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Alan M. Leslie publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alan M. Leslie sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 102 publications — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Alan M. Leslie D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alan M. Leslie sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Alan M. Leslie is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including neuroscience, psychology, and health professions.

The scientist's work is concentrated in several key areas:

  • Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
  • Child and Animal Learning Development
  • Ethics in medical practice

Alan M. Leslie's research contributions can be seen in both main fields and specialized subfields. These include:

  • Neuroscience
  • Psychology
  • Health Professions

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology
  • General Health Professions

A notable recent publication by Leslie is titled "Preschoolers use the means principle in their moral judgments." This paper was published in 2022 in the Journal of Experimental Psychology General. The article has received citations in the academic community.

Frequently collaborating with Leslie is Sydney Levine, with whom Leslie has co-authored work.

The Journal of Experimental Psychology General is a principal venue for Leslie's publications.

In recognition of their contributions, Alan M. Leslie was named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2008.

Best Publications

  • Does the autistic child have a theory of mind

    Simon Baron-Cohen;Alan M. Leslie;Uta Frith

  • Pretense and representation: The origins of "theory of mind."

    Alan M. Leslie

  • ToMM, ToBy, and Agency: Core architecture and domain specificity.

    Alan M. Leslie

  • Do six-month-old infants perceive causality?

    Alan M. Leslie;Stephanie Keeble

  • Mechanical, behavioural and Intentional understanding of picture stories in autistic children

    Simon Baron-Cohen;Alan M. Leslie;Uta Frith

  • Exploration of the autistic child's theory of mind: knowledge, belief, and communication.

    Josef Perner;Uta Frith;Alan M. Leslie;Susan R. Leekam

  • Pretending and believing: issues in the theory of ToMM.

    Alan M. Leslie

  • Domain specificity in conceptual development: neuropsychological evidence from autism.

    Alan M. Leslie;Laila Thaiss

  • Core mechanisms in ‘theory of mind’

    Alan M. Leslie;Ori Friedman;Tim P. German

  • Does the Autistic Child Have a''Theory of Mind''? Cognition

    Simon Baron-Cohen;Alan Leslie;Uta Frith

  • Autistic children's understanding of seeing, knowing and believing

    Alan M. Leslie;Uta Frith

  • The cognitive basis of a biological disorder: autism

    Uta Frith;John Morton;Alan M. Leslie

  • Modularity, Development and ‘Theory of Mind’

    Brian J. Scholl;Alan M. Leslie

  • Indexing and the object concept: developing `what' and `where' systems

    Alan M Leslie;Fei Xu;Patrice D Tremoulet;Brian J Scholl

  • The perception of causality in infants.

    Alan M Leslie

  • Acting intentionally and the side-effect effect: 'Theory of mind' and moral judgment

    Alan M. Leslie;Joshua Knobe;Adam Cohen

  • Some implications of pretense for mechanisms underlying the child's theory of mind.

    Alan M. Leslie

  • A theory of agency.

    Alan M. Leslie

  • Spatiotemporal Continuity and the Perception of Causality in Infants

    Alan M Leslie

  • The theory of mind impairment in autism: Evidence for a modular mechanism of development?

    Alan M. Leslie

Frequent Co-Authors

Uta Frith
Uta Frith University College London
Ori Friedman
Ori Friedman University of Waterloo
Simon Baron-Cohen
Simon Baron-Cohen University of Cambridge
Brian J. Scholl
Brian J. Scholl Yale University
Shaun Nichols
Shaun Nichols Cornell University
Rochel Gelman
Rochel Gelman Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Stephen Stich
Stephen Stich Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Francesca Happé
Francesca Happé King's College London
Susan A. Gelman
Susan A. Gelman University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Bruce M. Hood
Bruce M. Hood University of Bristol

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