Robert A. Mason

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Robert A. Mason is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert A. Mason has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 8 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 5 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Robert A. Mason's work include Reading and Literacy Development (5 papers), Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism (5 papers) and Action Observation and Synchronization (5 papers). Robert A. Mason is often cited by papers focused on Reading and Literacy Development (5 papers), Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism (5 papers) and Action Observation and Synchronization (5 papers). Robert A. Mason collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Japan. Robert A. Mason's co-authors include Marcel Adam Just, Tom M. Mitchell, Svetlana V. Shinkareva, Vicente L. Malave, Kai-Min Chang, J. Andrew Carlson, Nancy J. Minshew, Diane L. Williams, Rajesh K. Kana and Augusto Buchweitz and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, PLoS ONE and NeuroImage.

In The Last Decade

Robert A. Mason

17 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Predicting Human Brain Activity Associated with the Meani... 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 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. Predicting Human Brain Activity Associated with the Meanings of Nouns
    2008 805 citations Tom M. Mitchell, Svetlana V. Shinkareva et al. Science profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert A. Mason United States 12 1.3k 324 288 262 243 17 1.7k
Vicente L. Malave United States 7 1.2k 0.9× 144 0.4× 209 0.7× 285 1.1× 134 0.6× 7 1.6k
Rajeev D. S. Raizada United States 22 1.4k 1.0× 247 0.8× 193 0.7× 152 0.6× 318 1.3× 31 1.7k
David E. Huber United States 24 1.4k 1.1× 293 0.9× 358 1.2× 263 1.0× 474 2.0× 71 1.7k
Avniel Singh Ghuman United States 19 2.2k 1.7× 182 0.6× 245 0.9× 112 0.4× 436 1.8× 49 2.6k
Thomas Fangmeier Germany 17 786 0.6× 180 0.6× 134 0.5× 79 0.3× 235 1.0× 40 1.2k
Andrea Stocco United States 19 1.2k 0.9× 287 0.9× 121 0.4× 187 0.7× 208 0.9× 74 1.6k
Gregory V. Jones United Kingdom 21 1.2k 0.9× 543 1.7× 294 1.0× 255 1.0× 481 2.0× 80 1.7k
Mitchell Valdés-Sosa Cuba 23 1.2k 0.9× 180 0.6× 161 0.6× 62 0.2× 342 1.4× 59 1.6k
Hamed Nili United Kingdom 17 1.9k 1.5× 173 0.5× 280 1.0× 219 0.8× 244 1.0× 27 2.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert A. Mason

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert A. Mason

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All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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Keller, Timothy A., et al.. (2024). The neural and cognitive basis of expository text comprehension. npj Science of Learning. 9(1). 21–21. 2 indexed citations
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Shumway, Sandra E., et al.. (2024). A Comparative Study of Mercury Bioaccumulation in Bivalve Molluscs from a Shallow Estuarine Embayment. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 86(3). 262–273. 1 indexed citations
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Mason, Robert A., R. A. Schumacher, & Marcel Adam Just. (2022). The neuroscience of advanced scientific concepts. Figshare. 5 indexed citations
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Mason, Robert A. & Marcel Adam Just. (2020). Neural Representations of Procedural Knowledge. Psychological Science. 31(6). 729–740. 10 indexed citations
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Mason, Robert A. & Marcel Adam Just. (2016). Neural Representations of Physics Concepts. Psychological Science. 27(6). 904–913. 59 indexed citations
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Mason, Robert A. & Marcel Adam Just. (2015). Physics instruction induces changes in neural knowledge representation during successive stages of learning. NeuroImage. 111. 36–48. 21 indexed citations
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Buchweitz, Augusto, et al.. (2014). Modulation of cortical activity during comprehension of familiar and unfamiliar text topics in speed reading and speed listening. Brain and Language. 139. 49–57. 18 indexed citations
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Mason, Robert A., Chantel S. Prat, & Marcel Adam Just. (2013). Neurocognitive Brain Response to Transient Impairment of Wernicke's Area. Cerebral Cortex. 24(6). 1474–1484. 9 indexed citations
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Williams, Diane L., Vladimir L. Cherkassky, Robert A. Mason, et al.. (2013). Brain Function Differences in Language Processing in Children and Adults with Autism. Autism Research. 6(4). 288–302. 50 indexed citations
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Prat, Chantel S., Robert A. Mason, & Marcel Adam Just. (2011). An fMRI investigation of analogical mapping in metaphor comprehension: The influence of context and individual cognitive capacities on processing demands.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition. 38(2). 282–294. 66 indexed citations
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Shinkareva, Svetlana V., Vicente L. Malave, Robert A. Mason, Tom M. Mitchell, & Marcel Adam Just. (2010). Commonality of neural representations of words and pictures. NeuroImage. 54(3). 2418–2425. 106 indexed citations
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Mason, Robert A. & Marcel Adam Just. (2009). The Role of the Theory‐of‐Mind Cortical Network in the Comprehension of Narratives. Language and Linguistics Compass. 3(1). 157–174. 65 indexed citations
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Buchweitz, Augusto, et al.. (2009). Japanese and English sentence reading comprehension and writing systems: An fMRI study of first and second language effects on brain activation. Bilingualism Language and Cognition. 12(2). 141–151. 22 indexed citations
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Buchweitz, Augusto, Robert A. Mason, Lêda María Braga Tomitch, & Marcel Adam Just. (2009). Brain activation for reading and listening comprehension: An fMRI study of modality effects and individual differences in language comprehension.. Psychology & Neuroscience. 2(2). 111–123. 113 indexed citations
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Shinkareva, Svetlana V., Robert A. Mason, Vicente L. Malave, et al.. (2008). Using fMRI Brain Activation to Identify Cognitive States Associated with Perception of Tools and Dwellings. PLoS ONE. 3(1). e1394–e1394. 132 indexed citations
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Mitchell, Tom M., Svetlana V. Shinkareva, J. Andrew Carlson, et al.. (2008). Predicting Human Brain Activity Associated with the Meanings of Nouns. Science. 320(5880). 1191–1195. 805 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mason, Robert A., Diane L. Williams, Rajesh K. Kana, Nancy J. Minshew, & Marcel Adam Just. (2007). Theory of Mind disruption and recruitment of the right hemisphere during narrative comprehension in autism. Neuropsychologia. 46(1). 269–280. 209 indexed citations

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