Paula Goolkasian

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
86 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Paula Goolkasian is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Paula Goolkasian has authored 86 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 29 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 14 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Paula Goolkasian's work include Visual perception and processing mechanisms (17 papers), Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes (16 papers) and Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (14 papers). Paula Goolkasian is often cited by papers focused on Visual perception and processing mechanisms (17 papers), Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes (16 papers) and Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (14 papers). Paula Goolkasian collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Norway. Paula Goolkasian's co-authors include Fadel Zeidan, Susan K. Johnson, Anthony H. Wheeler, Bruce J. Diamond, Nakia S. Gordon, Junaid S. Merchant, Larry F. Hodges, Bruce V. Darden, Catherine Zanbaka and Paul W. Foos and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Pain and Spine.

In The Last Decade

Paula Goolkasian

80 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

Mindfulness meditation improves cognition: Evidence of br... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 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. Mindfulness meditation improves cognition: Evidence of brief mental training
    2010 833 citations Fadel Zeidan, Susan K. Johnson et al. profile →

Peers

Paula Goolkasian
Jennifer M. Glass United States
Monicque M. Lorist Netherlands
Jeffery A. Dusek United States
Richard A. Sternbach United States
Chris Beedie United Kingdom
Samuele Marcora United Kingdom
Kenneth A. Holroyd United States
Mark D. Wiederhold United States
Michael Kellmann Germany
Anna M. Barrett United States
Jennifer M. Glass United States
Paula Goolkasian
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Countries citing papers authored by Paula Goolkasian

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Fields of papers citing papers by Paula Goolkasian

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paula Goolkasian

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Paula Goolkasian. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Paula Goolkasian based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Paula Goolkasian. Paula Goolkasian is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Subramanian, Kalpathi, et al.. (2023). BRIDGES: Real world data, assignments and visualizations to engage and motivate CS majors. Education and Information Technologies. 29(9). 10649–10675.
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Goolkasian, Paula, et al.. (2019). Video Games and Stress: How Stress Appraisals and Game Content Affect Cardiovascular and Emotion Outcomes. Frontiers in Psychology. 10. 967–967. 60 indexed citations
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Subramanian, Kalpathi, et al.. (2016). BRIDGES. 18–23. 24 indexed citations
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Mills, Michael E., et al.. (2015). Target categorization with primes that vary in both congruency and sense modality. Frontiers in Psychology. 6. 20–20. 9 indexed citations
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Maloney, Sean R., et al.. (2014). Vitamin D Levels and Monospot Tests in Military Personnel with Acute Pharyngitis: A Retrospective Chart Review. PLoS ONE. 9(7). e101180–e101180. 4 indexed citations
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Goolkasian, Paula, et al.. (2014). Conceptual priming with pictures and environmental sounds. Acta Psychologica. 146. 73–83. 6 indexed citations
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Goolkasian, Paula, et al.. (2013). Colavita dominance effect revisited: the effect of semantic congruity. Attention Perception & Psychophysics. 75(8). 1827–1839. 5 indexed citations
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Goolkasian, Paula. (2012). Research in Visual Pattern Recognition: The Enduring Legacy of Studies From the 1960s. The American Journal of Psychology. 125(2). 155–163. 7 indexed citations
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Ono, Rei, Misa Takegami, Shunichi Fukuhara, et al.. (2011). Reliability, validity, and responsiveness of the Japanese version of the Neck Pain and Disability Scale. Journal of Orthopaedic Science. 16(4). 339–346. 3 indexed citations
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Zeidan, Fadel, Susan K. Johnson, Nakia S. Gordon, & Paula Goolkasian. (2010). Effects of Brief and Sham Mindfulness Meditation on Mood and Cardiovascular Variables. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 16(8). 867–873. 226 indexed citations
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Foos, Paul W. & Paula Goolkasian. (2010). Age Differences and Format Effects in Working Memory. Experimental Aging Research. 36(3). 273–286. 3 indexed citations
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Goolkasian, Paula, et al.. (2010). Priming effects with ambiguous figures. Attention Perception & Psychophysics. 72(1). 168–178. 17 indexed citations
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Zeidan, Fadel, Nakia S. Gordon, Junaid S. Merchant, & Paula Goolkasian. (2009). The Effects of Brief Mindfulness Meditation Training on Experimentally Induced Pain. Journal of Pain. 11(3). 199–209. 263 indexed citations
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Goolkasian, Paula, et al.. (2002). The Neck Pain and Disability Scale: Test–Retest Reliability and Construct Validity. Clinical Journal of Pain. 18(4). 245–250. 81 indexed citations
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Wheeler, Anthony H., et al.. (2001). Botulinum toxin A for the treatment of chronic neck pain. Pain. 94(3). 255–260. 85 indexed citations
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Wheeler, Anthony H., et al.. (1999). Development of the Neck Pain and Disability Scale. Spine. 24(13). 1290–1290. 250 indexed citations
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Mason, Linda, Paula Goolkasian, & Glenn A. McCain. (1998). Evaluation of a Multimodal Treatment Program for Fibromyalgia. Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 21(2). 163–178. 59 indexed citations
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Goolkasian, Paula. (1996). Picture-word differences in a sentence verification task. Memory & Cognition. 24(5). 584–594. 25 indexed citations
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Goolkasian, Paula, et al.. (1995). Evidence for Processing Letters at Uncued Locations. The American Journal of Psychology. 108(2). 235–235. 2 indexed citations

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