Charles J. Brainerd

17.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
220 papers, 12.1k citations indexed

About

Charles J. Brainerd is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Charles J. Brainerd has authored 220 papers receiving a total of 12.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 129 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 68 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 63 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Charles J. Brainerd's work include Memory Processes and Influences (116 papers), Deception detection and forensic psychology (57 papers) and Child and Animal Learning Development (45 papers). Charles J. Brainerd is often cited by papers focused on Memory Processes and Influences (116 papers), Deception detection and forensic psychology (57 papers) and Child and Animal Learning Development (45 papers). Charles J. Brainerd collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Charles J. Brainerd's co-authors include Valerie F. Reyna, Michael Pressley, Mark L. Howe, J. Philippe Rushton, A. H. Mojardín, Johannes Kingma, Robyn E. Holliday, Ron Wright, Stephen J. Ceci and Linda S. Siegel and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Psychological Bulletin and Psychological Review.

In The Last Decade

Charles J. Brainerd

211 papers receiving 11.1k citations

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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.

Fuzzy-trace theory: An interim synthesis

1995 845 citations Valerie F. Reyna, Charles J. Brainerd profile →
Behavioral development and construct validity: The principle of aggregation.

1983 802 citations Charles J. Brainerd, Michael Pressley et al. Psychological Bulletin profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Effects of emotional ambiguity and emotional intensity on true and false memory 2024 ·Memory & Cognition ·Min Chang, Charles J. Brainerd	1
2	A fundamental asymmetry in human memory: Old ≠ not-new and new ≠ not-old. 2021 ·Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition ·Charles J. Brainerd, (unknown), Min Chang, (unknown)	5
3	Verbatim editing: A general model of recollection rejection. 2019 ·Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition ·Charles J. Brainerd, (unknown), Min Chang, (unknown)	5
4	How reasoning, judgment, and decision making are colored by gist-based intuition: A fuzzy-trace theory approach. 2015 ·Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition ·Jonathan C. Corbin, Valerie F. Reyna, Rebecca B. Weldon, Charles J. Brainerd	47
5	Conjunction illusions and conjunction fallacies in episodic memory. 2014 ·Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition ·Charles J. Brainerd, Robyn E. Holliday, (unknown), Valerie F. Reyna	10
6	Reliability of children’s testimony in the era of developmental reversals 2012 ·Developmental Review ·Charles J. Brainerd, Valerie F. Reyna	48
7	Trichotomous processes in early memory development, aging, and neurocognitive impairment: A unified theory. 2009 ·Psychological Review ·Charles J. Brainerd, Valerie F. Reyna, Mark L. Howe	66
8	Developmental reversals in false memory: A review of data and theory. 2008 ·Psychological Bulletin ·Charles J. Brainerd, Valerie F. Reyna, Stephen J. Ceci	249
9	Recollection rejection of false narrative statements 2006 ·Memory ·Charles J. Brainerd, Valerie F. Reyna, Steven Estrada	30
10	Forward Association, Backward Association, and the False-Memory Illusion. 2005 ·Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition ·Charles J. Brainerd, Ron Wright	37
11	Prognostic value of concordant seizure focus localizing data in the selection of temporal lobectomy candidates 2002 ·Neurological Research ·David M. Labiner, Martin Weinand, Charles J. Brainerd, Geoffrey L. Ahern, Anne M. Herring, Miguel Melgar	11
12	Fuzzy-Trace Theory and False Memory: New Frontiers 1998 ·Journal of Experimental Child Psychology ·Valerie F. Reyna, Charles J. Brainerd	97
13	ISSUES AND QUESTIONS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORGETTING 1990 ·Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development ·Charles J. Brainerd	3
14	Cognitive development in adulthood : progress in cognitive development research 1988 ·Springer eBooks ·Mark L. Howe, Charles J. Brainerd	141
15	Formal methods in developmental psychology : progress in cognitive development research 1987 ·Springer eBooks ·Jeffrey Bisanz, Charles J. Brainerd, Robert V. Kail	45
16	Basic processes in memory development : progress in cognitive development research 1985 ·Springer eBooks ·Charles J. Brainerd, Michael Pressley	141
17	Recent advances in cognitive-developmental theory : progress in cognitive development research 1983 ·Springer eBooks ·Charles J. Brainerd	13
18	What, When, and How about Why: A Longitudinal Study of Early Expressions of Causality 1979 ·Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development ·Lois Hood, Lois Bloom, Charles J. Brainerd	111
19	Structural/process models of complex human behavior : [proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Structural/Process Theories of Complex Human Behavior, Banff, Alberta, Canada, June 18-26, 1977] 1978 ·Joseph M. Scandura, Charles J. Brainerd	8
20	Training and Transfer of Transitivity, Conservation, and Class Inclusion of Length 1974 ·Child Development ·Charles J. Brainerd	43

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