Tibor Palfai

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Tibor Palfai is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Tibor Palfai has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 16 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 6 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Tibor Palfai's work include Memory and Neural Mechanisms (14 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (13 papers) and Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases (4 papers). Tibor Palfai is often cited by papers focused on Memory and Neural Mechanisms (14 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (13 papers) and Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases (4 papers). Tibor Palfai collaborates with scholars based in United States and Canada. Tibor Palfai's co-authors include Douglas Frye, Philip David Zelazo, Perry J. Kurtz, Thomas J. Walsh, Anne M. Fontana, Dalbir Bindra, Thomas J. Walsh, James P. Symons, Charles L. Kutscher and Jane Stewart and has published in prestigious journals such as Psychopharmacology, Journal of Psychosomatic Research and Physiology & Behavior.

In The Last Decade

Tibor Palfai

35 papers receiving 1.0k citations

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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.

Theory of mind and rule-based reasoning

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tibor Palfai United States	14	520	454	214	209	169	35	1.1k
Derek Blackman United Kingdom	21	716 1.4×	457 1.0×	536 2.5×	224 1.1×	52 0.3×	66	1.4k
Archie A. Silver United States	20	220 0.4×	310 0.7×	397 1.9×	67 0.3×	81 0.5×	58	1.8k
Teresa E. Foley United States	13	109 0.2×	232 0.5×	389 1.8×	199 1.0×	183 1.1×	31	1.5k
Peter J. Molfese United States	23	649 1.2×	1.1k 2.4×	109 0.5×	140 0.7×	119 0.7×	45	1.6k
Donald J. Levis United States	22	404 0.8×	655 1.4×	153 0.7×	330 1.6×	40 0.2×	65	1.7k
Nelson Smith United States	16	115 0.2×	241 0.5×	150 0.7×	116 0.6×	52 0.3×	55	932
Ruskin H. Hunt United States	18	312 0.6×	659 1.5×	84 0.4×	148 0.7×	62 0.4×	32	1.3k
Joseph A. Kim Canada	20	259 0.5×	848 1.9×	436 2.0×	129 0.6×	250 1.5×	43	1.6k
Susan Murtha Canada	18	251 0.5×	847 1.9×	96 0.4×	160 0.8×	283 1.7×	31	1.4k
Paul J. Woods United States	16	176 0.3×	188 0.4×	178 0.8×	403 1.9×	50 0.3×	63	1.2k

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Verhaeghen, Paul, Tibor Palfai, & Michael P. Johnson. (2006). Verbal labeling as an assimilation mnemonic for abstract visual stimuli: The sample case of recognition memory for Chinese characters. Memory & Cognition. 34(4). 795–803. 13 indexed citations

Palfai, Tibor, Silas Halperin, & William J. Hoyer. (2003). Age Inequalities in Recognition Memory: Effects of Stimulus Presentation Time and List Repetitions. Aging Neuropsychology and Cognition. 10(2). 134–140. 1 indexed citations

Verhaeghen, Paul, Tibor Palfai, John Cerella, et al.. (2000). Age-Related Dissociations in Time-Accuracy Functions for Recognition Memory: Utilizing Semantic Support versus Building New Representations. Aging Neuropsychology and Cognition. 7(4). 260–272. 3 indexed citations

Fontana, Anne M. & Tibor Palfai. (1994). Psychosocial factors in premenstrual dysphoria: Stressors, appraisal, and coping processes. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 38(6). 557–567. 53 indexed citations

Palfai, Tibor, et al.. (1992). Housing influences exploration and social interaction of control and DSP-4-treated rats. Physiology & Behavior. 52(2). 271–276. 10 indexed citations

Palfai, Tibor, et al.. (1990). Impaired hoarding and olfactory learning in DSP-4-treated rats and control cagemates. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 36(4). 707–711. 3 indexed citations

Palfai, Tibor, et al.. (1986). Effects of amnesic doses of reserpine or syrosingopine on mouse brain acetylcholine levels. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 24(5). 1457–1459. 6 indexed citations

Palfai, Tibor, et al.. (1983). The effect of reserpine, syrosingopine, and guanethidine on the retention of discriminated escape reversal: Peripherally administered catecholamines cannot reverse the reserpine amnesia in this situation. Behavioral and Neural Biology. 38(1). 120–126. 5 indexed citations

Walsh, Thomas J. & Tibor Palfai. (1981). Reversal of guanethidine- and diethyldithiocarbamate-induced amnesia by peripherally-administered catecholamines. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 14(5). 713–718. 7 indexed citations

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Palfai, Tibor, et al.. (1981). Effect of an amnesic dose of reserpine, syrosingopine or guanethidine on the levels of whole brain dopamine and norepinephrine in the mouse. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 15(6). 911–914. 7 indexed citations

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Palfai, Tibor & Thomas J. Walsh. (1980). Comparisons of the effects of guanethidine, 6-hydroxydopamine and diethyldithiocarbamate on retention of passive avoidance. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 13(6). 805–809. 11 indexed citations

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Palfai, Tibor, et al.. (1978). Catecholamine levels in the whole brain and the probability of memory formation are not related. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 8(6). 717–721. 17 indexed citations

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Palfai, Tibor, et al.. (1977). Food deprivation-induced alcohol ingestion in the mouse: Calories versus primary sensory preference. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 6(6). 709–712. 10 indexed citations

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Kurtz, Perry J. & Tibor Palfai. (1977). Effects of reserpine on retention of escape reversal in mice: Absence of state-dependent learning.. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology. 91(2). 393–406. 19 indexed citations

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Palfai, Tibor & Perry J. Kurtz. (1976). Dose-related effects of metrazol on retention and EEG. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 4(2). 123–127. 5 indexed citations

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Palfai, Tibor, et al.. (1975). Metrazol impairs conditioned aversion produced by LiCl: A time dependent effect. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 3(2). 201–204. 28 indexed citations

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Palfai, Tibor, Perry J. Kurtz, & Arthur Gutman. (1974). Effect of metrazol on brain norepinephrine: A possible factor in amnesia produced by the drug. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 2(2). 261–262. 8 indexed citations

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Palfai, Tibor, Charles L. Kutscher, & James P. Symons. (1971). Schedule-induced polydipsia in the mouse. Physiology & Behavior. 6(4). 461–462. 38 indexed citations

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Palfai, Tibor, et al.. (1968). Effect of drugs on consolidation of classically conditioned fear.. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology. 66(3, Pt.1). 584–589. 8 indexed citations

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Bindra, Dalbir & Tibor Palfai. (1967). Nature of positive and negative incentive-motivational effects on general activity.. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology. 63(2). 288–297. 53 indexed citations

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