Lucy Cragg

3.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
44 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Lucy Cragg is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Statistics and Probability. According to data from OpenAlex, Lucy Cragg has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 21 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 21 papers in Statistics and Probability. Recurrent topics in Lucy Cragg's work include Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills (21 papers), Infant Development and Preterm Care (10 papers) and Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (10 papers). Lucy Cragg is often cited by papers focused on Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills (21 papers), Infant Development and Preterm Care (10 papers) and Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (10 papers). Lucy Cragg collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Lucy Cragg's co-authors include Camilla Gilmore, Kate Nation, Samantha Johnson, Victoria Simms, Sarah Clayton, Neil Marlow, Sarah Keeble, Madeleine J. Groom, Matthew Inglis and Nicolas Chevalier and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Child Development.

In The Last Decade

Lucy Cragg

43 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Skills underlying mathematics: The role of executive function in the development of mathematics proficiency

2014 411 citations Lucy Cragg, Camilla Gilmore profile →
Individual Differences in Inhibitory Control, Not Non-Verbal Number Acuity, Correlate with Mathematics Achievement

2013 343 citations Camilla Gilmore, Nina Attridge et al. PLoS ONE profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lucy Cragg United Kingdom	27	1.1k	1.1k	1.0k	953	527	44	2.6k
Liane Kaufmann Austria	32	1.6k 1.4×	2.3k 2.1×	916 0.9×	1.5k 1.6×	397 0.8×	88	3.1k
Catherine Willis United Kingdom	14	2.4k 2.1×	769 0.7×	1.2k 1.2×	557 0.6×	534 1.0×	19	3.0k
Elise Temple United States	18	1.5k 1.3×	849 0.8×	1.5k 1.5×	360 0.4×	328 0.6×	22	2.5k
Zvia Breznitz Israel	30	2.0k 1.8×	849 0.8×	1.2k 1.2×	656 0.7×	241 0.5×	89	2.6k
Robin L. Peterson United States	20	1.5k 1.3×	547 0.5×	945 0.9×	361 0.4×	230 0.4×	40	2.2k
Mauro Pesenti Belgium	34	1.5k 1.3×	2.6k 2.4×	2.2k 2.1×	1.1k 1.1×	588 1.1×	86	3.7k
Christina B. Young United States	21	206 0.2×	366 0.3×	998 1.0×	219 0.2×	518 1.0×	67	2.0k
Leo Blomert Netherlands	35	3.0k 2.7×	1.4k 1.3×	2.8k 2.7×	948 1.0×	1.6k 3.0×	58	4.6k
Paavo H. T. Leppänen Finland	39	3.5k 3.1×	1.1k 0.9×	2.8k 2.6×	867 0.9×	648 1.2×	114	4.8k
Elizabeth S. Norton United States	23	1.5k 1.3×	581 0.5×	1.4k 1.3×	397 0.4×	182 0.3×	67	2.4k

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Gilmore, Camilla, et al.. (2025). Transfer of congruency effects between Stroop and multiplication tasks: Evidence that retrieval of multiplication facts requires inhibitory control. Cognition. 256. 106054–106054. 1 indexed citations

Cragg, Lucy, et al.. (2023). The impact of out-of-school science activities for primary school children on science knowledge, interest and later academic choices: an evaluation study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7(1). 1 indexed citations

Clayton, Sarah, et al.. (2023). Higher level domain specific skills in mathematics; The relationship between algebra, geometry, executive function skills and mathematics achievement. PLoS ONE. 18(11). e0291796–e0291796.

Cragg, Lucy, et al.. (2022). Endogenous control is insufficient for preventing attentional capture in children and adults. Acta Psychologica. 228. 103611–103611. 5 indexed citations

Johnson, Samantha, et al.. (2021). A comparison of simultaneous and sequential visuo-spatial memory in children born very preterm. Child Neuropsychology. 28(4). 496–509. 1 indexed citations

Johnson, Samantha, Vassiliki Bountziouka, Sarah Clayton, et al.. (2019). Improving developmental and educational support for children born preterm: evaluation of an e-learning resource for education professionals. BMJ Open. 9(6). e029720–e029720. 18 indexed citations

Hirst, Rebecca J., et al.. (2018). The threshold for the McGurk effect in audio-visual noise decreases with development. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 12372–12372. 33 indexed citations

Johnson, Samantha, et al.. (2018). Cognitive predictors of parent-rated inattention in very preterm children: The role of working memory and processing speed. Child Neuropsychology. 25(5). 617–635. 10 indexed citations

Gilmore, Camilla, Sarah Clayton, Lucy Cragg, et al.. (2018). Understanding arithmetic concepts: The role of domain-specific and domain-general skills. PLoS ONE. 13(9). e0201724–e0201724. 15 indexed citations

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Cragg, Lucy, et al.. (2017). When is working memory important for arithmetic? The impact of strategy and age. PLoS ONE. 12(12). e0188693–e0188693. 44 indexed citations

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Cragg, Lucy, et al.. (2017). Direct and indirect influences of executive functions on mathematics achievement. Cognition. 162. 12–26. 187 indexed citations

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Simms, Victoria, Sarah Clayton, Lucy Cragg, Camilla Gilmore, & Samantha Johnson. (2016). Explaining the relationship between number line estimation and mathematical achievement: The role of visuomotor integration and visuospatial skills. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 145. 22–33. 83 indexed citations

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Gilmore, Camilla, et al.. (2016). Congruency effects in dot comparison tasks: convex hull is more important than dot area. Journal of Cognitive Psychology. 28(8). 923–931. 45 indexed citations

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Cragg, Lucy. (2015). The development of stimulus and response interference control in midchildhood.. Developmental Psychology. 52(2). 242–252. 48 indexed citations

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Groom, Madeleine J. & Lucy Cragg. (2015). Differential modulation of the N2 and P3 event-related potentials by response conflict and inhibition. Brain and Cognition. 97. 1–9. 133 indexed citations

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Simms, Victoria, Camilla Gilmore, Lucy Cragg, et al.. (2014). Nature and origins of mathematics difficulties in very preterm children: a different etiology than developmental dyscalculia. Pediatric Research. 77(2). 389–395. 64 indexed citations

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Gilmore, Camilla, Nina Attridge, Sarah Clayton, et al.. (2013). Individual Differences in Inhibitory Control, Not Non-Verbal Number Acuity, Correlate with Mathematics Achievement. PLoS ONE. 8(6). e67374–e67374. 343 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cragg, Lucy & Kate Nation. (2009). Shifting development in mid-childhood: The influence of between-task interference.. Developmental Psychology. 45(5). 1465–1479. 37 indexed citations

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Norbury, Courtenay, Jon Brock, Lucy Cragg, et al.. (2009). Eye‐movement patterns are associated with communicative competence in autistic spectrum disorders. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 50(7). 834–842. 146 indexed citations

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Cragg, Lucy & Kate Nation. (2008). Go or no‐go? Developmental improvements in the efficiency of response inhibition in mid‐childhood. Developmental Science. 11(6). 819–827. 95 indexed citations

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