John C. DeFries

18.7k citations
163 papers · 13.0k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 62

John C. DeFries

162 papers receiving 12.4k citations

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Individual differences in executive functions are almost ...1.1k20062026201220192505007501000

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John C. DeFries
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  • Developmental and Educational Psychology 6.1k
  • Statistics and Probability 2.2k
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 2.8k
  • Psychiatry and Mental health 3.1k
  • Cognitive Neuroscience 3.6k
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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A Hua He Inoa: Hawaiian Culture-Based Celestial Naming
20191
2 20163
3 201531
4 201318
5 201184
6 20108
7 20083
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Individual differences in executive functions are almost entirely genetic in origin.breakdown →
20081095
9 200727
10 200518
11 200512
12 20041
13 200419
14 200486
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Preliminary results from a longitudinal preschool twin study of early reading development
200242
16 20005
17 199924
18 199815
19 199659
20 1992132

About John C. DeFries

John C. DeFries is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Statistics and Probability, Psychiatry and Mental health and Genetics, having authored 163 papers that have together received 13.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Reading and Literacy Development (85 papers), Cognitive Abilities and Testing (45 papers), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (32 papers), Child Development and Digital Technology (32 papers), Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (26 papers), Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills (23 papers), Language Development and Disorders (18 papers) and Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (14 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Developmental and Educational Psychology (6.1k citations), Statistics and Probability (2.2k citations), Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (2.8k citations), Psychiatry and Mental health (3.1k citations) and Cognitive Neuroscience (3.6k citations). John C. DeFries has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Bruce F. Pennington, Richard K. Olson, Erik G. Willcutt, Robin P. Corley, Robert Plomin, John K. Hewitt, Akira Miyake, Sally J. Wadsworth, Susan E. Young and Naomi P. Friedman. Their work appears in journals such as Behavior Genetics, Twin Research and Human Genetics, Developmental Psychology, Scientific Studies of Reading and Reading and Writing.

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