Robert G. Cook

5.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
147 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Robert G. Cook is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert G. Cook has authored 147 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 39 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 39 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Robert G. Cook's work include Animal Behavior and Reproduction (38 papers), Behavioral and Psychological Studies (28 papers) and Animal Nutrition and Physiology (28 papers). Robert G. Cook is often cited by papers focused on Animal Behavior and Reproduction (38 papers), Behavioral and Psychological Studies (28 papers) and Animal Nutrition and Physiology (28 papers). Robert G. Cook collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Robert G. Cook's co-authors include Anthony A. Wright, Jeffrey S. Katz, Stephen F. Sands, Aaron P. Blaisdell, Rafael Palacios, Donald F. Kendrick, Joël Fagot, Donald A. Riley, Jerome Kagan and F. Caroline Davis and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Robert G. Cook

139 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert G. Cook United States	35	2.0k	1.3k	959	768	519	147	4.2k
Marcia L. Spetch Canada	43	2.5k 1.3×	2.0k 1.6×	752 0.8×	826 1.1×	607 1.2×	192	5.2k
Anthony A. Wright United States	33	1.9k 1.0×	1.7k 1.3×	718 0.7×	408 0.5×	508 1.0×	125	3.7k
Juan D. Delius Germany	30	973 0.5×	1.1k 0.9×	708 0.7×	812 1.1×	237 0.5×	148	3.3k
Lucia Regolin Italy	41	2.3k 1.2×	1.5k 1.2×	1.7k 1.8×	768 1.0×	403 0.8×	120	5.0k
Michael Colombo New Zealand	30	1.8k 0.9×	963 0.8×	923 1.0×	549 0.7×	294 0.6×	90	3.1k
H. Philip Zeigler United States	36	1.3k 0.7×	502 0.4×	707 0.7×	826 1.1×	133 0.3×	111	4.0k
Howard S. Hoffman United States	32	2.5k 1.3×	1.6k 1.2×	695 0.7×	310 0.4×	1.2k 2.4×	139	5.9k
Ken Cheng Australia	48	2.9k 1.4×	1.3k 1.1×	1.1k 1.1×	2.8k 3.7×	940 1.8×	192	8.1k
Jeffrey S. Katz United States	26	1.1k 0.5×	718 0.6×	486 0.5×	243 0.3×	221 0.4×	104	2.3k
William Hodos United States	40	2.4k 1.2×	690 0.5×	1.3k 1.4×	1.4k 1.8×	188 0.4×	106	7.0k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Cook, Robert G. & Al Cook. (2025). Discrimination of invisible spatial structures by pigeons. Learning & Behavior. 54(1). 101–116.

Nosofsky, Robert M., et al.. (2023). Modeling within-session dynamics of categorical and item-memory mechanisms in pigeons. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. 31(4). 1420–1444.

Cook, Robert G., et al.. (2023). Dynamically occluded action recognition by pigeons. Attention Perception & Psychophysics. 85(7). 2515–2530.

Cook, Robert G., et al.. (2023). Mechanisms of within-session sequential behavior in pigeons. Learning & Behavior. 51(1). 73–87. 2 indexed citations

Cook, Robert G., et al.. (2021). Use of different attentional strategies by pigeons and humans in multidimensional visual search.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Animal Learning and Cognition. 48(1). 46–59. 1 indexed citations

Cook, Robert G., et al.. (2020). Towards describing scenes by animals: Pigeons’ ordinal discrimination of objects varying in depth. Learning & Behavior. 49(1). 85–98.

Cook, Robert G., et al.. (2019). Perception of Ebbinghaus–Titchener stimuli in starlings (Sturnus vulgaris). Animal Cognition. 22(6). 973–989. 7 indexed citations

Rayburn-Reeves, Rebecca & Robert G. Cook. (2016). The Organization of Behavior over Time: Insights from Mid-session Reversal. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 11. 103–125. 26 indexed citations

Cook, Robert G.. (2015). Horse health: : One swallow makes a runner. Veterinary Record. 176(18). 469–470. 1 indexed citations

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Daniel, Thomas A., Robert G. Cook, & Jeffrey S. Katz. (2015). Temporal dynamics of task switching and abstract-concept learning in pigeons. Frontiers in Psychology. 6. 1334–1334. 7 indexed citations

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Finkelman, Matthew, et al.. (2014). Cognitive Diagnostic Models and Computerized Adaptive Testing: Two New Item-Selection Methods That Incorporate Response Times. 2(3). 59–76. 3 indexed citations

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Hoeschele, Marisa, Robert G. Cook, Lauren M. Guillette, Allison H. Hahn, & Christopher B. Sturdy. (2014). Timbre influences chord discrimination in black-capped chickadees (Poecile atricapillus) but not humans (Homo sapiens).. Journal of comparative psychology. 128(4). 387–401. 8 indexed citations

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Cook, Robert G., et al.. (2013). Visualizing search behavior with adaptive discriminations. Behavioural Processes. 102. 40–50. 4 indexed citations

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Smith, J. David, Mark E. Berg, Robert G. Cook, et al.. (2012). Implicit and explicit categorization: A tale of four species. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 36(10). 2355–2369. 86 indexed citations

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Hoeschele, Marisa, Robert G. Cook, Lauren M. Guillette, Daniel I. Brooks, & Christopher B. Sturdy. (2011). Black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) and human (Homo sapiens) chord discrimination.. Journal of comparative psychology. 126(1). 57–67. 17 indexed citations

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Zhang, Guorong, Meng Liu, Haiyan Cao, et al.. (2008). Improved spatial learning in aged rats by genetic activation of protein kinase C in small groups of hippocampal neurons. Hippocampus. 19(5). 413–423. 28 indexed citations

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Cook, Robert G., Kazuhiro Goto, & Daniel I. Brooks. (2005). Avian detection and identification of perceptual organization in random noise. Behavioural Processes. 69(1). 79–95. 14 indexed citations

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Blaisdell, Aaron P. & Robert G. Cook. (2005). Two-itemsame-different concept learning in pigeons. Learning & Behavior. 33(1). 67–77. 67 indexed citations

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Cook, Robert G., et al.. (1997). Pigeon perception and discrimination of rapidly changing texture stimuli.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Animal Behavior Processes. 23(4). 390–400. 24 indexed citations

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Wright, Anthony A., Robert G. Cook, & Donald F. Kendrick. (1989). RELATIONAL AND ABSOLUTE STIMULUS LEARNING BY MONKEYS IN A MEMORY TASK. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 52(3). 237–248. 22 indexed citations

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