David P. O'Brien

1.2k total citations
38 papers, 682 citations indexed

About

David P. O'Brien is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, David P. O'Brien has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 682 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 11 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 6 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in David P. O'Brien's work include Child and Animal Learning Development (8 papers), Bayesian Modeling and Causal Inference (7 papers) and Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge (5 papers). David P. O'Brien is often cited by papers focused on Child and Animal Learning Development (8 papers), Bayesian Modeling and Causal Inference (7 papers) and Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge (5 papers). David P. O'Brien collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Canada. David P. O'Brien's co-authors include Martin D. S. Braine, Willis F. Overton, Ira Noveck, R. Brooke Lea, James P. Byrnes, Shalom M. Fisch, Anne Marie Goetz, Shawn L. Ward, J. D. Black and G. Davidson and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Psychological Review and Developmental Psychology.

In The Last Decade

David P. O'Brien

32 papers receiving 592 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David P. O'Brien United States 14 343 301 165 111 97 38 682
Russell Revlin United States 12 201 0.6× 247 0.8× 262 1.6× 111 1.0× 109 1.1× 28 671
Guy Politzer France 19 381 1.1× 458 1.5× 393 2.4× 187 1.7× 169 1.7× 45 1.1k
Jean-Paul Caverni France 9 119 0.3× 130 0.4× 173 1.0× 140 1.3× 69 0.7× 21 505
Jean Baratgin France 15 148 0.4× 242 0.8× 200 1.2× 91 0.8× 84 0.9× 46 575
K. I. Manktelow United Kingdom 11 255 0.7× 387 1.3× 355 2.2× 156 1.4× 150 1.5× 26 917
Matt Jones United States 10 146 0.4× 99 0.3× 45 0.3× 181 1.6× 81 0.8× 26 378
Elisabet Tubau Spain 11 102 0.3× 68 0.2× 144 0.9× 182 1.6× 53 0.5× 28 410
Dries Trippas United Kingdom 11 103 0.3× 160 0.5× 299 1.8× 272 2.5× 65 0.7× 16 606
Joan Tamburrini Australia 6 221 0.6× 35 0.1× 57 0.3× 62 0.6× 59 0.6× 9 610
Lloyd K. Komatsu United States 8 221 0.6× 89 0.3× 22 0.1× 120 1.1× 131 1.4× 10 458

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Fields of papers citing papers by David P. O'Brien

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David P. O'Brien

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All Works

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O'Brien, David P.. (2023). Fairness, Care, and Abortion. Journal of Applied Philosophy. 40(4). 658–675. 1 indexed citations
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O'Brien, David P., et al.. (2022). 23 shades of self-admitted technical debt: an empirical study on machine learning software. 734–746. 10 indexed citations
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O'Brien, David P.. (2021). T. M. Scanlon, Why Does Inequality Matter? (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018), pp. 192.. Utilitas. 34(1). 113–118. 1 indexed citations
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O'Brien, David P.. (2019). The Unit and Currency of Egalitarian Concern. Journal of Moral Philosophy. 16(5). 613–643. 2 indexed citations
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O'Brien, David P.. (2014). CONDITIONALS AND DISJUNCTIONS IN MENTAL-LOGIC THEORY: A RESPONSE TO LIU AND CHOU (2012) AND TO LÓPEZ ASTORGA (2013). Universum. 29(2). 221–235. 6 indexed citations
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Roazzi, Antônio, et al.. (2005). Logical reasoning and fantasy contexts: eliminating differences between children with and without experience in school. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3 indexed citations
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O'Brien, David P.. (2004). Education in a Church in Crisis. e-publications - Marquette (Marquette University). 26(1). 4.
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Roazzi, Antônio, et al.. (2003). Sobre o debate freqüentista versus probabilista: "sorte de tolo" torna-se uma explicação plausível. Psicologia Reflexão e Crítica. 16(2). 389–402. 2 indexed citations
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Roazzi, Antônio, et al.. (2003). Raciocínio dedutivo e lógica mental. Estudos de Psicologia (Campinas). 20(3). 135–145. 4 indexed citations
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Dias, Maria da Graça, Antônio Roazzi, David P. O'Brien, & Martin D. S. Braine. (2002). A lógica da suposição e a compreensão do faz-de- conta por parte das crianças. Psicologia Reflexão e Crítica. 15(1). 1 indexed citations
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O'Brien, David P. & Luca L. Bonatti. (1999). The semantics of logical connectives and mental logic. ARCA (Università Ca' Foscari Venezia). 18(1). 87–97. 2 indexed citations
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Saltzstein, Herbert D., et al.. (1997). Moral heteronomy in context: Interviewer influence in New York City and Recife, Brazil. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development. 1997(76). 37–49. 3 indexed citations
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Braine, Martin D. S., et al.. (1995). Predicting intermediate and multiple conclusions in propositional logic inference problems: Further evidence for a mental logic.. Journal of Experimental Psychology General. 124(3). 263–292. 3 indexed citations
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O'Brien, David P., Martin D. S. Braine, & Yingrui Yang. (1994). Propositional reasoning by mental models? Simple to refute in principle and in practice.. Psychological Review. 101(4). 711–724. 1 indexed citations
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Braine, Martin D. S. & David P. O'Brien. (1991). A theory of if: A lexical entry, reasoning program, and pragmatic principles.. Psychological Review. 98(2). 182–203. 225 indexed citations
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O'Brien, David P., et al.. (1990). Sources of Difficulty in Deductive Reasoning: The THOG Task. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A. 42(2). 329–351. 13 indexed citations
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O'Brien, David P.. (1987). The Development of Conditional Reasoning: An Iffy Proposition. Advances in child development and behavior. 20. 61–90. 25 indexed citations
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Overton, Willis F., James P. Byrnes, & David P. O'Brien. (1985). Developmental and individual differences in conditional reasoning: The role of contradiction training and cognitive style.. Developmental Psychology. 21(4). 692–701. 26 indexed citations
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O'Brien, David P. & Willis F. Overton. (1980). Conditional reasoning following contradictory evidence: A developmental analysis. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 30(1). 44–61. 56 indexed citations

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