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David A. Washburn

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
44
Citations
6688
World Ranking
7029
National Ranking
3799

David A. Washburn publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 202 publications — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David A. Washburn 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 David A. Washburn sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% 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

  • 2003 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

David A. Washburn is affiliated with Georgia State University in the United States and primarily conducts research in the field of Psychology. Their work spans various subfields including Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, General Psychology, and Artificial Intelligence.

The scientist's research covers multiple topics related to cognition and behavior, notably:

  • Child and Animal Learning Development
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology
  • Cognitive Science and Mapping
  • Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
  • Multisensory perception and integration
  • Neural dynamics and brain function

David A. Washburn's recent publications include the following:

  • Overcoming cognitive set bias requires more than seeing an alternative strategy, 2022, Scientific Reports
  • Nonhuman primates learn adjacent dependencies but fail to learn nonadjacent dependencies in a statistical learning task with a salient cue, 2021, Learning & Behavior
  • Strategy use in probabilistic categorization by rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) and capuchin monkeys (Cebus [Sapajus] apella), 2020, Journal of Comparative Psychology
  • Task-Demand Effects on Self-reported Stress State, 2022, Counseling And Psychological Services Dissertations (Georgia State University)
  • Like father, like son: Stereotypical Black facial features in children causing trouble, 2021, Applied Cognitive Psychology

The scientist frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Will Whitham
  • Bennett L. Schwartz
  • David A. Leavens
  • Audrey E. Parrish
  • William D. Hopkins

David A. Washburn's work has appeared in multiple scientific venues such as:

  • Journal of Comparative Psychology
  • International Journal of Comparative Psychology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Learning & Behavior
  • Counseling And Psychological Services Dissertations (Georgia State University)

In addition to journal publications, Davis A. Washburn has contributed to academic books. Notably, they have a publication with Cambridge University Press titled Primate Cognitive Studies (2022), which has accrued a number of citations.

Among professional recognitions, the scientist was awarded the title of Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 2003.

Best Publications

  • The comparative psychology of uncertainty monitoring and metacognition.

    J. David Smith;Wendy E. Shields;David A. Washburn

  • Ordinal Judgments of Numerical Symbols by Macaques (Macaca Mulatta)

    David A. Washburn;Duane M. Rumbaugh

  • The uncertain response in humans and animals

    J D Smith;W E Shields;J Schull;D A Washburn

  • Intelligence of Apes and Other Rational Beings

    Duane M. Rumbaugh;David A. Washburn

  • Rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta), video tasks, and implications for stimulus-response spatial contiguity.

    Rumbaugh Dm;Richardson Wk;Washburn Da;Savage-Rumbaugh Es

  • Memory monitoring by animals and humans

    J. David Smith;Wendy E. Shields;Kenneth R. Allendoerfer;David A. Washburn

  • Uncertain responses by humans and rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) in a psychophysical same-different task.

    Shields We;Smith Jd;Washburn Da

  • Task engagement, cerebral blood flow velocity, and diagnostic monitoring for sustained attention.

    Gerald Matthews;Joel S. Warm;Lauren E. Reinerman-Jones;Lisa K. Langheim

  • Stroop-Like Effects for Monkeys and Humans: Processing Speed or Strength of Association?

    David A Washburn

  • Dissociating uncertainty responses and reinforcement signals in the comparative study of uncertainty monitoring.

    J. David Smith;Michael J. Beran;Joshua S. Redford;David A. Washburn

  • Testing primates with joystick-based automated apparatus: Lessons from the Language Research Center’s Computerized Test System

    David A. Washburn;Duane M. Rumbaugh

  • Rhesus macaques (macaca mulatta) monitor uncertainty during numerosity judgments.

    Michael J. Beran;J. David Smith;Joshua S. Redford;David A. Washburn

  • Category learning in rhesus monkeys: A study of the Shepard, Hovland, and Jenkins (1961) tasks

    J. David Smith;John Paul Minda;David A. Washburn

  • The NASA/LRC Computerized Test System.

    W. Kirk Richardson;David A. Washburn;William D. Hopkins;E. Sue Savage-rumbaugh

  • Matching visual stimuli on the basis of global and local features by chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta).

    William D. Hopkins;David A. Washburn

  • Uncertainty Monitoring and Metacognition by Animals

    J. David Smith;David A. Washburn

  • Confidence judgments by humans and rhesus monkeys.

    Wendy E. Shields;J. David Smith;Katarina Guttmannova;David A. Washburn

  • Effects of spaceflight on rhesus quadrupedal locomotion after return to 1G.

    Matthew R. Recktenwald;John A. Hodgson;Roland R. Roy;Sergey Riazanski

  • Disconnect in concept learning by rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta): judgment of relations and relations-between-relations.

    Timothy M. Flemming;Michael J. Beran;David A. Washburn

  • Rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) immediately generalize the uncertain response.

    David A. Washburn;J. David Smith;Wendy E. Shields

  • Toward a new outlook on primate learning and behavior: complex learning and emergent processes in comparative perspective.

    Duane M. Rumbaugh;E. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh;David A. Washburn

Frequent Co-Authors

Duane M. Rumbaugh
Duane M. Rumbaugh Georgia State University
Michael J. Beran
Michael J. Beran Georgia State University
William D. Hopkins
William D. Hopkins University of Wisconsin–Madison
J. David Smith
J. David Smith Georgia State University
Roland R. Roy
Roland R. Roy University of California, Los Angeles
Gerald Matthews
Gerald Matthews George Mason University
E. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh
E. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh Iowa Primate Learning Sanctuary
Dirk Hermans
Dirk Hermans KU Leuven
Joel S. Warm
Joel S. Warm United States Air Force Research Laboratory
V. R. Edgerton
V. R. Edgerton University of California, Los Angeles

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