Edward S. Klima

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Edward S. Klima is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Edward S. Klima has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 14 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 13 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Edward S. Klima's work include Hearing Impairment and Communication (27 papers), Hand Gesture Recognition Systems (13 papers) and Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (8 papers). Edward S. Klima is often cited by papers focused on Hearing Impairment and Communication (27 papers), Hand Gesture Recognition Systems (13 papers) and Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (8 papers). Edward S. Klima collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. Edward S. Klima's co-authors include Ursula Bellugi, Howard Poizner, Gregory Hickok, Judy Reilly, Patricia Siple, Julia D. Grant, Robert Β. Lees, Annette Karmiloff‐Smith, Simon Baron‐Cohen and Julie R. Korenberg and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Trends in Neurosciences and Annual Review of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Edward S. Klima

38 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

What the Hands Reveal about the Brain 1987 2026 2000 2013 1987 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. What the Hands Reveal about the Brain
    1987 488 citations Howard Poizner, Edward S. Klima et al. profile →

Peers

Edward S. Klima
Virginia Volterra Italy
Olga Capirci Italy
Bencie Woll United Kingdom
Jan P. de Ruiter Germany
Julia L. Evans United States
Marie Coppola United States
Laura Ann Petitto Canada
Linda P. Acredolo United States
Beate Hermelin United Kingdom
Susan Curtiss United States
Virginia Volterra Italy
Edward S. Klima
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Edward S. Klima

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All Works

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Hickok, Gregory, et al.. (2008). Neural dissociation in the production of lexical versus classifier signs in ASL: Distinct patterns of hemispheric asymmetry. Neuropsychologia. 47(2). 382–387. 14 indexed citations
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Searcy, Yvonne M., et al.. (2004). The Relationship Between Age and IQ in Adults With Williams Syndrome. American Journal on Mental Retardation. 109(3). 231–231. 87 indexed citations
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Hickok, Gregory, et al.. (2002). Role of the left hemisphere in sign language comprehension. Brain and Language. 82(2). 167–178. 46 indexed citations
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Hickok, Gregory, Margaret Wilson, Kevin B. Clark, et al.. (1999). Discourse Deficits Following Right Hemisphere Damage in Deaf Signers. Brain and Language. 66(2). 233–248. 27 indexed citations
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Hickok, Gregory, Ursula Bellugi, & Edward S. Klima. (1997). The Basis of the Neural Organization for Language: Evidence from Sign Language Aphasia. Reviews in the Neurosciences. 8(3-4). 205–22. 15 indexed citations
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Wilson, Mark, et al.. (1997). Modality of Language Shapes Working Memory: Evidence From Digit Span and Spatial Span in ASL Signers. The Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education. 2(3). 150–160. 81 indexed citations
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Hickok, Gregory, Ursula Bellugi, & Edward S. Klima. (1996). The neurobiology of sign language and its implications for the neural basis of language. Nature. 381(6584). 699–702. 104 indexed citations
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Hickok, Gregory, et al.. (1996). The basis of hemispheric asymmetries for language and spatial cognition: Clues from focal brain damage in two deaf native signers. Aphasiology. 10(6). 577–591. 16 indexed citations
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Hickok, Gregory, Edward S. Klima, Mark Kritchevsky, & Ursula Bellugi. (1995). A case of ‘sign blindness’ following left occipital damage in a deaf signer. Neuropsychologia. 33(12). 1597–1606. 18 indexed citations
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Anderson, Steven W., et al.. (1992). Acquisition of signs from American sign language in hearing individuals following left hemisphere damage and aphasia. Neuropsychologia. 30(4). 329–340. 7 indexed citations
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Poizner, Howard, Ursula Bellugi, & Edward S. Klima. (1990). Biological Foundations of Language: Clues from Sign Language. Annual Review of Neuroscience. 13(1). 283–307. 23 indexed citations
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Bellugi, Ursula, Howard Poizner, & Edward S. Klima. (1989). Language, modality and the brain. Trends in Neurosciences. 12(10). 380–388. 125 indexed citations
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Poizner, Howard, Edward S. Klima, Ursula Bellugi, & Robert B. Livingston. (1986). Motion analysis of grammatical processes in a visual-gestural language. 271–292. 16 indexed citations
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Poizner, Howard, Edward S. Klima, Ursula Bellugi, & Robert B. Livingston. (1984). Motion analysis of grammatical processes in a visual-gestural language (abstract only). ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics. 18(1). 26–26. 1 indexed citations
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Bellugi, Ursula, Howard Poizner, & Edward S. Klima. (1983). Brain organization for language: clues from sign aphasia.. PubMed. 2(3). 155–70. 63 indexed citations
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Klima, Edward S. & Ursula Bellugi. (1975). PERCEPTION AND PRODUCTION IN A VISUALLY BASED LANGUAGE*. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 263(1). 225–235. 9 indexed citations
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Bellugi, Ursula, Edward S. Klima, & Patricia Siple. (1974). Remembering in signs. Cognition. 3(2). 93–125. 167 indexed citations
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Klima, Edward S.. (1964). Relatedness between Grammatical Systems. Language. 40(1). 1–1. 43 indexed citations
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Lees, Robert Β. & Edward S. Klima. (1963). Rules for English Pronominalization. Language. 39(1). 17–17. 93 indexed citations

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