Wayne A. Wickelgren

5.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
66 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Wayne A. Wickelgren is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Artificial Intelligence and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Wayne A. Wickelgren has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 27 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 25 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Wayne A. Wickelgren's work include Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes (18 papers), Memory Processes and Influences (17 papers) and Speech and dialogue systems (11 papers). Wayne A. Wickelgren is often cited by papers focused on Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes (18 papers), Memory Processes and Influences (17 papers) and Speech and dialogue systems (11 papers). Wayne A. Wickelgren collaborates with scholars based in United States and Canada. Wayne A. Wickelgren's co-authors include Donald A. Norman, Albert T. Corbett, Barbara Anne Dosher, Ian Begg, David H. Cohen and Gordon M. Becker and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Psychological Bulletin and Psychological Review.

In The Last Decade

Wayne A. Wickelgren

63 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

Speed-accuracy tradeoff and information processing dynamics 1977 2026 1993 2009 1977 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. Speed-accuracy tradeoff and information processing dynamics
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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wayne A. Wickelgren United States 32 3.0k 1.3k 1.2k 867 429 66 4.3k
Murray Glanzer United States 34 3.3k 1.1× 1.2k 0.9× 1.3k 1.1× 1.0k 1.2× 1.2k 2.7× 84 4.7k
Richard C. Atkinson United States 29 1.7k 0.6× 1.0k 0.8× 1.4k 1.2× 929 1.1× 426 1.0× 130 4.6k
William F. Battig United States 19 3.7k 1.2× 1.8k 1.4× 2.4k 2.1× 1.2k 1.4× 896 2.1× 81 6.2k
Leo Postman United States 36 2.1k 0.7× 1.1k 0.9× 1.5k 1.3× 808 0.9× 615 1.4× 128 4.2k
Charles Cresson Wood United States 33 5.8k 2.0× 1.3k 1.0× 954 0.8× 282 0.3× 512 1.2× 107 7.4k
W. K. Estes United States 45 3.4k 1.2× 1.5k 1.1× 2.2k 1.9× 1.4k 1.6× 848 2.0× 130 6.6k
Frank Restle United States 29 1.6k 0.5× 526 0.4× 753 0.6× 532 0.6× 387 0.9× 65 3.6k
Arthur W. Melton United States 13 1.8k 0.6× 989 0.8× 955 0.8× 605 0.7× 454 1.1× 24 3.1k
Paul A. Kolers Canada 37 3.3k 1.1× 1.5k 1.2× 1.8k 1.5× 619 0.7× 643 1.5× 77 5.0k
D. J. K. Mewhort Canada 32 2.5k 0.8× 999 0.8× 1.0k 0.9× 990 1.1× 422 1.0× 105 4.0k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wickelgren, Wayne A.. (2007). A simulation program for concept attainment by conservative focusing. Systems Research and Behavioral Science. 7(2). 245–247.
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Wickelgren, Wayne A.. (1999). Webs, cell assemblies, and chunking in neural nets: Introduction.. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology/Revue canadienne de psychologie expérimentale. 53(1). 118–131. 33 indexed citations
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Wickelgren, Wayne A.. (1995). Books-Received - how to Solve Mathematical Problems. Scientia Forestalis. 267. 2015.
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Wickelgren, Wayne A. & Albert T. Corbett. (1977). Associative interference and retrieval dynamics in yes-no recall and recognition.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Learning & Memory. 3(2). 189–202. 5 indexed citations
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Wickelgren, Wayne A.. (1977). Concept neurons: A proposed developmental study. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society. 10(3). 232–234. 2 indexed citations
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Wickelgren, Wayne A.. (1976). Subpproblems of semantic memory: A review of “human associative memory” by J. R. Anderson and G. H. Bower. Journal of Mathematical Psychology. 13(3). 243–268.
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Wickelgren, Wayne A.. (1976). Network strength theory of storage and retrieval dynamics.. Psychological Review. 83(6). 466–478. 16 indexed citations
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Wickelgren, Wayne A.. (1976). Network strength theory of storage and retrieval dynamics.. Psychological Review. 83(6). 466–478. 36 indexed citations
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Wickelgren, Wayne A.. (1975). Alcoholic intoxication and memory storage dynamics. Memory & Cognition. 3(4). 385–389. 54 indexed citations
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Wickelgren, Wayne A.. (1975). Age and storage dynamics in continuous recognition memory.. Developmental Psychology. 11(2). 165–169. 52 indexed citations
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Begg, Ian & Wayne A. Wickelgren. (1974). Retention functions for syntactic and lexical vs semantic information in sentence recognition memory. Memory & Cognition. 2(2). 353–359. 31 indexed citations
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Wickelgren, Wayne A.. (1974). Single-trace fragility theory of memory dynamics. Memory & Cognition. 2(4). 775–780. 172 indexed citations
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Wickelgren, Wayne A.. (1970). Time, interference, and rate of presentation in short-term recognition memory for items. Journal of Mathematical Psychology. 7(2). 219–235. 37 indexed citations
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Wickelgren, Wayne A.. (1969). Learned specification of concept neurons. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology. 31(1). 123–142. 12 indexed citations
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Wickelgren, Wayne A.. (1966). Distinctive Features and Errors in Short-Term Memory for English Consonants. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 39(2). 388–398. 143 indexed citations
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Wickelgren, Wayne A. & Gordon M. Becker. (1965). Decisions based on conflicting and inaccurate observations. Journal of Mathematical Psychology. 2(1). 180–189. 4 indexed citations
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Wickelgren, Wayne A.. (1965). Short-term Memory for Repeated and Non-repeated Items. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 17(1). 14–25. 74 indexed citations
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Wickelgren, Wayne A.. (1964). CUES THAT ELICIT ANALYTIC‐DEDUCTIVE METHODS IN CONCEPT ATTAINMENT*. British Journal of Psychology. 55(2). 143–154. 5 indexed citations
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Wickelgren, Wayne A.. (1964). Effects of Different Terminal Sounds on Short-term Memory for Initial Consonant Sounds. Nature. 203(4950). 1199–1200. 3 indexed citations
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Wickelgren, Wayne A. & David H. Cohen. (1962). An Artificial Language and Memory Approach to Concept Attainment. Psychological Reports. 10(3). 815–827. 9 indexed citations

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