Daniel J. Povinelli

13.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
109 papers, 7.6k citations indexed

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Daniel J. Povinelli is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Social Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel J. Povinelli has authored 109 papers receiving a total of 7.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 72 papers in Social Psychology and 36 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Daniel J. Povinelli's work include Child and Animal Learning Development (75 papers), Primate Behavior and Ecology (59 papers) and Action Observation and Synchronization (15 papers). Daniel J. Povinelli is often cited by papers focused on Child and Animal Learning Development (75 papers), Primate Behavior and Ecology (59 papers) and Action Observation and Synchronization (15 papers). Daniel J. Povinelli collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Canada. Daniel J. Povinelli's co-authors include Derek C. Penn, Timothy J. Eddy, Jennifer Vonk, Keith J. Holyoak, Donna T. Bierschwale, Sarah T. Boysen, Gordon G. Gallup, James E. Reaux, Melinda A. Novak and Laura Theall and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Daniel J. Povinelli

108 papers receiving 7.0k citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Daniel J. Povinelli United States	45	4.4k	4.2k	2.6k	1.1k	1.1k	109	7.6k
Kim A. Bard United States	40	3.8k 0.9×	2.8k 0.7×	1.4k 0.5×	777 0.7×	757 0.7×	114	5.4k
Steven J. Schapiro United States	45	4.2k 0.9×	1.4k 0.3×	1.7k 0.7×	921 0.8×	1.2k 1.1×	209	7.2k
Cecilia Heyes United Kingdom	57	8.2k 1.9×	4.8k 1.1×	5.8k 2.2×	1.9k 1.7×	721 0.7×	169	12.8k
Tetsuro Matsuzawa Japan	57	6.7k 1.5×	3.4k 0.8×	2.1k 0.8×	1.4k 1.2×	1.4k 1.3×	287	10.2k
David Premack United States	37	3.9k 0.9×	5.6k 1.3×	4.0k 1.5×	1.8k 1.6×	427 0.4×	85	10.9k
Elisabetta Visalberghi Italy	53	5.8k 1.3×	2.6k 0.6×	1.4k 0.5×	779 0.7×	556 0.5×	185	7.8k
Pier Francesco Ferrari Italy	47	5.7k 1.3×	2.2k 0.5×	4.1k 1.6×	1.6k 1.4×	491 0.5×	131	8.2k
Thomas R. Zentall United States	54	2.2k 0.5×	5.7k 1.4×	3.3k 1.3×	1.0k 0.9×	627 0.6×	440	10.9k
Michael C. Corballis New Zealand	59	3.1k 0.7×	3.9k 0.9×	8.8k 3.3×	3.4k 3.1×	463 0.4×	322	13.5k
William D. Hopkins United States	62	6.8k 1.5×	4.3k 1.0×	8.5k 3.2×	1.4k 1.3×	1.1k 1.0×	360	13.0k

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Povinelli, Daniel J., et al.. (2019). Introduction: The Perplexities of Water. Journal of Folklore Research. 56(2). 1–13. 1 indexed citations

Pruett, John R., Sridhar Kandala, Steven E. Petersen, & Daniel J. Povinelli. (2015). Brief Report: Theory of Mind, Relational Reasoning, and Social Responsiveness in Children With and Without Autism: Demonstration of Feasibility for a Larger-Scale Study. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 45(7). 2243–2251. 9 indexed citations

Okamoto‐Barth, Sanae, Chris Moore, J. Barth, Francys Subiaul, & Daniel J. Povinelli. (2010). Carryover effect of joint attention to repeated events in chimpanzees and young children. Developmental Science. 14(2). 440–452. 6 indexed citations

Moore, Chris & Daniel J. Povinelli. (2007). Differences in How 12‐ and 24‐Month‐Olds Interpret the Gaze of Adults. Infancy. 11(3). 215–231. 14 indexed citations

Silk, Joan B., Sarah F. Brosnan, Jennifer Vonk, et al.. (2005). Chimpanzees are indifferent to the welfare of unrelated group members. Nature. 437(7063). 1357–1359. 336 indexed citations

Gallup, Gordon G., et al.. (2003). An 8-year longitudinal study of mirror self-recognition in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Neuropsychologia. 41(2). 229–234. 46 indexed citations

Povinelli, Daniel J. & Jennifer Vonk. (2003). Chimpanzee minds: suspiciously human?. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 7(4). 157–160. 263 indexed citations

Povinelli, Daniel J., et al.. (2002). Psychological Diversity in Chimpanzees and Humans: New Longitudinal Assessments of Chimpanzees’ Understanding of Attention. Brain Behavior and Evolution. 59(1-2). 33–53. 25 indexed citations

Povinelli, Daniel J. & Sarah Dunphy‐Lelii. (2001). Do chimpanzees seek explanations? Preliminary comparative investigations.. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology/Revue canadienne de psychologie expérimentale. 55(2). 185–193. 39 indexed citations

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Povinelli, Daniel J.. (2000). Folk Physics for Apes: The Chimpanzee's Theory of How the World Works. DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library). 18 indexed citations

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Sterling, Eleanor J. & Daniel J. Povinelli. (1999). Tool Use, Aye-Ayes, and Sensorimotor Intelligence. Folia Primatologica. 70(1). 8–16. 12 indexed citations

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Povinelli, Daniel J., et al.. (1998). Young and juvenile chimpanzees' (Pan troglodytes) reactions to intentional versus accidental and inadvertent actions. Behavioural Processes. 42(2-3). 205–218. 41 indexed citations

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Povinelli, Daniel J.. (1996). GROWING UP APE. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development. 61(3). 174–189. 11 indexed citations

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Povinelli, Daniel J., et al.. (1996). Self-Recognition in Young Children Using Delayed versus Live Feedback: Evidence of a Developmental Asynchrony. Child Development. 67(4). 1540–1540. 116 indexed citations

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Povinelli, Daniel J. & Todd M. Preuss. (1995). Theory of mind: evolutionary history of a cognitive specialization. Trends in Neurosciences. 18(9). 418–424. 159 indexed citations

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Povinelli, Daniel J.. (1995). Arboreal Clambering and the Evolution of Self-Conception. The Quarterly Review of Biology. 70(4). 393–421. 109 indexed citations

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Povinelli, Daniel J., et al.. (1994). Differences between chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and humans (Homo sapiens) in the resting state of the index finger: Implications for pointing.. Journal of comparative psychology. 108(2). 134–139. 76 indexed citations

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Povinelli, Daniel J., et al.. (1993). Self-recognition in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): Distribution, ontogeny, and patterns of emergence.. Journal of comparative psychology. 107(4). 347–372. 181 indexed citations

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Povinelli, Daniel J., et al.. (1992). Young children's (Homo sapiens) understanding of knowledge formation in themselves and others.. Journal of comparative psychology. 106(3). 228–238. 205 indexed citations

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Povinelli, Daniel J., Kathleen A. Parks, & Melinda A. Novak. (1991). Do rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) attribute knowledge and ignorance to others?. Journal of comparative psychology. 105(4). 318–325. 127 indexed citations

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