Fernand Gobet

13.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
235 papers, 8.3k citations indexed

About

Fernand Gobet is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Fernand Gobet has authored 235 papers receiving a total of 8.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 121 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 91 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 68 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Fernand Gobet's work include Sport Psychology and Performance (56 papers), Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes (45 papers) and Language Development and Disorders (34 papers). Fernand Gobet is often cited by papers focused on Sport Psychology and Performance (56 papers), Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes (45 papers) and Language Development and Disorders (34 papers). Fernand Gobet collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Fernand Gobet's co-authors include Giovanni Sala, Herbert A. Simon, Guillermo Campitelli, Julián M. Pine, Merim Bilalić, Peter McLeod, Peter C. R. Lane, Gary Jones, Philippe Chassy and Daniel Freudenthal and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Psychological Bulletin and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Fernand Gobet

222 papers receiving 7.7k citations

Hit Papers

Chunking mechanisms in human learning 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 2019 100 200 300 400 500

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Fernand Gobet United Kingdom 49 3.5k 2.9k 2.5k 1.5k 1.4k 235 8.3k
Gordon D. A. Brown United Kingdom 50 3.1k 0.9× 5.1k 1.8× 1.9k 0.7× 1.4k 1.0× 1.2k 0.9× 169 9.9k
Neil Charness United States 50 1.9k 0.5× 2.0k 0.7× 2.1k 0.8× 1.9k 1.3× 820 0.6× 217 12.0k
Arthur B. Markman United States 53 2.9k 0.8× 2.0k 0.7× 2.7k 1.0× 2.1k 1.4× 1.7k 1.3× 165 9.7k
David Z. Hambrick United States 45 2.7k 0.8× 4.2k 1.5× 3.7k 1.4× 1.5k 1.0× 697 0.5× 116 9.3k
Janet Metcalfe United States 52 3.1k 0.9× 5.5k 1.9× 3.3k 1.3× 2.0k 1.3× 1.5k 1.1× 122 10.4k
Zoltán Dienes United Kingdom 46 2.8k 0.8× 6.0k 2.1× 2.0k 0.8× 1.9k 1.3× 1.0k 0.8× 225 10.3k
Christopher Hertzog United States 65 2.9k 0.8× 5.5k 1.9× 5.2k 2.0× 2.4k 1.6× 897 0.7× 229 16.0k
Edward Vul United States 29 1.5k 0.4× 3.7k 1.3× 1.4k 0.6× 760 0.5× 1.0k 0.8× 74 6.4k
Asher Koriat Israel 51 4.5k 1.3× 7.3k 2.5× 3.2k 1.3× 2.2k 1.5× 1.8k 1.3× 145 11.6k
Earl Hunt United States 41 2.3k 0.7× 1.7k 0.6× 2.5k 1.0× 1.4k 0.9× 1.9k 1.4× 166 8.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Fernand Gobet

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Fields of papers citing papers by Fernand Gobet

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fernand Gobet

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Fernand Gobet. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Fernand Gobet based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Fernand Gobet. Fernand Gobet is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Musslick, Sebastian, Fernand Gobet, Thomas L. Griffiths, et al.. (2025). Automating the practice of science: Opportunities, challenges, and implications. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(5). e2401238121–e2401238121. 7 indexed citations
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Gobet, Fernand, et al.. (2024). Transition Expertise and Identity. Cambridge University Press eBooks.
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Pirrone, Angelo, Andreagiovanni Reina, & Fernand Gobet. (2021). Input-dependent noise can explain magnitude-sensitivity in optimal value-based decision-making. Judgment and Decision Making. 16(5). 1221–1233. 4 indexed citations
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Pirrone, Angelo, Andreagiovanni Reina, Tom Stafford, James A. R. Marshall, & Fernand Gobet. (2021). Magnitude-sensitivity: rethinking decision-making. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 26(1). 66–80. 16 indexed citations
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Gobet, Fernand & Giovanni Sala. (2018). Elvis Has Left the Building: Correlational but Not Causal Relationship between Music Skill and Cognitive Ability. Cognitive Science. 987–993. 1 indexed citations
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Sala, Giovanni, Alexander P. Burgoyne, Brooke N. Macnamara, et al.. (2017). Checking the “Academic Selection” argument. Chess players outperform non-chess players in cognitive skills related to intelligence: A meta-analysis. Intelligence. 61. 130–139. 28 indexed citations
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Freudenthal, Daniel, et al.. (2016). Simulating Developmental Changes in Noun Richness through Performance-limited Distributional Analysis. Cognitive Science. 1 indexed citations
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Yousaf, Omar & Fernand Gobet. (2016). The effect of personal attitudes on information processing biases in religious individuals. Journal of Cognitive Psychology. 28(3). 366–373. 4 indexed citations
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Freudenthal, Daniel, Julián M. Pine, Gary Jones, & Fernand Gobet. (2015). Defaulting effects contribute to the simulation of cross-linguistic differences in optional infinitive errors. Cognitive Science. 3 indexed citations
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Gobet, Fernand, et al.. (2014). Problem Gambling. Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Dalley, Gillian, K. J. Gilhooly, Mary Gilhooly, et al.. (2012). Risk, trust and relationships in an ageing society. Research Repository (Kingston University London). 3 indexed citations
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Gobet, Fernand. (2008). Discrimination nets, production systems and semantic networks: Elements of a unified framework. Brunel University Research Archive (BURA) (Brunel University London). 3 indexed citations
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Bilalić, Merim, Peter McLeod, & Fernand Gobet. (2008). Expert and “novice” problem solving strategies in chess: Sixty years of citing de Groot (1946). Thinking & Reasoning. 14(4). 395–408. 29 indexed citations
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Gobet, Fernand & Guillermo Campitelli. (2007). The role of domain-specific practice, handedness, and starting age in chess.. Developmental Psychology. 43(1). 159–172. 98 indexed citations
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Gobet, Fernand & Guillermo Campitelli. (2006). Educational benefits of chess instruction: A critical review. Murdoch Research Repository (Murdoch University). 29 indexed citations
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Jones, Gary, Fernand Gobet, & Julián M. Pine. (2005). Modelling vocabulary acquisition: an explanation of the link between the phonological loop and long-term memory. Nottingham Trent University's Institutional Repository (Nottingham Trent Repository). 7 indexed citations
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Gobet, Fernand & Peter C. R. Lane. (2004). CHREST Tutorial: Simulations of Human Learning. Brunel University Research Archive (BURA) (Brunel University London). 26(26). 1 indexed citations
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Campitelli, Guillermo, et al.. (2003). Chess experts activate fewer frontal and parietal areas than non-experts in a recognition task with chess stimuli. Murdoch Research Repository (Murdoch University).
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Gobet, Fernand. (1998). Chess players' thinking revisited. Swiss Journal of Psychology. 57(1). 18–32. 32 indexed citations
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Gobet, Fernand, et al.. (1991). Détresse apprise et jeu d'échecs: Rôle de la familiarité et de la similitude des tâches.. Swiss Journal of Psychology. 50(2). 97–110. 2 indexed citations

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