Derek C. Penn

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
6 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Derek C. Penn is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Social Psychology and Cultural Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Derek C. Penn has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 4 papers in Social Psychology and 3 papers in Cultural Studies. Recurrent topics in Derek C. Penn's work include Child and Animal Learning Development (6 papers), Language and cultural evolution (3 papers) and Primate Behavior and Ecology (2 papers). Derek C. Penn is often cited by papers focused on Child and Animal Learning Development (6 papers), Language and cultural evolution (3 papers) and Primate Behavior and Ecology (2 papers). Derek C. Penn collaborates with scholars based in United States. Derek C. Penn's co-authors include Daniel J. Povinelli, Keith J. Holyoak, John E. Hummel and Patricia W. Cheng and has published in prestigious journals such as Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Annual Review of Psychology and Behavioral and Brain Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Derek C. Penn

6 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Darwin's mistake: Explaining the discontinuity between human and nonhuman minds

2008 653 citations Derek C. Penn, Keith J. Holyoak et al. Behavioral and Brain Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Derek C. Penn United States	4	630	519	395	198	186	6	1.2k
María Victoria Hernández‐Lloreda Spain	12	444 0.7×	658 1.3×	266 0.7×	157 0.8×	231 1.2×	21	1.2k
Roger K. R. Thompson United States	19	741 1.2×	444 0.9×	354 0.9×	152 0.8×	165 0.9×	34	1.4k
David H. Rakison United States	25	1.2k 1.9×	610 1.2×	649 1.6×	126 0.6×	488 2.6×	60	1.8k
Ernő Téglás Austria	12	958 1.5×	455 0.9×	457 1.2×	97 0.5×	210 1.1×	15	1.4k
Francesco Antinucci Italy	11	684 1.1×	457 0.9×	247 0.6×	179 0.9×	181 1.0×	21	1.1k
Francine Patterson United States	11	566 0.9×	408 0.8×	233 0.6×	230 1.2×	191 1.0×	19	997
Jason Low New Zealand	20	661 1.0×	367 0.7×	469 1.2×	81 0.4×	133 0.7×	52	1.3k
Christopher Krupenye United States	17	466 0.7×	721 1.4×	330 0.8×	104 0.5×	196 1.1×	30	1.1k
Karen Brakke United States	14	460 0.7×	278 0.5×	209 0.5×	168 0.8×	116 0.6×	25	794
Sue Savage‐Rumbaugh United States	23	1.4k 2.3×	1.1k 2.2×	429 1.1×	513 2.6×	356 1.9×	48	2.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Derek C. Penn

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All Works

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6 of 6 papers shown

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Penn, Derek C., Patricia W. Cheng, Keith J. Holyoak, John E. Hummel, & Daniel J. Povinelli. (2009). There is more to thinking than propositions. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 32(2). 221–223. 3 indexed citations

2.

Penn, Derek C., Keith J. Holyoak, & Daniel J. Povinelli. (2009). Universal grammar and mental continuity: Two modern myths. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 32(5). 462–464. 2 indexed citations

3.

Penn, Derek C., Keith J. Holyoak, & Daniel J. Povinelli. (2008). Darwin's mistake: Explaining the discontinuity between human and nonhuman minds. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 31(2). 109–130. 653 indexed citations breakdown →

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Penn, Derek C., Keith J. Holyoak, & Daniel J. Povinelli. (2008). Darwin's triumph: Explaining the uniqueness of the human mind without adeus ex machina. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 31(2). 153–178. 6 indexed citations

5.

Penn, Derek C. & Daniel J. Povinelli. (2007). On the lack of evidence that non-human animals possess anything remotely resembling a ‘theory of mind’. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 362(1480). 731–744. 319 indexed citations

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Penn, Derek C. & Daniel J. Povinelli. (2006). Causal Cognition in Human and Nonhuman Animals: A Comparative, Critical Review. Annual Review of Psychology. 58(1). 97–118. 180 indexed citations

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