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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?

Cognitive Neuroscience: 38.3%Experimental and Cognitive Psychology: 14.9%Developmental and Educational Psychology: 10.6%Social Psychology: 6.4%other fields: 29.8%38%top field
Cognitive Neuroscience38.3%Experimental and Cognitive Psychology14.9%Developmental and Educational Psychology10.6%Social Psychology6.4%other fields29.8%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Cognitive Neuroscience38% of their works
  2. 2Experimental and Cognitive Psychology15% of their works
  3. 3Developmental and Educational Psychology11% of their works
  4. 4Social Psychology6% of their works
  5. 5Artificial Intelligence6% of their works
  6. 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.

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
  1. Neural Mechanisms72 topics
  2. Prefrontal Cortex72 topics
  3. Cognitive Control51 topic
  4. Decision Making51 topic
  5. Neural Correlates52 topics
  6. Child Development31 topic
  7. Cognitive Load Theory31 topic
  8. Episodic Memory31 topic
  9. Memory Retrieval31 topic
  10. Multimedia Learning31 topic
  11. Theory of Mind31 topic
  12. Attention Lapses21 topic
  13. Auditory Cortex21 topic
  14. Education21 topic
  15. Hippocampus21 topic
  16. Memory21 topic
  17. Mind Wandering21 topic
  18. Neuroscience21 topic
  19. 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.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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