Leah L. Light

6.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
75 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Leah L. Light is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Leah L. Light has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 28 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 10 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Leah L. Light's work include Memory Processes and Influences (33 papers), Child and Animal Learning Development (19 papers) and Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism (10 papers). Leah L. Light is often cited by papers focused on Memory Processes and Influences (33 papers), Child and Animal Learning Development (19 papers) and Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism (10 papers). Leah L. Light collaborates with scholars based in United States. Leah L. Light's co-authors include Deborah M. Burke, Donna La Voie, Asha Singh, Elizabeth M. Zelinski, Janet L. Capps, P. A. Anderson, Timothy A. Salthouse, Asha Lata Singh, Christie Chung and Robert F. Kennison and has published in prestigious journals such as Psychological Bulletin, American Psychologist and Annual Review of Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Leah L. Light

74 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Hit Papers

Memory and Aging: Four Hypotheses in Search of Data 1991 2026 2002 2014 1991 200 400 600
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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.

  1. Memory and Aging: Four Hypotheses in Search of Data
    1991 612 citations Leah L. Light profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Leah L. Light United States 34 3.7k 1.5k 1.1k 549 448 75 4.6k
Alan J. Parkin United Kingdom 42 3.9k 1.1× 1.6k 1.1× 923 0.8× 662 1.2× 286 0.6× 123 5.1k
Anderson D. Smith United States 30 2.8k 0.7× 721 0.5× 1.2k 1.0× 529 1.0× 286 0.6× 51 3.9k
Sandra Hale United States 39 3.5k 0.9× 1.6k 1.1× 2.0k 1.8× 456 0.8× 285 0.6× 98 5.5k
Graham J. Hitch United Kingdom 36 3.3k 0.9× 1.9k 1.2× 1.6k 1.4× 655 1.2× 361 0.8× 79 4.9k
Moshe Naveh‐Benjamin United States 47 6.3k 1.7× 2.2k 1.4× 2.3k 2.0× 926 1.7× 568 1.3× 137 8.2k
J. Scott Saults United States 31 2.7k 0.7× 1.0k 0.7× 1.5k 1.3× 443 0.8× 254 0.6× 57 3.9k
Alan D. Castel United States 38 4.6k 1.2× 1.8k 1.2× 2.2k 1.9× 701 1.3× 501 1.1× 159 6.2k
Wilma Koutstaal United States 29 4.3k 1.1× 734 0.5× 687 0.6× 815 1.5× 265 0.6× 81 4.9k
Deborah M. Burke United States 29 3.3k 0.9× 2.0k 1.3× 949 0.8× 310 0.6× 363 0.8× 48 4.1k
Carol L. Raye United States 34 5.2k 1.4× 1.3k 0.8× 1.4k 1.2× 1.9k 3.4× 470 1.0× 51 6.6k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Light, Leah L., et al.. (2016). Effects of repetition on age differences in associative recognition. Memory. 25(3). 350–359. 2 indexed citations
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Light, Leah L., et al.. (2011). Age, Criterion Flexibility, and Associative Recognition. The Journals of Gerontology Series B. 67B(1). 36–42. 10 indexed citations
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Light, Leah L., et al.. (2010). Effects of repetition on associative recognition in young and older adults: Item and associative strengthening.. Psychology and Aging. 26(1). 111–126. 30 indexed citations
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Light, Leah L., et al.. (2009). Discriminating Semantic from Episodic Relatedness in Young and Older Adults. Aging Neuropsychology and Cognition. 16(5). 535–562. 26 indexed citations
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Chung, Christie & Leah L. Light. (2009). Effects of Age and Study Repetition on Plurality Discrimination. Aging Neuropsychology and Cognition. 16(4). 446–460. 4 indexed citations
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Prull, Matthew W., et al.. (2006). Recollection and familiarity in recognition memory: Adult age differences and neuropsychological test correlates.. Psychology and Aging. 21(1). 107–118. 119 indexed citations
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Light, Leah L., et al.. (2006). Effects of repetition and response deadline on item recognition in young and older adults. Memory & Cognition. 34(2). 335–343. 9 indexed citations
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Healy, Michael R., Leah L. Light, & Christie Chung. (2005). Dual-Process Models of Associative Recognition in Young and Older Adults: Evidence From Receiver Operating Characteristics.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition. 31(4). 768–788. 82 indexed citations
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Light, Leah L., et al.. (2004). Effects of repetition and response deadline on associative recognition in young and older adults. Memory & Cognition. 32(7). 1182–1193. 97 indexed citations
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Hertzog, Christopher & Leah L. Light. (2004). Methodological Issues in the Assessment of Technology Use for Older Adults. 134(3). 230–2. 2 indexed citations
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Light, Leah L., Robert F. Kennison, & Michael R. Healy. (2002). Bias effects in word fragment completion in young and older adults. Memory & Cognition. 30(8). 1204–1218. 5 indexed citations
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Light, Leah L. & Robert F. Kennison. (1996). Guessing Strategies, Aging, and Bias Effects in Perceptual Identification. Consciousness and Cognition. 5(4). 463–499. 13 indexed citations
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Light, Leah L., et al.. (1992). Direct and indirect measures of memory for modality in young and older adults.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition. 18(6). 1284–1297. 75 indexed citations
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Light, Leah L., et al.. (1991). Instantiation of general terms in young and older adults.. Psychology and Aging. 6(3). 337–351. 19 indexed citations
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Light, Leah L., et al.. (1989). Direct and indirect tests of memory for category exemplars in young and older adults.. Psychology and Aging. 4(4). 487–492. 67 indexed citations
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Light, Leah L., et al.. (1988). Young and older adults' use of context in spatial memory.. Psychology and Aging. 3(1). 99–101. 42 indexed citations
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Light, Leah L. & Timothy A. Salthouse. (1987). A Theory of Cognitive Aging. The American Journal of Psychology. 100(1). 125–125. 68 indexed citations
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Light, Leah L. & Elizabeth M. Zelinski. (1983). Memory for spatial information in young and old adults.. Developmental Psychology. 19(6). 901–906. 6 indexed citations
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Light, Leah L.. (1974). Incentives, information, rehearsal, and the negative recency effect. Memory & Cognition. 2(2). 295–300. 1 indexed citations
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Light, Leah L., et al.. (1973). Context effects in recognition memory: Item order and unitization.. Journal of Experimental Psychology. 100(1). 135–140. 12 indexed citations

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