Daniel Smilek

15.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
194 papers, 10.3k citations indexed

About

Daniel Smilek is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel Smilek has authored 194 papers receiving a total of 10.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 167 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 89 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 23 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Daniel Smilek's work include Mind wandering and attention (101 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (88 papers) and Visual perception and processing mechanisms (40 papers). Daniel Smilek is often cited by papers focused on Mind wandering and attention (101 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (88 papers) and Visual perception and processing mechanisms (40 papers). Daniel Smilek collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Daniel Smilek's co-authors include Paul Seli, Jonathan S. A. Carriere, John D. Eastwood, Philip M. Merikle, James Allan Cheyne, J. Allan Cheyne, Mike J. Dixon, Evan F. Risko, Alexandra Frischen and David R. Thomson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Neuron and Psychological Bulletin.

In The Last Decade

Daniel Smilek

185 papers receiving 10.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The Unengaged Mind

2012 572 citations Daniel Smilek et al. profile →
Mind-Wandering as a Natural Kind: A Family-Resemblances View

2018 248 citations Paul Seli, Jonathan Smallwood et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Mind wandering on command 2024 ·Frontiers in Psychology ·Adrian B. Safati, Thomas H. Carr, Cassandra J. Lowe, Daniel Smilek	0
2	Examining the relation between oral contraceptive use and attentional engagement in everyday life 2023 ·Frontiers in Human Neuroscience ·(unknown), Jeremy Marty-Dugas, Daniel Smilek	3
3	Examining the relation between perfectionism and mind-wandering 2023 ·Journal of Research in Personality ·(unknown), (unknown), Jonathan S. A. Carriere, Daniel Smilek	1
4	Do Rising Opportunity Costs Lead to Increases in Media Multitasking Over Time? 2023 ·Media Psychology ·(unknown), Brandon C. W. Ralph, James Danckert, Daniel Smilek	2
5	Comparing attentional disengagement between Prolific and MTurk samples 2023 ·Scientific Reports ·(unknown), Daniel Smilek	48
6	The impact of a global pandemic on undergraduate learning experiences: One year later 2022 ·Trends in Neuroscience and Education ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Daniel Smilek	7
7	On the relation of mind wandering and ADHD symptomatology 2015 ·Psychonomic Bulletin & Review ·Paul Seli, Jonathan Smallwood, James Allan Cheyne, Daniel Smilek	170
8	Running the figure to the ground: Figure-ground segmentation during visual search 2014 ·Vision Research ·Brandon C. W. Ralph, Paul Seli, (unknown), Grayden J. F. Solman, Daniel Smilek	3
9	On the link between mind wandering and task performance over time 2014 ·Consciousness and Cognition ·David R. Thomson, Paul Seli, Derek Besner, Daniel Smilek	106
10	Measuring the separate effects of practice and fatigue on eye movements during visual search 2013 ·Cognitive Science ·(unknown), Evan F. Risko, Daniel Smilek, Alan Kingstone	2
11	Changing perspective: Zooming in and out during visual search. 2012 ·Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance ·Grayden J. F. Solman, J. Allan Cheyne, Daniel Smilek	6
12	Attention failures versus misplaced diligence: Separating attention lapses from speed–accuracy trade-offs 2011 ·Consciousness and Cognition ·Paul Seli, James Allan Cheyne, Daniel Smilek	69
13	Memory load affects visual search processes without influencing search efficiency 2011 ·Vision Research ·Grayden J. F. Solman, J. Allan Cheyne, Daniel Smilek	27
14	Age trends for failures of sustained attention. 2010 ·Psychology and Aging ·Jonathan S. A. Carriere, J. Allan Cheyne, Grayden J. F. Solman, Daniel Smilek	92
15	Item-specific location memory in visual search 2010 ·Vision Research ·Grayden J. F. Solman, Daniel Smilek	15
16	Inhibiting beliefs demands attention 2009 ·Thinking & Reasoning ·Kevin R. Barton, Jonathan A. Fugelsang, Daniel Smilek	3
17	A different outlook on time: Visual and auditory month names elicit different mental vantage points for a time-space synaesthete 2009 ·Cortex ·Michelle Jarick, Mike J. Dixon, (unknown), Emily C. Maxwell, Daniel Smilek	31
18	Revisiting the category effect: The influence of meaning and search strategy on the efficiency of visual search 2006 ·Brain Research ·Daniel Smilek, Mike J. Dixon, Philip M. Merikle	37
19	The Importance of Individual Differences in Grapheme-Color Synesthesia 2005 ·Neuron ·Mike J. Dixon, Daniel Smilek	36
20	Geometric shape detection with soundview 2004 ·SMARTech Repository (Georgia Institute of Technology) ·Kees van den Doel, Daniel Smilek, (unknown), (unknown), Richard Corbett, (unknown), Joanna McGrenere	12

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