtel, William & Adele Abrahamsen. (2010). Dynamic mechanistic explanation: computational modeling of circadian rhythms as an exemplar for cognitive science. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A. 41(3). 321–333. 139 indexed citations
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Bechtel, William & Adele Abrahamsen. (2010). Understanding the Brain as an Endogenously Active Mechanism. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 32(32). 1 indexed citations
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Bechtel, William & Adele Abrahamsen. (2008). From reduction back to higher levels. Heart Rhythm. 30(30). 1446–51. 9 indexed citations
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Bechtel, William & Adele Abrahamsen. (2006). In Search of Mitochondrial Mechanisms: Interfield Excursions between Cell Biology and Biochemistry. Journal of the History of Biology. 40(1). 1–33. 8 indexed citations
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Abrahamsen, Adele & William Bechtel. (2006). Phenomena and mechanisms: Putting the symbolic, connectionist, and dynamical systems debate in broader perspective. 16 indexed citations
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Bechtel, William & Adele Abrahamsen. (2006). In Search of Mitochondrial Mechanisms: Interfield Excursions between Cell Biology and Biochemistry. Journal of the History of Biology. 7 indexed citations
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Bechtel, William & Adele Abrahamsen. (2005). Explanation: a mechanist alternative. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences. 36(2). 421–441. 637 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bechtel, William & Adele Abrahamsen. (2002). Connectionism and the Mind: Parallel Processing, Dynamics, and Evolution in Networks. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 97 indexed citations
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Abrahamsen, Adele. (1993). Cognizers’Innards and Connectionist Nets: A Holy Alliance?. Mind & Language. 8(4). 520–530. 1 indexed citations
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Bechtel, William & Adele Abrahamsen. (1992). Connectionism and the future of folk psychology. 6 indexed citations
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Bechtel, William & Adele Abrahamsen. (1991). Connectionism and the Mind. 181 indexed citations
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Bechtel, William & Adele Abrahamsen. (1988). Learning, reward, and cognitive differences. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 11(3). 448–449.
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Abrahamsen, Adele. (1987). Bridging boundaries versus breaking boundaries: Psycholinguistics in perspective. Synthese. 72(3). 355–388. 20 indexed citations
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Abrahamsen, Adele. (1985). Is the sign advantage a robust phenomenon? From gesture to language in two modalities.. Merrill-palmer Quarterly. 31(2). 177–209. 32 indexed citations

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