J. Scott Saults

5.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
57 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

J. Scott Saults is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, J. Scott Saults has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 25 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 19 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in J. Scott Saults's work include Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (27 papers), Memory Processes and Influences (12 papers) and Cognitive Abilities and Testing (10 papers). J. Scott Saults is often cited by papers focused on Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (27 papers), Memory Processes and Influences (12 papers) and Cognitive Abilities and Testing (10 papers). J. Scott Saults collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. J. Scott Saults's co-authors include Nelson Cowan, Emily M. Elliott, Candice C. Morey, Andrew R. A. Conway, Donald H. Kausler, Christopher L. Blume, Timothy A. Salthouse, Lara Nugent, David C. Geary and Liu Fan and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Applied Psychology, Psychological Review and Child Development.

In The Last Decade

J. Scott Saults

57 papers receiving 3.7k citations

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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.

On the capacity of attention: Its estimation and its role in working memory and cognitive aptitudes

2005 844 citations Nelson Cowan, J. Scott Saults et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
J. Scott Saults United States	31	2.7k	1.5k	1.0k	443	310	57	3.9k
Valérie Camos Switzerland	33	3.1k 1.1×	1.9k 1.3×	1.1k 1.1×	366 0.8×	524 1.7×	109	4.4k
André Vandierendonck Belgium	37	3.2k 1.2×	1.5k 1.0×	1.2k 1.2×	477 1.1×	936 3.0×	123	4.7k
Michael F. Bunting United States	16	2.9k 1.0×	2.1k 1.4×	1.7k 1.7×	482 1.1×	257 0.8×	30	4.7k
Sandra Hale United States	39	3.5k 1.3×	2.0k 1.3×	1.6k 1.6×	456 1.0×	419 1.4×	98	5.5k
Stephen W. Tuholski United States	8	2.8k 1.0×	2.4k 1.6×	1.5k 1.5×	404 0.9×	495 1.6×	8	4.7k
Thad A. Polk United States	31	2.9k 1.1×	693 0.5×	626 0.6×	313 0.7×	273 0.9×	79	3.9k
Emily M. Elliott United States	26	1.9k 0.7×	1.1k 0.8×	751 0.7×	296 0.7×	162 0.5×	67	2.8k
Graham J. Hitch United Kingdom	36	3.3k 1.2×	1.6k 1.1×	1.9k 1.9×	655 1.5×	911 2.9×	79	4.9k
Margaret Jean Intons-Peterson United States	16	2.2k 0.8×	1.0k 0.7×	746 0.7×	614 1.4×	140 0.5×	38	3.3k
Ovid J. L. Tzeng Taiwan	42	3.9k 1.4×	1.2k 0.8×	2.5k 2.4×	729 1.6×	528 1.7×	154	5.4k

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Cowan, Nelson, Angela M. AuBuchon, Amanda L. Gilchrist, et al.. (2020). Developmental change in the nature of attention allocation in a dual task.. Developmental Psychology. 57(1). 33–46. 11 indexed citations

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Cowan, Nelson, et al.. (2015). Exploring age differences in visual working memory capacity: Is there a contribution of memory for configuration?. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 135. 72–85. 8 indexed citations

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Cowan, Nelson, Jeffrey N. Rouder, Christopher L. Blume, & J. Scott Saults. (2012). Models of verbal working memory capacity: What does it take to make them work?. Psychological Review. 119(3). 480–499. 96 indexed citations

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Cowan, Nelson, Christopher L. Blume, & J. Scott Saults. (2012). Attention to attributes and objects in working memory.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition. 39(3). 731–747. 91 indexed citations

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Bartholow, Bruce D., Erika A. Henry, Sarah A. Lust, J. Scott Saults, & Phillip K. Wood. (2011). Alcohol effects on performance monitoring and adjustment: Affect modulation and impairment of evaluative cognitive control.. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 121(1). 173–186. 110 indexed citations

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Cowan, Nelson, Angela M. AuBuchon, Amanda L. Gilchrist, Timothy J. Ricker, & J. Scott Saults. (2011). Age differences in visual working memory capacity: not based on encoding limitations. Developmental Science. 14(5). 1066–1074. 87 indexed citations

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Cowan, Nelson, Dawei Li, Amanda J. Moffitt, et al.. (2011). A Neural Region of Abstract Working Memory. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 23(10). 2852–2863. 96 indexed citations

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Cowan, Nelson, et al.. (2010). With development, list recall includes more chunks, not just larger ones.. Developmental Psychology. 46(5). 1119–1131. 19 indexed citations

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Saults, J. Scott, Nelson Cowan, Kenneth J. Sher, & Matthew Moreno. (2007). Differential effects of alcohol on working memory: Distinguishing multiple processes.. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology. 15(6). 576–587. 69 indexed citations

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Saults, J. Scott & Nelson Cowan. (2007). A central capacity limit to the simultaneous storage of visual and auditory arrays in working memory.. Journal of Experimental Psychology General. 136(4). 663–684. 184 indexed citations

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Cowan, Nelson, Moshe Naveh‐Benjamin, Angela Kilb, & J. Scott Saults. (2006). Life-span development of visual working memory: When is feature binding difficult?. Developmental Psychology. 42(6). 1089–1102. 177 indexed citations

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Cowan, Nelson, J. Scott Saults, & Gordon D. A. Brown. (2004). On the Auditory Modality Superiority Effect in Serial Recall: Separating Input and Output Factors.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition. 30(3). 639–644. 32 indexed citations

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Saults, J. Scott, et al.. (1996). The Development of Memory for Ignored Speech. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 63(1). 239–261. 16 indexed citations

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Keller, Timothy A., Nelson Cowan, & J. Scott Saults. (1995). Can auditory memory for tone pitch be rehearsed?. Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition. 21(3). 635–645. 48 indexed citations

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Salthouse, Timothy A., Donald H. Kausler, & J. Scott Saults. (1988). Utilization of path-analytic procedures to investigate the role of processing resources in cognitive aging.. Psychology and Aging. 3(2). 158–166. 26 indexed citations

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Salthouse, Timothy A., Donald H. Kausler, & J. Scott Saults. (1988). Investigation of student status, background variables, and feasibility of standard tasks in cognitive aging research.. Psychology and Aging. 3(1). 29–37. 45 indexed citations

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Salthouse, Timothy A., Donald H. Kausler, & J. Scott Saults. (1988). Utilization of path-analytic procedures to investigate the role of processing resources in cognitive aging.. Psychology and Aging. 3(2). 158–166. 49 indexed citations

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Salthouse, Timothy A., Donald H. Kausler, & J. Scott Saults. (1988). Investigation of student status, background variables, and feasibility of standard tasks in cognitive aging research.. Psychology and Aging. 3(1). 29–37. 70 indexed citations

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Salthouse, Timothy A. & J. Scott Saults. (1987). Multiple spans in transcription typing.. Journal of Applied Psychology. 72(2). 187–196. 42 indexed citations

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Kausler, Donald H., Timothy A. Salthouse, & J. Scott Saults. (1987). Frequency-of-occurrence memory over the adult lifespan. Experimental Aging Research. 13(3). 159–161. 8 indexed citations

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