David C. Witherington

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
46 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

David C. Witherington is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Management Science and Operations Research and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, David C. Witherington has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 13 papers in Management Science and Operations Research and 12 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in David C. Witherington's work include Child and Animal Learning Development (17 papers), Complex Systems and Decision Making (13 papers) and Embodied and Extended Cognition (8 papers). David C. Witherington is often cited by papers focused on Child and Animal Learning Development (17 papers), Complex Systems and Decision Making (13 papers) and Embodied and Extended Cognition (8 papers). David C. Witherington collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Japan. David C. Witherington's co-authors include Joseph J. Campos, David I. Anderson, Marianne Barbu‐Roth, Matthew J. Hertenstein, Edward M. Hubbard, Angeline S. Lillard, Ichiro Uchiyama, Robert Lickliter, Audun Dahl and Linda A. Camras and has published in prestigious journals such as American Psychologist, Child Development and Psychological Science.

In The Last Decade

David C. Witherington

44 papers receiving 1.7k citations

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Travel Broadens the Mind

2000 681 citations Joseph J. Campos, David I. Anderson et al. Infancy profile →

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Mikael Heimann Sweden

Sam Wass United Kingdom

Rosanne Kermoian United States

Ann M. Mastergeorge United States

Dieter Baeyens Belgium

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Alison E. Lane Australia

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Witherington, David C., et al.. (2024). How children make sense of fear of the dark: a qualitative study of Russian preschoolers. Early Child Development and Care. 194(11-12). 1153–1167.

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Narváez, Darcia, et al.. (2021). Evolving evolutionary psychology.. American Psychologist. 77(3). 424–438. 15 indexed citations

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Witherington, David C. & Jan Boom. (2019). Developmental Dynamics: Past, Present, and Future. Human Development. 63(3-4). 264–276. 4 indexed citations

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Witherington, David C. & Jan Boom. (2019). Conceptualizing the Dynamics of Development in the 21st Century: Process, (Inter)Action, and Complexity. Human Development. 63(3-4). 147–152. 14 indexed citations

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Lickliter, Robert & David C. Witherington. (2017). Towards a Truly Developmental Epigenetics. Human Development. 60(2-3). 124–138. 20 indexed citations

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Witherington, David C. & Robert Lickliter. (2016). Integrating Development and Evolution in Psychological Science: Evolutionary Developmental Psychology, Developmental Systems, and Explanatory Pluralism. Human Development. 59(4). 200–234. 28 indexed citations

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Witherington, David C., et al.. (2016). The Development of Preschoolers’ Living Kinds Concept: A Longitudinal Study. Child Development. 88(4). 1350–1367. 10 indexed citations

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Anderson, David I., Joseph J. Campos, David C. Witherington, et al.. (2013). The role of locomotion in psychological development. Frontiers in Psychology. 4. 440–440. 139 indexed citations

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Witherington, David C., et al.. (2013). Embodiment and Agency. Advances in child development and behavior. 44. 161–192. 12 indexed citations

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Witherington, David C., et al.. (2011). How Conceptually Unified Is the Dynamic Systems Approach to the Study of Psychological Development?. Child Development Perspectives. 5(4). 286–290. 14 indexed citations

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Witherington, David C., et al.. (2011). The Nature of Preschoolers’ Concept of Living and Artificial Objects. Child Development. 82(6). 2067–2082. 23 indexed citations

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Witherington, David C., et al.. (2007). Frameworks for understanding emotions and their development: Functionalist and dynamic systems approaches.. Emotion. 7(3). 628–637. 40 indexed citations

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Lejeune, Laure, David I. Anderson, Joseph J. Campos, et al.. (2006). Responsiveness to terrestrial optic flow in infancy: Does locomotor experience play a role?. Human Movement Science. 25(1). 4–17. 11 indexed citations

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Witherington, David C., et al.. (2005). Avoidance of Heights on the Visual Cliff in Newly Walking Infants. Infancy. 7(3). 285–298. 27 indexed citations

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Witherington, David C.. (2005). The Development of Prospective Grasping Control Between 5 and 7 Months: A Longitudinal Study. Infancy. 7(2). 143–161. 45 indexed citations

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Camras, Linda A. & David C. Witherington. (2005). Dynamical systems approaches to emotional development. Developmental Review. 25(3-4). 328–350. 54 indexed citations

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Lillard, Angeline S. & David C. Witherington. (2003). Mothers' Behavior Modifications During Pretense and Their Possible Signal Value for Toddlers.. Developmental Psychology. 40(1). 95–113. 99 indexed citations

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Anderson, David I., et al.. (2001). The flip side of perception–action coupling: Locomotor experience and the ontogeny of visual–postural coupling. Human Movement Science. 20(4-5). 461–487. 46 indexed citations

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Anderson, David I., Edward M. Hubbard, Joseph J. Campos, et al.. (2000). Probabilistic Epigenesis, Experience, and Psychological Development in Infancy. Infancy. 1(2). 245–251. 5 indexed citations

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Campos, Joseph J., David I. Anderson, Marianne Barbu‐Roth, et al.. (2000). Travel Broadens the Mind. Infancy. 1(2). 149–219. 681 indexed citations breakdown →

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