Adrienne Wente

505 total citations · 1 hit paper
7 papers, 268 citations indexed

About

Adrienne Wente is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Social Psychology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Adrienne Wente has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 268 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 3 papers in Social Psychology and 2 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Adrienne Wente's work include Child and Animal Learning Development (4 papers), Cultural Differences and Values (3 papers) and Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills (2 papers). Adrienne Wente is often cited by papers focused on Child and Animal Learning Development (4 papers), Cultural Differences and Values (3 papers) and Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills (2 papers). Adrienne Wente collaborates with scholars based in United States, Peru and United Kingdom. Adrienne Wente's co-authors include Alison Gopnik, Sophie Bridgers, Christopher G. Lucas, Hoki Fung, Thomas L. Griffiths, Ronald E. Dahl, Rosie Aboody, Tamar Kushnir, Teresa García and Elizabeth Seiver and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Child Development and Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Adrienne Wente

7 papers receiving 260 citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Changes in cognitive flexibility and hypothesis search across human life history from childhood to adolescence to adulthood

2017 188 citations Alison Gopnik, Christopher G. Lucas et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Adrienne Wente United States	6	115	75	72	63	48	7	268
Rosie Aboody United States	6	130 1.1×	70 0.9×	63 0.9×	61 1.0×	69 1.4×	18	292
Mika Asaba United States	7	111 1.0×	93 1.2×	80 1.1×	37 0.6×	34 0.7×	20	215
Valerie San Juan Canada	9	136 1.2×	128 1.7×	46 0.6×	81 1.3×	50 1.0×	17	296
Stipe Grgas Croatia	2	244 2.1×	119 1.6×	113 1.6×	42 0.7×	29 0.6×	18	327
Diana Selmeczy United States	11	109 0.9×	218 2.9×	100 1.4×	71 1.1×	39 0.8×	22	351
Kristi L. Lockhart United States	11	229 2.0×	101 1.3×	152 2.1×	79 1.3×	113 2.4×	21	412
Elisa Back United Kingdom	7	151 1.3×	193 2.6×	70 1.0×	71 1.1×	20 0.4×	18	300
Erika Nurmsoo United Kingdom	9	328 2.9×	95 1.3×	59 0.8×	49 0.8×	62 1.3×	15	378
Filippo Domaneschi Italy	13	107 0.9×	115 1.5×	72 1.0×	229 3.6×	41 0.9×	49	430
Carolyn A. Schult United States	8	290 2.5×	105 1.4×	117 1.6×	37 0.6×	33 0.7×	9	380

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Adrienne Wente

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7 of 7 papers shown

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Wente, Adrienne, et al.. (2022). Causal learning, counterfactual reasoning and pretend play: a cross-cultural comparison of Peruvian, mixed- and low-socioeconomic status U.S. children. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 377(1866). 20210345–20210345. 10 indexed citations

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Wente, Adrienne, et al.. (2021). Culture moderates the relationship between self-control ability and free will beliefs in childhood. Cognition. 210. 104609–104609. 27 indexed citations

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Wente, Adrienne, et al.. (2019). Young Children Are Wishful Thinkers: The Development of Wishful Thinking in 3- to 10-Year-Old Children. Child Development. 91(4). 1166–1182. 10 indexed citations

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Wente, Adrienne, et al.. (2017). Causal Learning Across Culture and Socioeconomic Status. Child Development. 90(3). 859–875. 12 indexed citations

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Gopnik, Alison, Christopher G. Lucas, Thomas L. Griffiths, et al.. (2017). Changes in cognitive flexibility and hypothesis search across human life history from childhood to adolescence to adulthood. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(30). 7892–7899. 188 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wente, Adrienne, et al.. (2016). The Relationship Between Inhibitory Control and Free Will Beliefs in 4-to 6-Year-Old-Children.. Cognitive Science. 3 indexed citations

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Wente, Adrienne, et al.. (2016). How Universal Are Free Will Beliefs? Cultural Differences in Chinese and U.S. 4- and 6-Year-Olds. Child Development. 87(3). 666–676. 18 indexed citations

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