Murray Singer

5.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
70 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Murray Singer is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Murray Singer has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 35 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 24 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Murray Singer's work include Reading and Literacy Development (36 papers), Memory Processes and Influences (18 papers) and Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism (18 papers). Murray Singer is often cited by papers focused on Reading and Literacy Development (36 papers), Memory Processes and Influences (18 papers) and Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism (18 papers). Murray Singer collaborates with scholars based in Canada and United States. Murray Singer's co-authors include Tom Trabasso, Arthur C. Graesser, Fernanda Ferreira, John T. Wixted, Susan T. Stewart, Walter Kintsch, Gilbert Remillard, Todd R. Ferretti, Steven Rosenberg and Nathalie Gagnon and has published in prestigious journals such as Psychological Review, Cognition and Journal of Experimental Psychology General.

In The Last Decade

Murray Singer

65 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

Constructing inferences during narrative text comprehension. 1994 2026 2004 2015 1994 500 1000 1.5k
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. Constructing inferences during narrative text comprehension.
    1994 1.6k citations Arthur C. Graesser, Murray Singer et al. Psychological Review profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Murray Singer Canada 23 2.3k 1.4k 1.0k 891 491 70 3.5k
Alan Garnham United Kingdom 40 1.8k 0.8× 1.4k 1.0× 1.3k 1.3× 822 0.9× 283 0.6× 129 4.1k
Janice M. Keenan United States 33 2.8k 1.2× 1.7k 1.2× 889 0.9× 646 0.7× 867 1.8× 69 4.4k
John J. Staczek United States 3 1.8k 0.8× 692 0.5× 1.1k 1.0× 687 0.8× 877 1.8× 9 3.6k
Joseph P. Magliano United States 27 1.4k 0.6× 743 0.5× 904 0.9× 444 0.5× 448 0.9× 74 2.6k
Paula J. Schwanenflugel United States 36 3.7k 1.6× 1.9k 1.4× 1.1k 1.1× 677 0.8× 1.3k 2.7× 105 5.1k
Eugene B. Zechmeister United States 21 1.2k 0.5× 1.6k 1.2× 789 0.8× 521 0.6× 273 0.6× 48 2.9k
Ira Noveck France 25 1.3k 0.6× 1.3k 1.0× 999 1.0× 514 0.6× 171 0.3× 74 3.0k
Eve V. Clark United States 40 3.7k 1.6× 1.1k 0.8× 1.6k 1.6× 832 0.9× 418 0.9× 102 5.7k
Hannah Rohde United Kingdom 23 1.2k 0.5× 1.3k 1.0× 1.0k 1.0× 1.1k 1.3× 171 0.3× 89 3.3k
Roy Freedle United States 20 1.2k 0.5× 361 0.3× 562 0.6× 525 0.6× 528 1.1× 44 2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Murray Singer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Murray Singer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Murray Singer

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Singer, Murray, et al.. (2025). Representing and remembering text paraphrases: a phantom recollection analysis. Discourse Processes. 62(6-7). 422–436.
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Singer, Murray, et al.. (2022). Text validation: Overlooking consistency effect discrepancies. Memory & Cognition. 51(2). 437–454. 1 indexed citations
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Singer, Murray, et al.. (2019). Validation of strongly presupposed text concepts in reading comprehension: Cleft constructions.. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology/Revue canadienne de psychologie expérimentale. 74(1). 1–11. 2 indexed citations
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Singer, Murray, et al.. (2016). Validating presupposed versus focused text information. Memory & Cognition. 45(3). 456–479. 3 indexed citations
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Singer, Murray, et al.. (2012). Recognition of categorised words: Repetition effects in rote study. Memory. 21(4). 467–481. 5 indexed citations
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Singer, Murray, et al.. (2011). Distinctiveness and repetition in item recognition.. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology/Revue canadienne de psychologie expérimentale. 65(3). 200–207. 2 indexed citations
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Singer, Murray. (2009). Tacit verification of determinate and indeterminate text ideas.. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology/Revue canadienne de psychologie expérimentale. 63(3). 185–192. 3 indexed citations
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Singer, Murray. (2009). Strength-based criterion shifts in recognition memory. Memory & Cognition. 37(7). 976–984. 24 indexed citations
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Ferretti, Todd R., et al.. (2008). Electrophysiological evidence for the time-course of verifying text ideas. Cognition. 108(3). 881–888. 24 indexed citations
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Singer, Murray, et al.. (2008). Feeling of knowing and duration of unsuccessful memory search. Memory & Cognition. 36(3). 588–597. 24 indexed citations
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Singer, Murray & John T. Wixted. (2006). Effect of delay on recognition decisions: Evidence for a criterion shift. Memory & Cognition. 34(1). 125–137. 64 indexed citations
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Singer, Murray. (2006). Verification of text ideas during reading☆. Journal of Memory and Language. 54(4). 574–591. 75 indexed citations
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Singer, Murray, et al.. (2003). Robust inference processes in expository text comprehension. The European Journal of Cognitive Psychology. 15(4). 607–631. 25 indexed citations
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Singer, Murray, et al.. (2002). Inference Processes: Integrating Relevant Knowledge and Text Information. Discourse Processes. 34(2). 145–161. 19 indexed citations
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Singer, Murray & Walter Kintsch. (2001). Text Retrieval: A Theoretical Exploration. Discourse Processes. 31(1). 27–59. 39 indexed citations
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Singer, Murray. (1995). Book Review -- the Language Instinct by Steven Pinker. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology/Revue canadienne de psychologie expérimentale. 49(4). 577. 3 indexed citations
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Graesser, Arthur C., Murray Singer, & Tom Trabasso. (1994). Constructing inferences during narrative text comprehension.. Psychological Review. 101(3). 371–395. 1638 indexed citations breakdown →
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Singer, Murray, et al.. (1992). Individual differences in bridging inference processes. Memory & Cognition. 20(5). 539–548. 93 indexed citations
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Singer, Murray. (1991). Independence of question-answering strategy and searched representation. Memory & Cognition. 19(2). 189–196. 6 indexed citations
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Singer, Murray. (1977). A constituent comparison model of a picture-first verification task. Memory & Cognition. 5(2). 269–272. 9 indexed citations

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