Lynn Nadel

34.0k total citations · 9 hit papers
194 papers, 24.2k citations indexed

About

Lynn Nadel is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lynn Nadel has authored 194 papers receiving a total of 24.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 139 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 58 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 30 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Lynn Nadel's work include Memory and Neural Mechanisms (118 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (58 papers) and Memory Processes and Influences (41 papers). Lynn Nadel is often cited by papers focused on Memory and Neural Mechanisms (118 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (58 papers) and Memory Processes and Influences (41 papers). Lynn Nadel collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Lynn Nadel's co-authors include John O’Keefe, Morris Moscovitch, Lee Ryan, Rebecca L. Gómez, Oliver Hardt, W. Jake Jacobs, Almut Hupbach, Gordon Winocur, Hallvard Røe Evensmoen and Jessica D. Payne and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Lynn Nadel

189 papers receiving 23.3k citations

Hit Papers

The Hippocampus as a Cognitive Map 1975 2026 1992 2009 1978 1997 2013 2016 2005 2.0k 4.0k 6.0k
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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. The Hippocampus as a Cognitive Map
    1978 6.4k citations Lynn Nadel et al. profile →
  2. Memory consolidation, retrograde amnesia and the hippocampal complex
    1997 1.3k citations Lynn Nadel et al. profile →
  3. Long-axis specialization of the human hippocampus
    2013 767 citations Lynn Nadel et al. profile →
  4. Episodic Memory and Beyond: The Hippocampus and Neocortex in Transformation
    2016 664 citations Lynn Nadel et al. profile →
  5. Functional neuroanatomy of remote episodic, semantic and spatial memory: a unified account based on multiple trace theory
    2005 601 citations Lynn Nadel et al. profile →
  6. Viewpoints: how the hippocampus contributes to memory, navigation and cognition
    2017 546 citations Lynn Nadel et al. profile →
  7. Review of the Toxicology of Chlorpyrifos With an Emphasis on Human Exposure and Neurodevelopment
    2008 536 citations Lynn Nadel et al. profile →
  8. Précis of O'Keefe & Nadel'sThe hippocampus as a cognitive map
    1979 360 citations Lynn Nadel et al. profile →
  9. Fornix lesions selectively abolish place learning in the rat
    1975 287 citations Lynn Nadel et al. profile →

Peers

Lynn Nadel
Eleanor A. Maguire United Kingdom
John O’Keefe United Kingdom
Mortimer Mishkin United States
Gordon Winocur Canada
Howard Eichenbaum United States
Brenda Milner Canada
John P. Aggleton United Kingdom
Morris Moscovitch Canada
Bruce L. McNaughton United States
Michael Petrides Canada
Eleanor A. Maguire United Kingdom
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hasselmo, Michael E. & Lynn Nadel. (2025). Scientific Histories of Hippocampal Research: Introduction to the Special Issue. Hippocampus. 35(1). e23680–e23680.
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Sekeres, Melanie J., Judith Schomaker, Lynn Nadel, & Dorothy Tse. (2024). To update or to create? The influence of novelty and prior knowledge on memory networks. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 379(1906). 20230238–20230238. 7 indexed citations
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Nadel, Lynn, et al.. (2024). Perceived memory credibility: The role of details. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(52). e2416373121–e2416373121. 2 indexed citations
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Chen, Yu-Chin, et al.. (2022). Diffusion MRI–guided theta burst stimulation enhances memory and functional connectivity along the inferior longitudinal fasciculus in mild cognitive impairment. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(21). e2113778119–e2113778119. 19 indexed citations
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Nadel, Lynn. (2021). The hippocampal formation and action at a distance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(51). 6 indexed citations
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Nadel, Lynn & Andrew P. Maurer. (2018). Recalling Lashley and reconsolidating Hebb. Hippocampus. 30(8). 776–793. 25 indexed citations
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Nadel, Lynn, et al.. (2016). ERP correlates of object recognition memory in Down syndrome: Do active and passive tasks measure the same thing?. Neuropsychologia. 82. 39–53. 4 indexed citations
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Hupbach, Almut, et al.. (2013). Effects of psychosocial stress on episodic memory updating. Psychopharmacology. 226(4). 769–779. 20 indexed citations
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Edgin, Jamie O., Ajay Kumar, Goffredina Spanò, & Lynn Nadel. (2011). Neuropsychological effects of second language exposure in Down syndrome. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research. 55(3). 351–356. 24 indexed citations
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Hoscheidt, Siobhan M., Lynn Nadel, Jessica D. Payne, & Lee Ryan. (2010). Hippocampal activation during retrieval of spatial context from episodic and semantic memory. Behavioural Brain Research. 212(2). 121–132. 58 indexed citations
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Tommasi, Luca, Mary A. Peterson, & Lynn Nadel. (2009). Cognitive Biology: Evolutionary and Developmental Perspectives on Mind, Brain, and Behavior. MIT Press eBooks. 28 indexed citations
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Payne, Jessica D. & Lynn Nadel. (2004). Sleep, dreams, and memory consolidation: The role of the stress hormone cortisol. Learning & Memory. 11(6). 671–678. 119 indexed citations
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Learmonth, Amy E., Lynn Nadel, & Nora S. Newcombe. (2002). Children's Use of Landmarks: Implications for Modularity Theory. Psychological Science. 13(4). 337–341. 186 indexed citations
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Jech, Robert, Evžen Růžička, Lynn Nadel, et al.. (2002). Rat spatial memory tasks adapted for humans: characterization in subjects with intact brain and subjects with selective medial temporal lobe thermal lesions.. Physiological Research. 51 Suppl 1. S49–S65. 44 indexed citations
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Uecker, Anne & Lynn Nadel. (1998). Spatial But Not Object Memory Impairments in Children with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. American Journal on Mental Retardation. 103(1). 12–12. 74 indexed citations
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Bohbot, Véronique D., Miroslav Kalina, Kateřina Štěpánková, et al.. (1997). Lesions to the right parahippocampal cortex cause navigational memory deficits in humans. NeuroImage. 5. 3 indexed citations
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Jacobs, W. Jake, et al.. (1996). On the veracity and variability of traumatic memory.. Traumatology An International Journal. 2(2). 18 indexed citations
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Nadel, Lynn, et al.. (1996). Down's syndrome : Psychological, psychobiological and socio-educational perspectives. 49 indexed citations
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Nadel, Lynn & Charles J. Epstein. (1992). Down syndrome and Alzheimer disease : proceedings of the National Down Syndrome Society Conference on Down Syndrome and Alzheimer Disease, held in New York, January 16 and 17, 1992. 1 indexed citations
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Schacter, Daniel L., Lynn Nadel, R. G. Lister, & Herbert Weingartner. (1991). Varieties of spatial memory: A problem for cognitive neuroscience. Cognitive Neuroscience. 30 indexed citations

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