Kevin Dunbar

9.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
52 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Kevin Dunbar is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kevin Dunbar has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 17 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 16 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Kevin Dunbar's work include Child and Animal Learning Development (20 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (13 papers) and Action Observation and Synchronization (8 papers). Kevin Dunbar is often cited by papers focused on Child and Animal Learning Development (20 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (13 papers) and Action Observation and Synchronization (8 papers). Kevin Dunbar collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Kevin Dunbar's co-authors include James L. McClelland, Jonathan Cohen, David Klahr, Colin M. MacLeod, Jonathan A. Fugelsang, Isabelle Blanchette, Adam E. Green, David J. M. Kraemer, Denis Dumas and Jeremy R. Gray and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Psychological Review and Trends in Cognitive Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Kevin Dunbar

51 papers receiving 5.1k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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 control of automatic processes: A parallel distributed processing account of the Stroop effect.

1990 1.5k citations Jonathan Cohen, Kevin Dunbar et al. Psychological Review profile →
Dual Space Search During Scientific Reasoning

1988 717 citations David Klahr, Kevin Dunbar Cognitive Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kevin Dunbar United States	33	2.8k	1.9k	1.8k	830	782	52	5.5k
Brian H. Ross United States	36	1.6k 0.6×	2.1k 1.1×	3.4k 1.9×	1.0k 1.2×	1.1k 1.4×	96	6.7k
Thomas O. Nelson United States	43	4.6k 1.7×	2.1k 1.1×	2.8k 1.5×	988 1.2×	508 0.6×	113	7.1k
Stellan Ohlsson United States	29	1.2k 0.4×	1.8k 0.9×	1.2k 0.6×	432 0.5×	628 0.8×	112	4.3k
Peter A. Frensch Germany	39	2.5k 0.9×	1.2k 0.6×	1.7k 0.9×	1.0k 1.2×	701 0.9×	114	5.5k
Lynne M. Reder United States	45	3.6k 1.3×	1.5k 0.8×	2.6k 1.4×	1.2k 1.5×	1.3k 1.7×	126	7.2k
Jennifer Wiley United States	43	1.7k 0.6×	2.5k 1.3×	3.0k 1.7×	658 0.8×	1.7k 2.2×	148	6.3k
Arthur S. Reber United States	34	3.1k 1.1×	1.1k 0.6×	3.3k 1.8×	1.4k 1.7×	377 0.5×	93	6.8k
William G. Chase United States	18	2.3k 0.8×	2.3k 1.2×	2.3k 1.3×	1.1k 1.3×	562 0.7×	24	6.4k
Thomas H. Carr United States	36	4.4k 1.6×	1.8k 1.0×	2.9k 1.6×	1.3k 1.5×	394 0.5×	79	7.3k
Edward Vul United States	29	3.7k 1.3×	1.4k 0.8×	1.5k 0.8×	760 0.9×	520 0.7×	74	6.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kevin Dunbar

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All Works

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Bassok, Miriam, Kevin Dunbar, & Keith J. Holyoak. (2012). Introduction to the special section on the neural substrate of analogical reasoning and metaphor comprehension.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition. 38(2). 261–263. 18 indexed citations

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Green, Adam E., David J. M. Kraemer, Jonathan A. Fugelsang, Jeremy R. Gray, & Kevin Dunbar. (2011). Neural correlates of creativity in analogical reasoning.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition. 38(2). 264–272. 120 indexed citations

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Dunbar, Kevin, et al.. (2009). Creativity Evaluation through Latent Semantic Analysis. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 31(31). 48 indexed citations

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Green, Adam E., David J. M. Kraemer, Jonathan A. Fugelsang, Jeremy R. Gray, & Kevin Dunbar. (2009). Connecting Long Distance: Semantic Distance in Analogical Reasoning Modulates Frontopolar Cortex Activity. Cerebral Cortex. 20(1). 70–76. 171 indexed citations

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Dunbar, Kevin, et al.. (2007). Do naïve theories ever go away? Using brain and behavior to understand changes in concepts. 24 indexed citations

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Green, Adam E., Jonathan A. Fugelsang, David J. M. Kraemer, & Kevin Dunbar. (2007). The Micro-Category account of analogy. Cognition. 106(2). 1004–1016. 34 indexed citations

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Dunbar, Kevin, et al.. (2007). Do Naïve Theories Ever Go Away? Using Brain and Behavior to Understand Changes in Concepts : Kevin N. Dunbar Jonathan A. Fugelsang. 205–217. 1 indexed citations

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Green, Adam E., Jonathan A. Fugelsang, & Kevin Dunbar. (2006). Automatic activation of categorical and abstract analogical relations in analogical reasoning. Memory & Cognition. 34(7). 1414–1421. 39 indexed citations

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Fugelsang, Jonathan A., Matthew E. Roser, Paul M. Corballis, Michael S. Gazzaniga, & Kevin Dunbar. (2005). Brain mechanisms underlying perceptual causality. Cognitive Brain Research. 24(1). 41–47. 79 indexed citations

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Fugelsang, Jonathan A., et al.. (2004). Theory and data interactions of the scientific mind: Evidence from the molecular and the cognitive laboratory.. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology/Revue canadienne de psychologie expérimentale. 58(2). 86–95. 77 indexed citations

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Dunbar, Kevin, et al.. (1996). Problem Spaces in Real-World Science: What are They and How Do Scientists Search Them?. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 2 indexed citations

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Dunbar, Kevin, et al.. (1995). Toward a Cognitive Account of Frontal Lobe Function: Simulating Frontal Lobe Deficits in Normal Subjectsa. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 769(1). 289–304. 64 indexed citations

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Dunbar, Kevin, et al.. (1994). Goals, analogy, and the social constraints of scientific discovery. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 17(3). 538–539. 6 indexed citations

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Cohen, Jonathan, Kevin Dunbar, & James L. McClelland. (1990). On the control of automatic processes: A parallel distributed processing account of the Stroop effect.. Psychological Review. 97(3). 332–361. 1482 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cohen, Jonathan D., Kevin Dunbar, & James L. McClelland. (1990). On the control of automatic processes: A parallel distributed processing account of the Stroop effect.. Psychological Review. 97(3). 332–361. 104 indexed citations

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Klahr, David, Kevin Dunbar, & Anne L. Fay. (1989). Designing Good Experiments to Test Bad Hypotheses. 355–402. 36 indexed citations

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Klahr, David & Kevin Dunbar. (1988). Dual Space Search During Scientific Reasoning. Cognitive Science. 12(1). 1–48. 717 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dunbar, Kevin & Colin M. MacLeod. (1984). A horse race of a different color: Stroop interference patterns with transformed words.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance. 10(5). 622–639. 88 indexed citations

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Dunbar, Kevin & Colin M. MacLeod. (1984). A horse race of a different color: Stroop interference patterns with transformed words.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance. 10(5). 622–639. 143 indexed citations

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Lewandowsky, Stephan & Kevin Dunbar. (1983). Cognitive Psychology: A Comparative Review of Textbooks. The American Journal of Psychology. 96(3). 391–391. 4 indexed citations

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