Martha J. Farah

43.3k total citations · 13 hit papers
234 papers, 30.7k citations indexed

About

Martha J. Farah is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Martha J. Farah has authored 234 papers receiving a total of 30.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 164 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 44 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 29 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Martha J. Farah's work include Visual perception and processing mechanisms (45 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (45 papers) and Face Recognition and Perception (40 papers). Martha J. Farah is often cited by papers focused on Visual perception and processing mechanisms (45 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (45 papers) and Face Recognition and Perception (40 papers). Martha J. Farah collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and China. Martha J. Farah's co-authors include James W. Tanaka, Daniel A. Hackman, Mark D’Esposito, Kimberly G. Noble, Geoffrey K. Aguirre, Sharon L. Thompson‐Schill, James L. McClelland, Shaun P. Vecera, Daniel Y. Kimberg and Bruce D. McCandliss and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Martha J. Farah

229 papers receiving 29.1k citations

Hit Papers

Parts and Wholes in Face ... 1990 2026 2002 2014 1993 1997 2009 1998 2010 500 1000 1.5k
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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. Parts and Wholes in Face Recognition
    1993 1.7k citations Martha J. Farah et al. profile →
  2. Role of left inferior prefrontal cortex in retrieval of semantic knowledge: A reevaluation
    1997 1.7k citations Geoffrey K. Aguirre, Martha J. Farah et al. profile →
  3. Socioeconomic status and the developing brain
    2009 1.0k citations Daniel A. Hackman, Martha J. Farah Trends in Cognitive Sciences profile →
  4. What is "special" about face perception?
    1998 985 citations Martha J. Farah et al. Psychological Review profile →
  5. Socioeconomic status and the brain: mechanistic insights from human and animal research
    2010 940 citations Daniel A. Hackman, Martha J. Farah et al. Nature reviews. Neuroscience profile →
  6. Socioeconomic gradients predict individual differences in neurocognitive abilities
    2007 773 citations Martha J. Farah et al. profile →
  7. Neurocognitive correlates of socioeconomic status in kindergarten children
    2004 757 citations Martha J. Farah et al. profile →
  8. Childhood poverty: Specific associations with neurocognitive development
    2006 583 citations Martha J. Farah, Laura M. Betancourt et al. profile →
  9. A computational model of semantic memory impairment: Modality specificity and emergent category specificity.
    1991 546 citations Martha J. Farah, James L. McClelland profile →
  10. Visual agnosia : disorders of object recognition and what they tell us about normal vision
    1990 496 citations Martha J. Farah MIT Press eBooks profile →
  11. Socioeconomic status and executive function: developmental trajectories and mediation
    2015 450 citations Daniel A. Hackman, Martha J. Farah et al. profile →
  12. The Neuroscience of Socioeconomic Status: Correlates, Causes, and Consequences
    2017 431 citations Martha J. Farah profile →
  13. A meta‐analysis of the relationship between socioeconomic status and executive function performance among children
    2017 353 citations Cayce J. Hook, Martha J. Farah et al. profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Martha J. Farah United States 93 21.3k 7.5k 5.2k 4.3k 3.0k 234 30.7k
John Jonides United States 88 26.6k 1.2× 10.3k 1.4× 4.5k 0.9× 4.7k 1.1× 2.6k 0.9× 229 40.7k
Marcel Adam Just United States 76 19.0k 0.9× 6.7k 0.9× 11.1k 2.1× 2.7k 0.6× 918 0.3× 178 29.3k
Ulman Lindenberger Germany 100 21.7k 1.0× 9.4k 1.3× 4.0k 0.8× 5.5k 1.3× 2.0k 0.7× 480 40.4k
John D. E. Gabrieli United States 135 42.6k 2.0× 12.2k 1.6× 10.8k 2.1× 6.4k 1.5× 5.1k 1.7× 497 59.2k
Alan Baddeley United Kingdom 113 36.7k 1.7× 15.9k 2.1× 21.0k 4.0× 6.1k 1.4× 2.9k 1.0× 390 60.7k
Nancy Kanwisher United States 98 39.0k 1.8× 9.3k 1.2× 4.9k 0.9× 6.8k 1.6× 1.2k 0.4× 284 44.4k
Gordon D. Logan United States 87 25.1k 1.2× 7.0k 0.9× 7.2k 1.4× 3.9k 0.9× 3.5k 1.2× 292 34.7k
Stephen M. Kosslyn United States 87 19.0k 0.9× 9.2k 1.2× 5.5k 1.1× 5.4k 1.2× 1.5k 0.5× 282 30.4k
Edward E. Smith United States 72 18.0k 0.8× 7.0k 0.9× 7.1k 1.4× 3.9k 0.9× 1.2k 0.4× 193 31.0k
Russell A. Poldrack United States 109 37.1k 1.7× 8.1k 1.1× 5.6k 1.1× 4.6k 1.1× 3.3k 1.1× 319 49.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Shen, Francis X., Susan M. Wolf, Frances Lawrenz, et al.. (2024). Conducting Research with Highly Portable MRI in Community Settings: A Practical Guide to Navigating Ethical Issues and ELSI Checklist. The Journal of Law Medicine & Ethics. 52(4). 769–785. 1 indexed citations
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Shen, Francis X., Susan M. Wolf, Frances Lawrenz, et al.. (2024). Ethical, legal, and policy challenges in field-based neuroimaging research using emerging portable MRI technologies: guidance for investigators and for oversight. Journal of Law and the Biosciences. 11(1). lsae008–lsae008. 6 indexed citations
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Evans, Gary W., et al.. (2023). Pessimistic cognitive biases mediate socioeconomic status and children’s mental health problems. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 5191–5191. 6 indexed citations
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Farah, Martha J., Saul Sternberg, Jeffrey Duda, et al.. (2021). Randomized Manipulation of Early Cognitive Experience Impacts Adult Brain Structure. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 33(6). 1197–1209. 11 indexed citations
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Bassett, Danielle S., Kathleen E. Cullen, Simon B. Eickhoff, et al.. (2020). Reflections on the past two decades of neuroscience. Nature reviews. Neuroscience. 21(10). 524–534. 31 indexed citations
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Ilieva, Irena & Martha J. Farah. (2013). Enhancement stimulants: perceived motivational and cognitive advantages. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 7. 198–198. 46 indexed citations
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Hackman, Daniel A., et al.. (2013). Selective Impact of Early Parental Responsivity on Adolescent Stress Reactivity. PLoS ONE. 8(3). e58250–e58250. 22 indexed citations
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Hook, Cayce J. & Martha J. Farah. (2012). Neuroscience for Educators: What Are They Seeking, and What Are They Finding?. Neuroethics. 6(2). 331–341. 55 indexed citations
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Farah, Martha J., et al.. (2008). When we enhance cognition with Adderall, do we sacrifice creativity? A preliminary study. Psychopharmacology. 202(1-3). 541–547. 66 indexed citations
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Farah, Martha J., et al.. (2003). Behavioral neurology & neuropsychology. McGraw-Hill eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Farah, Martha J.. (2002). Emerging ethical issues in neuroscience. Nature Neuroscience. 5(11). 1123–1129. 158 indexed citations
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Mozer, Michael C., et al.. (2000). Superadditive effects of multiple lesions in a connectionist architecture: Implications for the neuropsychology of optic aphasia.. Psychological Review. 107(4). 709–734. 14 indexed citations
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Farah, Martha J. & Todd E. Feinberg. (2000). Disorders of perception and awareness. 34(44). 2 indexed citations
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Farah, Martha J. & Geoffrey K. Aguirre. (1999). Imaging visual recognition: PET and fMRI studies of the functional anatomy of human visual recognition. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 3(5). 179–186. 52 indexed citations
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Mozer, Michael C., et al.. (1997). A Superadditive-Impairment Theory of Optic Aphasia. Neural Information Processing Systems. 10. 66–72. 1 indexed citations
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Farah, Martha J., Randall C. O’Reilly, & Shaun P. Vecera. (1997). The neural correlates of perceptual awareness: Evidence from Covert recognition in prosopagnosia. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg s Archives of Pharmacology. 397(2). 843–856. 2 indexed citations
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Farah, Martha J.. (1992). Is an Object an Object an Object? Cognitive and Neuropsychological Investigations of Domain Specificity in Visual Object Recognition. Current Directions in Psychological Science. 1(5). 164–169. 76 indexed citations
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Farah, Martha J. & James L. McClelland. (1992). Neural Network Models and Cognitive Neuropsychology. Psychiatric Annals. 22(3). 148–153. 9 indexed citations
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Farah, Martha J.. (1990). Visual agnosia : disorders of object recognition and what they tell us about normal vision. MIT Press eBooks. 496 indexed citations breakdown →
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Farah, Martha J. & Stephen M. Kosslyn. (1981). Structure and Strategy in Image Generation*. Cognitive Science. 5(4). 371–383. 14 indexed citations

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