Michael McCloskey

15.5k total citations
128 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

About

Michael McCloskey is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Statistics and Probability. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael McCloskey has authored 128 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 72 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 43 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 22 papers in Statistics and Probability. Recurrent topics in Michael McCloskey's work include Reading and Literacy Development (26 papers), Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills (21 papers) and Memory Processes and Influences (19 papers). Michael McCloskey is often cited by papers focused on Reading and Literacy Development (26 papers), Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills (21 papers) and Memory Processes and Influences (19 papers). Michael McCloskey collaborates with scholars based in United States, Singapore and Finland. Michael McCloskey's co-authors include Alfonso Caramazza, Maria S. Zaragoza, Sam Glucksberg, Scott M. Sokol, Bert Green, Annamaria Basili, Donna Aliminosa, Edward E. Smith, Douglas L. Medin and Alfonso Caramazza and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Michael McCloskey

125 papers receiving 6.7k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael McCloskey United States 41 3.7k 3.5k 1.8k 1.7k 1.4k 128 7.5k
Fei Xu United States 43 1.8k 0.5× 4.4k 1.3× 1.7k 0.9× 1.2k 0.7× 1.2k 0.9× 112 6.7k
Charles J. Brainerd United States 60 6.8k 1.8× 4.5k 1.3× 1.3k 0.7× 1.2k 0.7× 1.9k 1.4× 220 12.1k
Robert L. Goldstone United States 50 2.9k 0.8× 3.3k 1.0× 726 0.4× 1.3k 0.7× 2.8k 2.0× 234 9.6k
Annette Karmiloff‐Smith United Kingdom 65 5.6k 1.5× 7.6k 2.2× 1.6k 0.9× 2.1k 1.2× 2.4k 1.8× 254 17.4k
Karen Wynn United States 41 2.2k 0.6× 4.6k 1.3× 3.1k 1.7× 2.4k 1.4× 1.1k 0.8× 78 7.9k
Lynne M. Reder United States 45 3.6k 1.0× 2.6k 0.7× 402 0.2× 1.3k 0.7× 1.5k 1.1× 126 7.2k
Lyle E. Bourne United States 39 3.5k 0.9× 3.0k 0.9× 576 0.3× 569 0.3× 2.0k 1.4× 168 7.6k
Ellen M. Markman United States 49 1.7k 0.4× 7.3k 2.1× 761 0.4× 1.4k 0.8× 1.9k 1.4× 114 9.1k
Judy S. DeLoache United States 52 2.0k 0.5× 4.6k 1.3× 1.0k 0.6× 2.7k 1.5× 1.4k 1.1× 111 7.7k
Zoltán Dienes United Kingdom 46 6.0k 1.6× 2.8k 0.8× 649 0.4× 637 0.4× 2.0k 1.5× 225 10.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael McCloskey

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael McCloskey

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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McCloskey, Michael, et al.. (2025). Effector independence in writing.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance. 51(5). 643–663.
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Wyngaarden, James Β., Dominic S. Fareri, Michael McCloskey, et al.. (2024). Corticostriatal responses to social reward are linked to trait reward sensitivity and subclinical substance use in young adults. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. 19(1). 2 indexed citations
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Rothlein, David, Trevor Brothers, Emily L. Coderre, et al.. (2020). Lack of awareness despite complex visual processing: Evidence from event-related potentials in a case of selective metamorphopsia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(27). 16055–16064. 10 indexed citations
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Gregory, Emma, et al.. (2020). Functions of ventral visual cortex after bilateral medial temporal lobe damage. Progress in Neurobiology. 191. 101819–101819. 2 indexed citations
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McCloskey, Michael, et al.. (2018). The devil’s in the g-tails: Deficient letter-shape knowledge and awareness despite massive visual experience.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance. 44(9). 1324–1335. 11 indexed citations
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McCloskey, Michael & Brenda Rapp. (2017). Developmental dysgraphia: An overview and framework for research. Cognitive Neuropsychology. 34(3-4). 65–82. 59 indexed citations
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Gregory, Emma, Michael McCloskey, & Barbara Landau. (2014). Profound loss of general knowledge in retrograde amnesia: evidence from an amnesic artist. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 8. 287–287. 11 indexed citations
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McCloskey, Michael, et al.. (2014). Shared versus separate processes for letter and digit identification. Cognitive Neuropsychology. 31(5-6). 437–460. 21 indexed citations
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Valtonen, Jussi, Emma Gregory, Barbara Landau, & Michael McCloskey. (2014). New Learning of Music after Bilateral Medial Temporal Lobe Damage: Evidence from an Amnesic Patient. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 8. 694–694. 8 indexed citations
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Medina, Jared, Michael McCloskey, H. Branch Coslett, & Brenda Rapp. (2014). Somatotopic representation of location: Evidence from the Simon effect.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance. 40(6). 2131–2142. 24 indexed citations
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McCloskey, Michael, et al.. (2013). Prelexical representations and processes in reading: Evidence from acquired dyslexia. Cognitive Neuropsychology. 30(6). 360–395. 31 indexed citations
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McCloskey, Michael, et al.. (2013). Representation of letter position in single-word reading: Evidence from acquired dyslexia. Cognitive Neuropsychology. 30(6). 396–428. 14 indexed citations
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Fischer‐Baum, Simon, et al.. (2011). Both-edges representation of letter position in reading. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. 18(6). 1083–1089. 36 indexed citations
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McCloskey, Michael, Jussi Valtonen, & Janet C. Sherman. (2006). Representing orientation: A coordinate-system hypothesis and evidence from developmental deficits. Cognitive Neuropsychology. 23(5). 680–713. 20 indexed citations
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McCloskey, Michael & Paul Macaruso. (1994). Architecture of cognitive numerical processing mechanisms: Contrasting perspectives on theory development and evaluation.. 6 indexed citations
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Winograd, Eugene, Ulric Neisser, Steen F. Larsen, et al.. (1992). Affect and Accuracy in Recall. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 224 indexed citations
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McCloskey, Michael. (1992). Cognitive mechanisms in numerical processing: Evidence from acquired dyscalculia. Cognition. 44(1-2). 107–157. 492 indexed citations
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Sokol, Scott M., Michael McCloskey, Neal J. Cohen, & Donna Aliminosa. (1991). Cognitive representations and processes in arithmetic: Inferences from the performance of brain-damaged subjects.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition. 17(3). 355–376. 175 indexed citations
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McCloskey, Michael, Donna Aliminosa, & Scott M. Sokol. (1991). Facts, rules and procedures in normal calculation: Evidence from multiple single-patient studies of impaired arithmetic fact retrieval. Brain and Cognition. 17(2). 154–203. 124 indexed citations

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