Peter H. Wolff

5.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
89 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Peter H. Wolff is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Pharmacy. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter H. Wolff has authored 89 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 22 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 12 papers in Pharmacy. Recurrent topics in Peter H. Wolff's work include Reading and Literacy Development (21 papers), Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills (12 papers) and Infant Health and Development (12 papers). Peter H. Wolff is often cited by papers focused on Reading and Literacy Development (21 papers), Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills (12 papers) and Infant Health and Development (12 papers). Peter H. Wolff collaborates with scholars based in United States, Eritrea and Tunisia. Peter H. Wolff's co-authors include Beverly D. Ulrich, Esther Thelen, Irving Hurwitz, Carolyn Cohen, George F. Michel, Charles Drake, Annette Silbert, Deborah P. Waber, Amnon Rosenthal and Alexander S. Nadas and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and American Journal of Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Peter H. Wolff

88 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

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Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Peter H. Wolff 1.6k 1.3k 739 634 583 89 4.3k
Lewis P. Lipsitt 1.6k 1.0× 963 0.7× 730 1.0× 848 1.3× 297 0.5× 127 5.0k
Holly A. Ruff 1.6k 1.0× 1.1k 0.8× 681 0.9× 632 1.0× 324 0.6× 76 3.7k
Herbert G. Birch 1.4k 0.9× 1.4k 1.1× 736 1.0× 1.7k 2.7× 620 1.1× 141 5.8k
Susan A. Rose 2.5k 1.6× 1.9k 1.4× 2.0k 2.8× 739 1.2× 320 0.5× 120 5.5k
Philip R. Zelazo 1.2k 0.7× 746 0.6× 587 0.8× 683 1.1× 239 0.4× 67 2.6k
Judith F. Feldman 1.5k 1.0× 1.3k 1.0× 2.3k 3.2× 917 1.4× 459 0.8× 100 5.1k
Roscoe A. Dykman 1.3k 0.9× 1.4k 1.0× 331 0.4× 937 1.5× 1.2k 2.0× 118 4.0k
Joan Stiles 2.3k 1.5× 1.8k 1.3× 721 1.0× 461 0.7× 290 0.5× 59 5.1k
April A. Benasich 1.6k 1.0× 2.1k 1.5× 763 1.0× 595 0.9× 166 0.3× 78 3.8k
Stuart Marcovitch 1.7k 1.1× 1.1k 0.9× 292 0.4× 1.2k 1.8× 351 0.6× 72 3.5k

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All Works

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Goldfield, Eugene C., Carlo Buonomo, Jennifer Perez, et al.. (2010). Premature infant swallowing: Patterns of tongue-soft palate coordination based upon videofluoroscopy. Infant Behavior and Development. 33(2). 209–218. 16 indexed citations
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Wolff, Peter H., et al.. (2005). The Orphans of Eritrea: What are the Choices?. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. 75(4). 475–484. 21 indexed citations
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Rivkin, Michael J., Sridhar Vajapeyam, Chloe Hutton, et al.. (2003). A functional magnetic resonance imaging study of paced finger tapping in children. Pediatric Neurology. 28(2). 89–95. 32 indexed citations
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Waber, Deborah P., Michael D. Weiler, Peter H. Wolff, et al.. (2001). Processing of Rapid Auditory Stimuli in School-Age Children Referred for Evaluation of Learning Disorders. Child Development. 72(1). 37–49. 56 indexed citations
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Waber, Deborah P., Peter H. Wolff, Peter W. Forbes, & Michael D. Weiler. (2000). Rapid Automatized Naming in Children Referred for Evaluation of Heterogeneous Learning Problems: How Specific Are Naming Speed Deficits to Reading Disability?. Child Neuropsychology. 6(4). 251–261. 36 indexed citations
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Waber, Deborah P., Michael D. Weiler, David C. Bellinger, et al.. (2000). Diminished Motor Timing Control in Children Referred for Diagnosis of Learning Problems. Developmental Neuropsychology. 17(2). 181–197. 32 indexed citations
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Wolff, Peter H., et al.. (1998). The development of interlimb coordination during bimanual finger tapping. International Journal of Neuroscience. 93(1-2). 7–27. 22 indexed citations
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McDowell, Michael & Peter H. Wolff. (1997). A Functional Analysis of Human Mirror Movements. Journal of Motor Behavior. 29(1). 85–96. 8 indexed citations
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Wolff, Peter H., et al.. (1996). Reversing letters and reading transformed text in dyslexia: A reassessment. Reading and Writing. 8(4). 341–355. 13 indexed citations
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Wolff, Peter H., et al.. (1996). Family patterns of developmental dyslexia part III: Spelling errors as behavioral phenotype. American Journal of Medical Genetics. 67(4). 378–386. 13 indexed citations
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Wolff, Peter H., et al.. (1995). The Orphans of Eritrea: A Comparison Study. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 36(4). 633–644. 47 indexed citations
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Wolff, Peter H., et al.. (1995). Family patterns of developmental dyslexia, part II: Behavioral phenotypes. American Journal of Medical Genetics. 60(6). 494–505. 25 indexed citations
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Wolff, Peter H., et al.. (1994). Family patterns of developmental dyslexia: Clinical findings. American Journal of Medical Genetics. 54(2). 122–131. 41 indexed citations
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Wolff, Peter H.. (1993). Impaired Temporal Resolution in Developmental Dyslexia a. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 682(1). 87–103. 47 indexed citations
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Wolff, Peter H.. (1991). HOW ARE NEW BEHAVIORAL FORMS AND FUNCTIONS INTRODUCED DURING ONTOGENESIS?. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development. 56(1). 99–103. 2 indexed citations
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Wolff, Peter H., et al.. (1991). The dynamics of bimanual coordination in developmental dyslexia. Neuropsychologia. 29(9). 907–924. 25 indexed citations
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Wolff, Peter H., et al.. (1990). Rate variables and automatized naming in developmental dyslexia. Brain and Language. 39(4). 556–575. 94 indexed citations
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Wolff, Peter H., et al.. (1988). Variable expression of the fragile X syndrome in heterozygous females of normal intelligence. American Journal of Medical Genetics. 30(1-2). 213–225. 31 indexed citations
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Wolff, Peter H. & Carolyn Cohen. (1980). Dual Task Performance during Bimanual Coordination. Cortex. 16(1). 119–133. 21 indexed citations
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Badian, Nathlie A. & Peter H. Wolff. (1977). Manual Asymmetries of Motor Sequencing in Boys with Reading Disability. Cortex. 13(4). 343–349. 41 indexed citations

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