Rebecca A. Williamson

983 total citations
22 papers, 598 citations indexed

About

Rebecca A. Williamson is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Social Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Rebecca A. Williamson has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 598 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 12 papers in Social Psychology and 7 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Rebecca A. Williamson's work include Child and Animal Learning Development (16 papers), Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (5 papers) and Action Observation and Synchronization (5 papers). Rebecca A. Williamson is often cited by papers focused on Child and Animal Learning Development (16 papers), Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (5 papers) and Action Observation and Synchronization (5 papers). Rebecca A. Williamson collaborates with scholars based in United States and China. Rebecca A. Williamson's co-authors include Andrew N. Meltzoff, Ellen M. Markman, Sarah F. Brosnan, Frans Β. Μ. de Waal, Darby Proctor, Şeyda Özçalışkan, Rebecca J. Brand, Vikram K. Jaswal, Meghan Rose Donohue and Erin C. Tully and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Rebecca A. Williamson

21 papers receiving 570 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rebecca A. Williamson United States 14 393 273 185 110 104 22 598
Christine Fawcett Sweden 17 459 1.2× 363 1.3× 299 1.6× 136 1.2× 126 1.2× 40 844
Sophie Bridgers United States 11 396 1.0× 161 0.6× 176 1.0× 116 1.1× 135 1.3× 25 699
Johannes Roessler United Kingdom 11 348 0.9× 277 1.0× 335 1.8× 91 0.8× 179 1.7× 22 721
Shari Liu United States 9 259 0.7× 190 0.7× 219 1.2× 69 0.6× 90 0.9× 23 490
Yasuhiro Kanakogi Japan 14 466 1.2× 453 1.7× 292 1.6× 90 0.8× 93 0.9× 46 713
Norbert Zmyj Germany 12 606 1.5× 417 1.5× 283 1.5× 127 1.2× 105 1.0× 52 903
Caitlin M. Fausey United States 13 407 1.0× 212 0.8× 374 2.0× 89 0.8× 316 3.0× 29 988
Tamsin C. German United States 16 308 0.8× 225 0.8× 415 2.2× 93 0.8× 112 1.1× 22 660
Jonathan F. Kominsky United States 15 279 0.7× 138 0.5× 250 1.4× 89 0.8× 107 1.0× 35 549
Laura Wagner United States 20 625 1.6× 108 0.4× 249 1.3× 38 0.3× 309 3.0× 63 1.0k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Donohue, Meghan Rose, Rebecca A. Williamson, & Erin C. Tully. (2020). Toddlers imitate prosocial demonstrations in bystander but not transgressor contexts. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 192. 104776–104776. 5 indexed citations
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Williamson, Rebecca A., et al.. (2018). Preschool physics: Using the invisible property of weight in causal reasoning tasks. PLoS ONE. 13(3). e0192054–e0192054. 11 indexed citations
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Williamson, Rebecca A., et al.. (2018). Do Children Understand Iconic Gestures About Events as Early as Iconic Gestures About Entities?. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research. 47(3). 741–754. 7 indexed citations
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Özçalışkan, Şeyda, et al.. (2017). Type of iconicity influences children’s comprehension of gesture. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 166. 327–339. 16 indexed citations
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Adamson, Lauren B., et al.. (2017). Adding sound to theory of mind: Comparing children’s development of mental-state understanding in the auditory and visual realms. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 164. 239–249. 9 indexed citations
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Williamson, Rebecca A., et al.. (2015). Imitation as a mechanism in cognitive development: a cross-cultural investigation of 4-year-old children’s rule learning. Frontiers in Psychology. 6. 562–562. 22 indexed citations
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Williamson, Rebecca A., et al.. (2015). Brief Report: Imitation of Object-Directed Acts in Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 46(2). 691–697. 20 indexed citations
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Meltzoff, Andrew N., et al.. (2015). Social learning promotes understanding of the physical world: Preschool children’s imitation of weight sorting. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 136. 82–91. 11 indexed citations
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Proctor, Darby, Rebecca A. Williamson, Robert D. Latzman, Frans Β. Μ. de Waal, & Sarah F. Brosnan. (2014). Gambling primates: reactions to a modified Iowa Gambling Task in humans, chimpanzees and capuchin monkeys. Animal Cognition. 17(4). 983–95. 21 indexed citations
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Proctor, Darby, Rebecca A. Williamson, Frans Β. Μ. de Waal, & Sarah F. Brosnan. (2013). Chimpanzees play the ultimatum game. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(6). 2070–2075. 95 indexed citations
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Williamson, Rebecca A. & Rebecca J. Brand. (2013). Child-directed action promotes 2-year-olds’ imitation. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 118. 119–126. 27 indexed citations
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Williamson, Rebecca A., et al.. (2013). How early do children understand gesture–speech combinations with iconic gestures?. Journal of Child Language. 41(2). 462–471. 42 indexed citations
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Perdue, Bonnie M., et al.. (2013). Prospective memory in children and chimpanzees. Animal Cognition. 17(2). 287–295. 16 indexed citations
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Williamson, Rebecca A., Rechele Brooks, & Andrew N. Meltzoff. (2013). The Sound of Social Cognition: Toddlers’ Understanding of How Sound Influences Others. Journal of Cognition and Development. 16(2). 252–260. 8 indexed citations
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Williamson, Rebecca A., Meghan Rose Donohue, & Erin C. Tully. (2012). Learning how to help others: Two-year-olds’ social learning of a prosocial act. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 114(4). 543–550. 25 indexed citations
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May, Christopher J., et al.. (2011). Short-Term Training in Loving-Kindness Meditation Produces a State, But Not a Trait, Alteration of Attention. Mindfulness. 2(3). 143–153. 26 indexed citations
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Williamson, Rebecca A. & Andrew N. Meltzoff. (2011). Own and others’ prior experiences influence children's imitation of causal acts. Cognitive Development. 26(3). 260–268. 33 indexed citations
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Williamson, Rebecca A., Vikram K. Jaswal, & Andrew N. Meltzoff. (2010). Learning the rules: Observation and imitation of a sorting strategy by 36-month-old children.. Developmental Psychology. 46(1). 57–65. 36 indexed citations
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Williamson, Rebecca A., Andrew N. Meltzoff, & Ellen M. Markman. (2008). Prior experiences and perceived efficacy influence 3-year-olds' imitation.. Developmental Psychology. 44(1). 275–285. 94 indexed citations
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Williamson, Rebecca A. & Ellen M. Markman. (2006). Precision of imitation as a function of preschoolers' understanding of the goal of the demonstration.. Developmental Psychology. 42(4). 723–731. 69 indexed citations

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