Leon J. Kamin

7.7k citations

76 papers · 5.7k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 29

Cognitive Neuroscience top 0.5%
Developmental and Educational Psychology top 0.5%
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience top 1%
Social Psychology top 1%
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology top 1%

Co-authors: Dw Fulker Zoltan Annau Richard C Lewontin Steven Rose Lyman C. Wynne Richard L. Solomon C. J. Brimer A. H. Black
Topics: Cognitive Abilities and Testing (15 papers)Behavioral and Psychological Studies (10 papers)Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (5 papers)
Cited by: Behavioral Neuroscience General Psychology Cognitive Neuroscience
Journals: Nature Science Psychological Bulletin
Partner nations: United States Canada South Africa

In The Last Decade

Leon J. Kamin

65 papers receiving 4.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Predictability, surprise, attention, and conditioning

1967 1.1k citations Leon J. Kamin NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA) profile →
The Science and Politics of IQ

1975 674 citations Leon J. Kamin et al. profile →
"Attention-like" processes in classical conditioning

1967 546 citations Leon J. Kamin NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA) profile →
The conditioned emotional response as a function of intensity of the US.

1961 461 citations Zoltan Annau, Leon J. Kamin Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology profile →
Not in Our Genes: Biology, Ideology, and Human Nature

1984 445 citations Richard C Lewontin, Steven Rose et al. DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library) profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Twin Studies in Behavioral Research: A Skeptical View 2002 ·Theoretical Population Biology ·Leon J. Kamin,Arthur S. Goldberger	45
2	Books 1986 ·Scientific American ·Leon J. Kamin	55
3	Not in Our Genes: Biology, Ideology, and Human Naturebreakdown → 1984 ·DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library) ·Richard C Lewontin,Steven Rose,Leon J. Kamin	445
4	Not in Our Genes. Biology, Ideology and Human Nature. Harmondsworth (Penguin) 1984. 1984 ·(unknown),Leon J. Kamin,Richard C Lewontin	33
5	Intelligence: The Battle for the Mind 1981 ·Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks ·H. J. Eysenck,Leon J. Kamin	49
6	Sex Differences in Susceptibility of IQ to Environmental Influence 1978 ·Child Development ·Leon J. Kamin	6
7	A positive interpretation of apparent "cumulative deficit." 1978 ·Developmental Psychology ·Leon J. Kamin	2
8	Configural-like effects observed in the course of second-order conditioning in rats 1977 ·Learning and Motivation ·Leon J. Kamin,(unknown)	5
9	A reply to Munsinger 1977 ·Behavior Genetics ·Leon J. Kamin	2
10	The Misuse of IQ Testing 1973 ·Change The Magazine of Higher Learning ·Leon J. Kamin,John Egerton	2
11	Selective association and conditioning 1969 ·Medical Entomology and Zoology ·Leon J. Kamin	223
12	"Attention-like" processes in classical conditioningbreakdown → 1967 ·NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA) ·Leon J. Kamin	546
13	Effects of conditioned stimulus intensity on the conditioned emotional response. 1963 ·Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology ·Leon J. Kamin,(unknown)	50
14	The conditioned emotional response as a function of intensity of the US.breakdown → 1961 ·Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology ·Zoltan Annau,Leon J. Kamin	461
15	Two Effects of An “Anxiety-Eliciting” CS on Human Reaction Latency 1959 ·Psychological Reports ·(unknown),Leon J. Kamin	6
16	CS-Termination as a Factor in the Emergence of Anticipatory Avoidance 1959 ·Psychological Reports ·Leon J. Kamin	3
17	The retention of an incompletely learned avoidance response. 1957 ·Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology ·Leon J. Kamin	233
18	The gradient of delay of secondary reward in avoidance learning. 1957 ·Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology ·Leon J. Kamin	32
19	The effects of termination of the CS and avoidance of the US on avoidance learning: An extension. 1957 ·Canadian Journal of Psychology/Revue Canadienne de Psychologie ·Leon J. Kamin	14
20	Relations between discrimination, apparatus stress, and the Taylor Scale. 1955 ·Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology ·Leon J. Kamin	11

About Leon J. Kamin

Leon J. Kamin is a scholar working on General Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Developmental and Educational Psychology, having authored 76 papers that have together received 5.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Cognitive Abilities and Testing (15 papers), Behavioral and Psychological Studies (10 papers) and Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Behavioral Neuroscience (619 citations), General Psychology (173 citations) and Cognitive Neuroscience (2.6k citations). Leon J. Kamin has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and South Africa. Frequent co-authors include Dw Fulker, Zoltan Annau, Richard C Lewontin, Steven Rose, Lyman C. Wynne, Richard L. Solomon, C. J. Brimer, A. H. Black, Edwin F. Kremer and H. J. Eysenck. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Psychological Bulletin.

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