What is she best known for?
The fields of study she is best known for:
- Cognition
- Epistemology
- Neuroscience
Cecilia Heyes mainly investigates Cognitive psychology, Cognition, Imitation, Cognitive science and Mirror neuron.
Her work carried out in the field of Cognitive psychology brings together such families of science as Observational learning, Theory of mind, Perception and Communication.
Her research in Cognition intersects with topics in Observational study and Motor skill acquisition, Motor learning.
Her Imitation research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Social learning, Cognitive neuroscience and Social cognition.
Her Cognitive science research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Associative learning, Nonverbal communication and Evolutionary psychology.
The concepts of her Mirror neuron study are interwoven with issues in Stimulus, Visual perception and Action.
Her most cited work include:
- Social learning in animals : the roots of culture (721 citations)
- SOCIAL LEARNING IN ANIMALS : CATEGORIES AND MECHANISMS (632 citations)
- Theory of mind in nonhuman primates. (511 citations)
What are the main themes of her work throughout her whole career to date?
The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Cognitive psychology, Imitation, Cognitive science, Cognition and Mirror neuron.
Her Cognitive psychology study combines topics in areas such as Social learning, Cognitive imitation, Perception, Social cognition and Theory of mind.
Her Imitation study which covers Observational learning that intersects with Imitative learning.
Her Cognitive science research incorporates themes from Media studies and Evolutionary psychology.
Her studies in Cognition integrate themes in fields like Sociocultural evolution and Sequence learning.
Her Mirror neuron study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Stimulus, Stimulus–response compatibility and Associative learning.
She most often published in these fields:
- Cognitive psychology (43.88%)
- Imitation (32.14%)
- Cognitive science (30.10%)
What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2013-2021)?
- Cognitive science (30.10%)
- Sociocultural evolution (9.18%)
- Cognitive psychology (43.88%)
In recent papers she was focusing on the following fields of study:
Cecilia Heyes focuses on Cognitive science, Sociocultural evolution, Cognitive psychology, Cognition and Social learning.
Cecilia Heyes studies Mirror neuron, a branch of Cognitive science.
Her Sociocultural evolution research includes themes of Imitation, Cultural learning and Ecology.
The various areas that Cecilia Heyes examines in her Cognitive psychology study include Theory of mind and Synesthesia.
In her research, Nature versus nurture is intimately related to Evolutionary psychology, which falls under the overarching field of Cognition.
Her Social learning study incorporates themes from Ecology, Perspective and Social psychology.
Between 2013 and 2021, her most popular works were:
- Mirror neurons: from origin to function (309 citations)
- The cultural evolution of mind reading (209 citations)
- False belief in infancy: a fresh look. (183 citations)
In her most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Cognition
- Epistemology
- Neuroscience
Her primary areas of investigation include Cognitive psychology, Cognitive science, Sociocultural evolution, Social learning and Cognition.
Her research integrates issues of Experimental psychology, Social cognition, Rigour, Variety and Theory of mind in her study of Cognitive psychology.
Cecilia Heyes focuses mostly in the field of Cognitive science, narrowing it down to topics relating to Perception and, in certain cases, Novelty.
Many of her studies on Sociocultural evolution apply to Imitation as well.
Cecilia Heyes combines subjects such as Associative learning, Cultural learning and Embodied cognition with her study of Social learning.
Her Cognition research integrates issues from Causality, Blackboxing and Evolutionary psychology.
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