Andrew R. A. Conway

20.9k total citations · 9 hit papers
84 papers, 13.9k citations indexed

About

Andrew R. A. Conway is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Andrew R. A. Conway has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 13.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 51 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 21 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Andrew R. A. Conway's work include Cognitive Abilities and Testing (42 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (35 papers) and Cognitive Science and Mapping (14 papers). Andrew R. A. Conway is often cited by papers focused on Cognitive Abilities and Testing (42 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (35 papers) and Cognitive Science and Mapping (14 papers). Andrew R. A. Conway collaborates with scholars based in United States, Hungary and Netherlands. Andrew R. A. Conway's co-authors include Randall W. Engle, Michael J. Kane, Stephen W. Tuholski, Michael F. Bunting, James E. Laughlin, Nelson Cowan, Oliver Wilhelm, M. Kathryn Bleckley, Gregory J. H. Colflesh and Kristóf Kovács and has published in prestigious journals such as Psychological Bulletin, NeuroImage and American Psychologist.

In The Last Decade

Andrew R. A. Conway

82 papers receiving 13.3k citations

Hit Papers

Working memory, short-term memory, and general fluid inte... 1999 2026 2008 2017 1999 2005 2001 2005 2003 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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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.

  1. Working memory, short-term memory, and general fluid intelligence: A latent-variable approach.
    1999 2.2k citations Randall W. Engle, Stephen W. Tuholski et al. Journal of Experimental Psychology General profile →
  2. Working memory span tasks: A methodological review and user’s guide
    2005 2.0k citations Andrew R. A. Conway, Michael J. Kane et al. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review profile →
  3. A controlled-attention view of working-memory capacity.
    2001 1000 citations Michael J. Kane, Andrew R. A. Conway et al. Journal of Experimental Psychology General profile →
  4. On the capacity of attention: Its estimation and its role in working memory and cognitive aptitudes
    2005 844 citations Nelson Cowan, Candice C. Morey et al. profile →
  5. Working memory capacity and its relation to general intelligence
    2003 834 citations Andrew R. A. Conway, Michael J. Kane et al. profile →
  6. A latent variable analysis of working memory capacity, short-term memory capacity, processing speed, and general fluid intelligence
    2002 773 citations Andrew R. A. Conway, Nelson Cowan et al. profile →
  7. Working memory, attention control, and the n-back task: A question of construct validity.
    2007 653 citations Michael J. Kane, Andrew R. A. Conway et al. profile →
  8. The cocktail party phenomenon revisited: The importance of working memory capacity
    2001 624 citations Andrew R. A. Conway, Nelson Cowan et al. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review profile →
  9. Working memory, short-term memory, and general fluid intelligence: A latent-variable approach.
    1999 611 citations Randall W. Engle, Stephen W. Tuholski et al. Journal of Experimental Psychology General profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Andrew R. A. Conway United States 36 8.7k 6.5k 4.1k 1.5k 1.3k 84 13.9k
Reinhold Kliegl Germany 67 11.0k 1.3× 4.2k 0.6× 6.5k 1.6× 1.5k 1.0× 2.1k 1.6× 259 16.9k
Nelson Cowan United States 74 16.6k 1.9× 8.1k 1.2× 6.1k 1.5× 2.3k 1.6× 1.9k 1.5× 301 23.6k
Klaus Oberauer Switzerland 64 10.3k 1.2× 5.4k 0.8× 2.3k 0.6× 1.5k 1.0× 1.5k 1.2× 229 14.6k
Lynn Hasher Canada 71 14.1k 1.6× 6.8k 1.0× 5.0k 1.2× 2.7k 1.8× 1.3k 1.0× 218 20.7k
Robert H. Logie United Kingdom 60 7.7k 0.9× 4.3k 0.7× 3.1k 0.8× 1.2k 0.8× 1.1k 0.9× 251 13.1k
Walter Schneider United States 30 8.5k 1.0× 3.6k 0.6× 3.1k 0.8× 2.5k 1.7× 1.0k 0.8× 67 13.7k
David A. Balota United States 73 14.3k 1.6× 5.3k 0.8× 8.6k 2.1× 1.9k 1.3× 2.6k 2.0× 242 19.0k
Nash Unsworth United States 52 7.5k 0.9× 4.9k 0.8× 2.1k 0.5× 1.0k 0.7× 975 0.8× 133 10.2k
David Z. Hambrick United States 45 4.2k 0.5× 3.7k 0.6× 2.7k 0.7× 1.5k 1.0× 697 0.5× 116 9.3k
Priti Shah United States 35 3.7k 0.4× 3.6k 0.6× 2.5k 0.6× 860 0.6× 962 0.7× 90 8.9k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Conway, Andrew R. A., et al.. (2024). Simulating the process overlap theory of intelligence: A unified framework bridging psychometric and cognitive perspectives. Personality and Individual Differences. 233. 112865–112865.
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Tang, Rongxiang, et al.. (2022). The Dual Mechanisms of Cognitive Control (DMCC) project: Validation of an online behavioural task battery. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 76(7). 1457–1480. 10 indexed citations
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Kovács, Kristóf, et al.. (2021). Investigating the Structure of Intelligence Using Latent Variable and Psychometric Network Modeling: A Commentary and Reanalysis. Journal of Intelligence. 9(1). 8–8. 8 indexed citations
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Conway, Andrew R. A., et al.. (2021). Individual Differences in Attention and Intelligence: A United Cognitive/Psychometric Approach. Journal of Intelligence. 9(3). 34–34. 24 indexed citations
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Conway, Andrew R. A., et al.. (2021). The impact of auditory distraction on reading comprehension: An individual differences investigation. Memory & Cognition. 50(4). 852–863. 8 indexed citations
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Conway, Andrew R. A., et al.. (2021). Working memory capacity and dual mechanisms of cognitive control: An experimental-correlational approach. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 75(10). 1793–1809. 5 indexed citations
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Conway, Andrew R. A., et al.. (2020). The Role of Non-Cognitive Factors in the SAT Remains Unclear: A Commentary on Hannon (2019). Journal of Intelligence. 8(2). 15–15. 1 indexed citations
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Kovács, Kristóf, Dylan Molenaar, & Andrew R. A. Conway. (2019). The domain specificity of working memory is a matter of ability. Journal of Memory and Language. 109. 104048–104048. 12 indexed citations
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Kovács, Kristóf & Andrew R. A. Conway. (2019). A unified cognitive/differential approach to human intelligence: Implications for IQ Testing.. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition. 8(3). 255–272. 52 indexed citations
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Kovács, Kristóf, et al.. (2019). Psychometric Network Analysis of the Hungarian WAIS. Journal of Intelligence. 7(3). 21–21. 28 indexed citations
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Oberauer, Klaus, Stephan Lewandowsky, Edward Awh, et al.. (2018). Benchmarks for models of short-term and working memory.. Psychological Bulletin. 144(9). 885–958. 226 indexed citations
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Alfano, Mark, et al.. (2017). Intelligence, Race, and Psychological Testing. Oxford University Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Macnamara, Brooke N. & Andrew R. A. Conway. (2015). Working memory capacity as a predictor of simultaneous language interpreting performance.. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition. 5(4). 434–444. 30 indexed citations
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Snellenberg, Jared X. Van, et al.. (2014). Capacity estimates in working memory: Reliability and interrelationships among tasks. Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience. 14(1). 106–116. 9 indexed citations
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Burgess, Gregory C., Jeremy R. Gray, Andrew R. A. Conway, & Todd S. Braver. (2011). Neural mechanisms of interference control underlie the relationship between fluid intelligence and working memory span.. Journal of Experimental Psychology General. 140(4). 674–692. 176 indexed citations
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Conway, Andrew R. A., et al.. (2005). Working memory span tasks: A methodological review and user’s guide. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. 12(5). 769–786. 2003 indexed citations breakdown →
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Conway, Andrew R. A., Stephen W. Tuholski, Rebecca J. Shisler, & Randall W. Engle. (1999). The effect of memory load on negative priming: An individual differences investigation. Memory & Cognition. 27(6). 1042–1050. 113 indexed citations
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Conway, Andrew R. A. & Randall W. Engle. (1994). Working memory and retrieval: A resource-dependent inhibition model.. Journal of Experimental Psychology General. 123(4). 354–373. 360 indexed citations
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Conway, Andrew R. A. & Randall W. Engle. (1994). Working memory and retrieval: A resource-dependent inhibition model.. Journal of Experimental Psychology General. 123(4). 354–373. 307 indexed citations

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