William F. Battig

7.6k citations

81 papers · 6.2k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 19

Developmental and Educational Psychology top 0.2%
- Behavioral and Psychological Studies 15
- Educational and Psychological Assessments 8
- Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods 7
- Reading and Literacy Development 5
- Child and Animal Learning Development 4
Cognitive Neuroscience top 0.5%
- Memory Processes and Influences 14
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology top 0.5%
- Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes 17
General Psychology top 2%
Social Psychology top 1%
Artificial Intelligence
- Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning 6

Co-authors: William E. Montague Benton J. Underwood Endel Tulving Rudolph W. Schulz John L. Brown Michael P. Toglia James W. Pellegrino Sam C. Brown
Cited by: Developmental and Educational Psychology Cognitive Neuroscience Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Journals: Psychological Review (1 paper)Developmental Psychology (1 paper)Modern Language Journal (1 paper)
Partner nations: United States

In The Last Decade

William F. Battig

76 papers receiving 5.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

1979 The American Journal of Psychology
1977 The American Journal of Psychology
1973 The American Journal of Psychology
1969 Journal of Experimental Psychology
1961 The American Journal of Psychology

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1	Effects of different kinds of semantic processing on memory for words Memory & Cognition ·Janet L. Packman,William F. Battig	1978	38
2	Evidence that broader processing facilitates delayed retention Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society ·William F. Battig,Gilles O. Einstein	1977	9
3	The effects of alphabetic organization on the acquisition and delayed retention of semantically similar words. Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Learning & Memory ·Patricia A. Lauer,William J. Streby,William F. Battig	1976	6
4	Recognition of pictorial as compared with verbal descriptions Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society ·Stephen A. Brunette,William F. Battig	1974	2
5	Imaginal and verbal mnemonics as related to paired-associate learning and directionality of associations Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior ·Michele S. Mondani,William F. Battig	1973	3
6	Free recall of taxonomically and alphabetically organized word lists as a function of storage and retrieval cues Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior ·Patricia A. Lauer,William F. Battig	1972	20
7	Category norms of verbal items in 56 categories A replication and extension of the Connecticut category norms.breakdown → Journal of Experimental Psychology ·William F. Battig,William E. Montague	1969	2199
8	Evidence for coding processes in “Rote” paired-associate learning Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior ·William F. Battig	1966	23
9	Effect of contextual meaningfulness on rated association value (m’), number of associations (m), and free recall Psychonomic Science ·Harriett Amster,William F. Battig	1965	0
10	Effect of successive addition of stimulus elements on paired-associate learning. Journal of Experimental Psychology ·Sam C. Brown,William F. Battig,Richard B. Pearlstein	1965	5
11	Method of Pretraining and Knowledge of Results in Paired-Associate Learning under Conditions of Repetition and Non-Repetition The American Journal of Psychology ·H. Ray Brackett,William F. Battig	1963	2
12	Performance on a Motor Learning Task as Related to Mas Scores Perceptual and Motor Skills ·John H. Wright,George A. Gescheider,William F. Battig	1963	4
13	Transfer of training as a function of experimental paradigm and meaningfulness Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior ·Philip M. Merikle,William F. Battig	1963	16
14	Transfer from verbal-discrimination to paired-associate learning. Journal of Experimental Psychology ·William F. Battig,John Williams,John Williams	1962	16
15	PARSIMONY IN PSYCHOLOGY Psychological Reports ·William F. Battig	1962	1
16	Paired-associate learning under simultaneous repetition and nonrepetition conditions. Journal of Experimental Psychology ·William F. Battig	1962	20
17	COMPARISON OF ANTICIPATION AND RECALL METHODS IN PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING Psychological Reports ·William F. Battig	1961	4
18	Some factors affecting performance on a word-formation problem. Journal of Experimental Psychology ·William F. Battig	1957	8
19	Transfer and Retention of Bidimensional Compensatory Tracking after Extended Practice The American Journal of Psychology ·William F. Battig,Edgar Nagel,James F. Voss,W. J. Brogden	1957	9
20	Tracking and frequency of target intermittence. Journal of Experimental Psychology ·William F. Battig,Lee W. Gregg,Edgar Nagel,Arnold M. Small,W. J. Brogden	1954	6

About William F. Battig

William F. Battig is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience, having authored 81 papers that have together received 6.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes (17 papers), Behavioral and Psychological Studies (15 papers), Memory Processes and Influences (14 papers), Educational and Psychological Assessments (8 papers), Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods (7 papers), Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning (6 papers), Reading and Literacy Development (5 papers) and Child and Animal Learning Development (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Developmental and Educational Psychology (2.4k citations), Cognitive Neuroscience (3.7k citations) and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (1.8k citations). William F. Battig has collaborated with scholars based in United States. Frequent co-authors include William E. Montague, Benton J. Underwood, Endel Tulving, Rudolph W. Schulz, John L. Brown, Michael P. Toglia, James W. Pellegrino, Sam C. Brown, Arthur R. Jensen and Patricia A. Lauer. Their work appears in journals such as Psychological Review, Developmental Psychology and Modern Language Journal.

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