David McNeill

4.2k citations
39 papers · 1.6k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 15
Topics
Hearing Impairment and Communication (9 papers)Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (6 papers)Hand Gesture Recognition Systems (6 papers)

In The Last Decade

David McNeill

35 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Gesture and Thought20052026201220192005250500750

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David McNeill
Comparison fields: 5 of 119
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology 853
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 656
  • Language and Linguistics 476
  • Social Psychology 293
  • Cognitive Neuroscience 236
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Countries citing papers authored by David McNeill

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Fields of papers citing papers by David McNeill

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David McNeill

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All Works

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COGNITION AND THE PROBLEM OF LANGUAGE ACQUISITION.
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About David McNeill

David McNeill is a scholar working on Human-Computer Interaction, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Language and Linguistics, having authored 39 papers that have together received 1.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Hearing Impairment and Communication (9 papers), Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (6 papers) and Hand Gesture Recognition Systems (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Developmental and Educational Psychology (853 citations), Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (656 citations) and Language and Linguistics (476 citations). David McNeill has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Norman Livson, Jonathan Cole, Shaun Gallagher, Francis Quek, Michael A. Evans, Emily L. Ryon, Eric Pederson, Eve Sweetser, E. A. Robinson and Jay David Atlas. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

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