Nelson Cowan
Nelson Cowan publishes mostly in Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Developmental and Educational Psychology, on topics such as Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies, Memory Processes and Influences and Child and Animal Learning Development.
- World rank
- #20,167 of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
- Rank in United States
- #9,575 of 358,040
- Works
- 53
- Citations
- 691
- Citations per work
- 13.0
What does Nelson Cowan research?
Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.
- 1Cognitive Neuroscience38% of their works
- 2Experimental and Cognitive Psychology15% of their works
- 3Developmental and Educational Psychology11% of their works
- 4Social Psychology6% of their works
- 5Artificial Intelligence6% of their works
- 6Statistics and Probability4% of their works
Research topics
Which keywords describe Nelson Cowan's research?
The keywords of their largest research topics: Neural Mechanisms, Prefrontal Cortex, Cognitive Control, Decision Making, Neural Correlates, Child Development, Cognitive Load Theory and Episodic Memory.
- Neuroscience
- Memory
- Education
- Attention Lapses
- Multimedia Learning
- Episodic Memory
- Child Development
- Decision Making
- Prefrontal Cortex
- Neural Mechanisms
- Cognitive Control
- Neural Correlates
- Cognitive Load Theory
- Memory Retrieval
- Theory of Mind
- Auditory Cortex
- Hippocampus
- Mind Wandering
- Temporal Processing
Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.
All 19 words, with their numbers
- Neural Mechanisms72 topics
- Prefrontal Cortex72 topics
- Cognitive Control51 topic
- Decision Making51 topic
- Neural Correlates52 topics
- Child Development31 topic
- Cognitive Load Theory31 topic
- Episodic Memory31 topic
- Memory Retrieval31 topic
- Multimedia Learning31 topic
- Theory of Mind31 topic
- Attention Lapses21 topic
- Auditory Cortex21 topic
- Education21 topic
- Hippocampus21 topic
- Memory21 topic
- Mind Wandering21 topic
- Neuroscience21 topic
- Temporal Processing21 topic
Where does Nelson Cowan work?
Nelson Cowan's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Missouri, United States.
How many publications and citations does Nelson Cowan have?
Science Explorer counts 53 works and 691 citations for Nelson Cowan, ranking #20,167 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.
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