John A. Spinks

2.4k total citations
22 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

John A. Spinks is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, John A. Spinks has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 8 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 4 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in John A. Spinks's work include Reading and Literacy Development (7 papers), Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism (7 papers) and Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (6 papers). John A. Spinks is often cited by papers focused on Reading and Literacy Development (7 papers), Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism (7 papers) and Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (6 papers). John A. Spinks collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, United States and United Kingdom. John A. Spinks's co-authors include Charles A. Perfetti, Li Tan, Peter T. Fox, Jia‐Hong Gao, Wai Ting Siok, Ho‐Ling Liu, Guinevere F. Eden, Jinhu Xiong, Béatrice de Gelder and Ching‐Mei Feng and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, NeuroImage and Cognition.

In The Last Decade

John A. Spinks

21 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John A. Spinks Hong Kong 14 1.2k 1.1k 362 238 225 22 1.7k
Donald J. Bolger United States 17 1.2k 0.9× 1.1k 1.0× 360 1.0× 234 1.0× 180 0.8× 33 1.7k
Zohar Eviatar Israel 25 1.2k 0.9× 1.1k 1.0× 409 1.1× 353 1.5× 248 1.1× 86 2.0k
Paulo Ventura Portugal 20 1.4k 1.1× 1.2k 1.0× 571 1.6× 276 1.2× 198 0.9× 57 2.0k
Adelina Estévez Spain 17 808 0.7× 857 0.8× 251 0.7× 149 0.6× 172 0.8× 33 1.3k
P.M. Lavorel France 7 972 0.8× 1.1k 1.0× 200 0.6× 205 0.9× 269 1.2× 14 1.4k
John C. Marshall United Kingdom 12 863 0.7× 1.1k 0.9× 172 0.5× 312 1.3× 270 1.2× 22 1.5k
Judy Cantor United States 11 859 0.7× 680 0.6× 571 1.6× 219 0.9× 84 0.4× 14 1.4k
Arnaud Szmalec Belgium 23 1.3k 1.0× 895 0.8× 398 1.1× 243 1.0× 96 0.4× 71 1.8k
Janice Kay United Kingdom 27 2.2k 1.8× 1.5k 1.4× 395 1.1× 184 0.8× 239 1.1× 57 2.7k
Philippe Mousty Belgium 16 868 0.7× 879 0.8× 326 0.9× 152 0.6× 218 1.0× 46 1.3k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Mullins, Teagan S., et al.. (2019). Photobiomodulation for Cognitive Enhancement in Healthy Adults. Brain stimulation. 12(2). 506–506. 2 indexed citations
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Tan, Li, John A. Spinks, Guinevere F. Eden, Charles A. Perfetti, & Wai Ting Siok. (2005). Reading depends on writing, in Chinese. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(24). 8781–8785. 340 indexed citations
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Spinks, John A., John H. Zhang, Peter T. Fox, Jia‐Hong Gao, & Li Hai Tan. (2004). More workload on the central executive of working memory, less attention capture by novel visual distractors: evidence from an fMRI study. NeuroImage. 23(2). 517–524. 31 indexed citations
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Tan, Li, John A. Spinks, Ching‐Mei Feng, et al.. (2003). Neural systems of second language reading are shaped by native language. Human Brain Mapping. 18(3). 158–166. 285 indexed citations
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Lyytinen, Heikki, Risto Näätänen, Evgeni N. Sokolov, & John A. Spinks. (2002). The Orienting Response in Information Processing. Psychology Press eBooks. 99 indexed citations
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Tan, Li, Ho‐Ling Liu, Charles A. Perfetti, et al.. (2001). The Neural System Underlying Chinese Logograph Reading. NeuroImage. 13(5). 836–846. 366 indexed citations
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Pu, Yonglin, Ho‐Ling Liu, John A. Spinks, et al.. (2001). Cerebral hemodynamic response in Chinese (first) and English (second) language processing revealed by event-related functional MRI. Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 19(5). 643–647. 41 indexed citations
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Spinks, John A.. (2000). Reading Chinese characters for meaning: the role of phonological information. Cognition. 76(1). B1–B11. 83 indexed citations
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Tan, Li Hai, John A. Spinks, Jia‐Hong Gao, et al.. (2000). Brain activation in the processing of Chinese characters and words: A functional MRI study. Human Brain Mapping. 10(1). 16–16. 20 indexed citations
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Pu, Yonglin, Ching‐Mei Feng, Li Hai Tan, et al.. (2000). Comparison of brain response in the processing of Chinese and english languages: an event-related fMRI study. NeuroImage. 11(5). S267–S267.
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Tan, Li, John A. Spinks, Jia‐Hong Gao, et al.. (2000). Brain activation in the processing of Chinese characters and words: A functional MRI study. Human Brain Mapping. 10(1). 16–27. 225 indexed citations
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Spinks, John A., et al.. (1994). Asymmetrical cross-language priming effects. Memory & Cognition. 22(1). 70–84. 129 indexed citations
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Spinks, John A., et al.. (1993). People, culture, and society a researcher's guide to psychological studies in Hong Kong /. The HKU Scholars Hub (University of Hong Kong). 22 indexed citations
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Blowers, Geoffrey H., John A. Spinks, & Daniel T. L. Shek. (1986). P300 and the anticipation of information within an orienting response paradigm. Acta Psychologica. 61(2). 91–103. 1 indexed citations
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Spinks, John A., Geoffrey H. Blowers, & Daniel T. L. Shek. (1985). The Role of the Orienting Response in the Anticipation of Information: A Skin Conductance Response Study. Psychophysiology. 22(4). 385–394. 27 indexed citations
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Shek, Daniel T. L. & John A. Spinks. (1985). Effect of the Orienting Response on Sensory Discriminability. Perceptual and Motor Skills. 61(3). 987–1003. 1 indexed citations
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Spinks, John A. & David A.T. Siddle. (1985). The effects of anticipated information on skin conductance and cardiac activity. Biological Psychology. 20(1). 39–50. 13 indexed citations
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Spinks, John A., et al.. (1983). A microcomputer package for real-time skin conductance response analysis. Behavior Research Methods. 15(6). 591–593. 3 indexed citations
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Kyriacou, Chris, David A.T. Siddle, John A. Spinks, David Stephenson, & Graham Turpin. (1977). The incremental stimulus intensity effect and habituation of evoked electrodermal responses. Physiological Psychology. 5(1). 16–20. 3 indexed citations
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Spinks, John A. & David A.T. Siddle. (1976). Effects of stimulus information and stimulus duration on amplitude and habituation of the electrodermal orienting response. Biological Psychology. 4(1). 29–39. 23 indexed citations

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