Karen Emmorey

12.7k total citations
193 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

About

Karen Emmorey is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Karen Emmorey has authored 193 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 165 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 91 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 90 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Karen Emmorey's work include Hearing Impairment and Communication (154 papers), Hand Gesture Recognition Systems (71 papers) and Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (59 papers). Karen Emmorey is often cited by papers focused on Hearing Impairment and Communication (154 papers), Hand Gesture Recognition Systems (71 papers) and Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (59 papers). Karen Emmorey collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Karen Emmorey's co-authors include Stephen McCullough, Ursula Bellugi, Tamar H. Gollan, Zed Sevcikova Sehyr, Jennie Pyers, Robin L. Thompson, Thomas J. Grabowski, Hanna Damásio, Margaret Wilson and Stephen M. Kosslyn and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Neuroscience and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Karen Emmorey

186 papers receiving 6.6k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Karen Emmorey United States 49 5.1k 3.6k 2.9k 1.7k 1.3k 193 7.0k
Sotaro Kita United Kingdom 38 4.3k 0.8× 1.2k 0.3× 4.5k 1.6× 1.3k 0.8× 1.9k 1.5× 127 7.1k
Gabriella Vigliocco United Kingdom 50 4.7k 0.9× 5.6k 1.6× 4.3k 1.5× 532 0.3× 1.4k 1.1× 175 9.7k
Manuel Carreiras Spain 63 9.4k 1.9× 10.2k 2.8× 3.3k 1.1× 414 0.2× 1.5k 1.2× 327 13.4k
Fernanda Ferreira United States 47 4.9k 1.0× 6.6k 1.8× 2.7k 0.9× 473 0.3× 2.0k 1.6× 147 9.0k
Rachel I. Mayberry United States 30 3.5k 0.7× 1.6k 0.4× 1.1k 0.4× 1.1k 0.7× 1.4k 1.1× 70 4.2k
Gerry T. M. Altmann United Kingdom 38 3.9k 0.8× 5.3k 1.5× 3.1k 1.1× 254 0.2× 1.2k 1.0× 83 7.5k
Bencie Woll United Kingdom 32 2.5k 0.5× 1.4k 0.4× 1.2k 0.4× 846 0.5× 888 0.7× 139 3.4k
Jana M. Iverson United States 42 4.3k 0.9× 4.0k 1.1× 748 0.3× 537 0.3× 726 0.6× 116 7.5k
Kara D. Federmeier United States 48 6.4k 1.3× 11.1k 3.1× 3.6k 1.2× 214 0.1× 635 0.5× 149 12.8k
David Vinson United Kingdom 29 1.9k 0.4× 2.2k 0.6× 2.1k 0.7× 363 0.2× 547 0.4× 69 4.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Karen Emmorey

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Karen Emmorey

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All Works

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Emmorey, Karen, et al.. (2025). Identifying text-based factors that contribute to the superior reading efficiency of skilled deaf readers: An eye-tracking study of length, frequency, and predictability.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition. 51(7). 1178–1189. 2 indexed citations
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Emmorey, Karen, et al.. (2025). Assessing sensitivity to semantic and syntactic information in deaf readers: An ERP study. Neuropsychologia. 215. 109171–109171.
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Holcomb, Phillip J., et al.. (2024). Orthographic and Phonological Code Activation in Deaf and Hearing Readers. Journal of Cognition. 7(1). 19–19. 4 indexed citations
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Emmorey, Karen, et al.. (2024). Deaf readers use leftward information to read more efficiently: Evidence from eye tracking. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 77(10). 2098–2110. 5 indexed citations
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Schotter, Elizabeth R., et al.. (2024). The role of perceptual and word identification spans in reading efficiency: Evidence from hearing and deaf readers.. Journal of Experimental Psychology General. 153(10). 2359–2377. 4 indexed citations
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Midgley, Katherine J., et al.. (2023). How (and why) does iconicity effect lexical access: An electrophysiological study of American sign language. Neuropsychologia. 183. 108516–108516. 7 indexed citations
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Sehyr, Zed Sevcikova, Katherine J. Midgley, Karen Emmorey, & Phillip J. Holcomb. (2023). Asymetric Event-Related Potential Priming Effects Between English Letters and American Sign Language Fingerspelling Fonts. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(2). 361–381. 3 indexed citations
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Midgley, Katherine J., et al.. (2021). Matching pictures and signs: An ERP study of the effects of iconic structural alignment in American sign language. Neuropsychologia. 162. 108051–108051. 5 indexed citations
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Declerck, Mathieu, Gabriela Meade, Katherine J. Midgley, et al.. (2021). Language control in bimodal bilinguals: Evidence from ERPs. Neuropsychologia. 161. 108019–108019. 8 indexed citations
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Meade, Gabriela, et al.. (2021). The organization of the American Sign Language lexicon: Comparing one- and two-parameter ERP phonological priming effects across tasks. Brain and Language. 218. 104960–104960. 6 indexed citations
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Emmorey, Karen, et al.. (2020). Neurophysiological Correlates of Frequency, Concreteness, and Iconicity in American Sign Language. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(2). 249–267. 19 indexed citations
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Quadros, Ronice Müller de, Kathryn Davidson, Diane Lillo‐Martin, & Karen Emmorey. (2019). Code-blending with depicting signs. Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism. 10(2). 290–308. 4 indexed citations
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Li, Le, Jubin Abutalebi, Karen Emmorey, et al.. (2017). How bilingualism protects the brain from aging: Insights from bimodal bilinguals. Human Brain Mapping. 38(8). 4109–4124. 26 indexed citations
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Quadros, Ronice Müller de, Diane Lillo‐Martin, & Karen Emmorey. (2017). As línguas de bilíngues bimodais. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations
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Thompson, Robin L., et al.. (2013). The eyes don’t point: Understanding language universals through person marking in American Signed Language. Lingua. 137. 219–229. 5 indexed citations
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Pyers, Jennie, Anna Shusterman, Ann Senghas, Elizabeth S. Spelke, & Karen Emmorey. (2010). Evidence from an emerging sign language reveals that language supports spatial cognition. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(27). 12116–12120. 89 indexed citations
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Emmorey, Karen & Stephen McCullough. (2008). The bimodal bilingual brain: Effects of sign language experience. Brain and Language. 109(2-3). 124–132. 59 indexed citations
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Emmorey, Karen, et al.. (2008). Co-speech gesture in bimodal bilinguals. Language and Cognitive Processes. 24(2). 290–312. 45 indexed citations
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Emmorey, Karen, Sonya Mehta, & Thomas J. Grabowski. (2007). The neural correlates of sign versus word production. NeuroImage. 36(1). 202–208. 96 indexed citations

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