Marcel Kinsbourne

18.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
255 papers, 12.3k citations indexed

About

Marcel Kinsbourne is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Marcel Kinsbourne has authored 255 papers receiving a total of 12.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 156 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 50 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 39 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Marcel Kinsbourne's work include Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience (62 papers), Spatial Neglect and Hemispheric Dysfunction (25 papers) and Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (24 papers). Marcel Kinsbourne is often cited by papers focused on Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience (62 papers), Spatial Neglect and Hemispheric Dysfunction (25 papers) and Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (24 papers). Marcel Kinsbourne collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Marcel Kinsbourne's co-authors include Elizabeth K. Warrington, Daniel C. Dennett, Merrill Hiscock, James M. Swanson, Robert E. Hicks, Warren L. Smith, Jay D. Cook, Deborah Fein, Morris Moscovitch and George Miller and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Marcel Kinsbourne

238 papers receiving 11.1k citations

Hit Papers

The cerebral basis of lateral asymmetries in attention 1970 2026 1988 2007 1970 1992 1977 250 500 750
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.

  1. The cerebral basis of lateral asymmetries in attention
    1970 896 citations Marcel Kinsbourne profile →
  2. Time and the observer: The where and when of consciousness in the brain
    1992 564 citations Marcel Kinsbourne et al. profile →
  3. Hemi-neglect and hemisphere rivalry.
    1977 416 citations Marcel Kinsbourne profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Marcel Kinsbourne United States 55 9.2k 2.4k 2.1k 2.0k 1.1k 255 12.3k
Arthur L. Benton United States 55 8.7k 1.0× 2.0k 0.8× 2.0k 1.0× 3.6k 1.8× 1.0k 1.0× 199 15.3k
Ennio De Renzi Italy 56 8.7k 0.9× 2.0k 0.8× 1.5k 0.7× 1.6k 0.8× 1.7k 1.6× 97 11.0k
Harold Goodglass United States 56 10.1k 1.1× 5.1k 2.1× 2.5k 1.2× 3.0k 1.5× 1.3k 1.2× 143 13.8k
Brenda Milner Canada 61 19.1k 2.1× 3.1k 1.3× 2.7k 1.3× 4.4k 2.2× 1.4k 1.3× 101 24.3k
Sergio Della Sala United Kingdom 53 7.9k 0.9× 1.8k 0.8× 2.4k 1.2× 2.9k 1.4× 1.3k 1.2× 336 11.3k
Giuseppe Vallar Italy 63 11.7k 1.3× 2.3k 0.9× 1.7k 0.8× 1.6k 0.8× 1.3k 1.2× 253 14.7k
Doreen Kimura Canada 46 8.8k 1.0× 3.2k 1.3× 4.1k 1.9× 667 0.3× 1.9k 1.8× 77 13.4k
Darren R. Gitelman United States 59 8.5k 0.9× 1.6k 0.7× 1.8k 0.9× 1.6k 0.8× 976 0.9× 125 12.3k
H. Hécaen France 47 6.1k 0.7× 2.0k 0.8× 1.2k 0.6× 751 0.4× 893 0.8× 170 8.7k
Karl Magnus Petersson Netherlands 58 9.0k 1.0× 2.9k 1.2× 2.0k 1.0× 1.2k 0.6× 1.4k 1.3× 173 11.8k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Miller, Joan G. & Marcel Kinsbourne. (2011). Culture and Neuroscience in Developmental Psychology: Contributions and Challenges. Child Development Perspectives. 6(1). 35–41. 13 indexed citations
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McKay, Ryan & Marcel Kinsbourne. (2009). Confabulation, delusion, and anosognosia: Motivational factors and false claims. Cognitive Neuropsychiatry. 15(1-3). 288–318. 24 indexed citations
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Root, James C., Philip S. Wong, & Marcel Kinsbourne. (2006). Left hemisphere specialization for response to positive emotional expressions: A divided output methodology.. Emotion. 6(3). 473–483. 34 indexed citations
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Margolis, Amy, Mireille Donkervoort, Marcel Kinsbourne, & Bradley S. Peterson. (2006). Interhemispheric connectivity and executive functioning in adults with Tourette syndrome.. Neuropsychology. 20(1). 66–76. 27 indexed citations
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Kinsbourne, Marcel. (2004). Commentary on “The Pleasantness of False Beliefs”. Neuropsychoanalysis. 6(1). 33–37.
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Kinsbourne, Marcel. (2000). Inner Speech and the Inner Life. Brain and Language. 71(1). 120–123. 18 indexed citations
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Kinsbourne, Marcel. (1997). Opinion Cognitive Markers for Neuropsychiatry?. Cognitive Neuropsychiatry. 2(3). 161–166. 1 indexed citations
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Kinsbourne, Marcel, et al.. (1996). Divergent Thinking Styles of the Hemispheres: How Syllogisms Are Solved during Transitory Hemisphere Suppression. Brain and Cognition. 31(3). 285–307. 47 indexed citations
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Crawford, Susan, Bonnie J. Kaplan, & Marcel Kinsbourne. (1994). Are Families of Children with Reading Difficulties at Risk for Immune Disorders and Nonrighthandedness?. Cortex. 30(2). 281–292. 13 indexed citations
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Crawford, Susan, Bonnie J. Kaplan, & Marcel Kinsbourne. (1992). The Effects of Parental Immunoreactivity on Pregnancy, Birth, and Cognitive Development: Maternal Immune Attack on the Fetus?. Cortex. 28(3). 483–491. 11 indexed citations
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Kinsbourne, Marcel, et al.. (1991). NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL DEFICITS IN ADULTS WITH DYSLEXIA. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. 33(9). 763–775. 72 indexed citations
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Reuter‐Lorenz, Patricia A., Marcel Kinsbourne, & Morris Moscovitch. (1990). Hemispheric control of spatial attention. Brain and Cognition. 12(2). 240–266. 244 indexed citations
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Kinsbourne, Marcel. (1987). Cerebral hemisphere function in depression. 35 indexed citations
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Strauss, Esther & Marcel Kinsbourne. (1981). Does Age of Menarche Affect the Ultimate Level of Verbal and Spatial Skills?. Cortex. 17(2). 323–325. 21 indexed citations
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Kinsbourne, Marcel & Merrill Hiscock. (1978). Cerebral Lateralization and Cognitive Development. Teachers College Record The Voice of Scholarship in Education. 79(6). 169–222. 18 indexed citations
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Kinsbourne, Marcel. (1978). Asymmetrical function of the brain. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 350 indexed citations
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Lempert, Henrietta & Marcel Kinsbourne. (1978). Children's Comprehension of Word Order: A Developmental Investigation. Child Development. 49(4). 1235–1235. 8 indexed citations
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Kinsbourne, Marcel, et al.. (1977). Measuring interhemispheric transfer time in man.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 102. 163–7. 2 indexed citations
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Kinsbourne, Marcel. (1967). Prospects for the Study of Developmental Reading Backwardness. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders. 2(2). 152–154.
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Kinsbourne, Marcel. (1962). Myoclonic encephalopathy of infants. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 25(3). 271–276. 194 indexed citations

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