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Overview

David Z. Hambrick is affiliated with Michigan State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of psychology with a substantial emphasis on experimentally oriented and cognitive aspects.

The scientist's work spans several subfields of study, including:

  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology
  • Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
  • Social Psychology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience

David Z. Hambrick's research encompasses multiple key topics within these subfields, such as:

  • Sport Psychology and Performance
  • Sports Performance and Training
  • Cognitive Abilities and Testing
  • Sports injuries and prevention
  • Creativity in Education and Neuroscience
  • Education, Achievement, and Giftedness
  • Neuroscience and Music Perception

Their frequent publication venues include:

  • Sports Medicine
  • Journal of Intelligence
  • Psychological Research
  • Intelligence
  • Scientific Reports

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by David Z. Hambrick include:

  • "Is the Deliberate Practice View Defensible? A Review of Evidence and Discussion of Issues," 2020, Frontiers in Psychology
  • "How Firm Are the Foundations of Mind-Set Theory? The Claims Appear Stronger Than the Evidence," 2020, Psychological Science
  • "What Makes a Champion? Early Multidisciplinary Practice, Not Early Specialization, Predicts World-Class Performance," 2021, Perspectives on Psychological Science
  • "Predictors of Junior Versus Senior Elite Performance are Opposite: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Participation Patterns," 2022, Sports Medicine
  • "Quantifying the Extent to Which Successful Juniors and Successful Seniors are Two Disparate Populations: A Systematic Review and Synthesis of Findings," 2023, Sports Medicine

Among frequent collaborators, their co-authors are:

  • Brooke N. Macnamara
  • Alexander P. Burgoyne
  • Arne Güllich
  • Michael Barth
  • Erik M. Altmann

Best Publications

  • The Generality of Working Memory Capacity: A Latent-Variable Approach to Verbal and Visuospatial Memory Span and Reasoning

    Michael J. Kane;David Z. Hambrick;Stephen W. Tuholski;Oliver Wilhelm

  • Do “Brain-Training” Programs Work?:

    Daniel J. Simons;Walter R. Boot;Neil Charness;Susan E. Gathercole

  • The Relationship Between Working Memory Capacity and Executive Functioning: Evidence for a Common Executive Attention Construct

    David P. McCabe;Henry L. Roediger Iii;Mark A. McDaniel;David A. Balota

  • Working Memory Capacity and Fluid Intelligence Are Strongly Related Constructs: Comment on Ackerman, Beier, and Boyle (2005)

    Michael J. Kane;David Z. Hambrick;Andrew R. A. Conway

  • No evidence of intelligence improvement after working memory training: A randomized, placebo-controlled study.

    Thomas S. Redick;Zach Shipstead;Tyler L. Harrison;Kenny L. Hicks

  • Deliberate Practice and Performance in Music, Games, Sports, Education, and Professions A Meta-Analysis

    Brooke N. Macnamara;David Z. Hambrick;Frederick L. Oswald

  • Variation in working memory capacity as variation in executive attention and control.

    Michael J. Kane;Andrew R. A. Conway;David Z. Hambrick;Randall W. Engle

  • Deliberate practice: Is that all it takes to become an expert?

    David Z Hambrick;Frederick L. Oswald;Erik M Altmann;Elizabeth J. Meinz

  • The Relationship between the Broader Autism Phenotype, Child Severity, and Stress and Depression in Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders.

    Brooke Ingersoll;David Z. Hambrick

  • Working Memory Training May Increase Working Memory Capacity but Not Fluid Intelligence

    Tyler L. Harrison;Zach Shipstead;Kenny L. Hicks;David Z. Hambrick

  • Executive functions and ADHD in adults: evidence for selective effects on ADHD symptom domains.

    Joel T. Nigg;Gillian Stavro;Mark Ettenhofer;David Z. Hambrick

  • Relation of Task Switching to Speed, Age, and Fluid Intelligence

    Timothy A. Salthouse;Nathanael Fristoe;Katheryn E. McGuthry;David Z. Hambrick

  • Non-academic internet use in the classroom is negatively related to classroom learning regardless of intellectual ability

    Susan M. Ravizza;David Z. Hambrick;Kimberly M. Fenn

  • Interrelations of Age, Visual Acuity, and Cognitive Functioning

    Timothy A. Salthouse;Holly E. Hancock;Elizabeth J. Meinz;David Z. Hambrick

  • The role of working memory in syntactic ambiguity resolution: a psychometric approach.

    Benjamin Swets;Timothy Desmet;David Z. Hambrick;Fernanda Ferreira

  • The Relationship Between Deliberate Practice and Performance in Sports A Meta-Analysis

    Brooke N. Macnamara;David Moreau;David Z. Hambrick

  • Momentary interruptions can derail the train of thought.

    Erik M. Altmann;J. Gregory Trafton;David Z. Hambrick

  • Age-related differences in cognition: The role of distraction control.

    Emily S. Darowski;Elizabeth Helder;Rose T. Zacks;Lynn Hasher

  • The development of a short domain-general measure of working memory capacity

    Frederick L. Oswald;Samuel T. McAbee;Thomas S. Redick;David Z. Hambrick

  • Event Segmentation Ability Uniquely Predicts Event Memory

    Jesse Q. Sargent;Jeffrey M. Zacks;David Z. Hambrick;Rose T. Zacks

  • Effects of domain knowledge, working memory capacity and age on cognitive performance

    David Z. Hambrick

Frequent Co-Authors

Frederick L. Oswald
Frederick L. Oswald Rice University
Randall W. Engle
Randall W. Engle Georgia Institute of Technology
Michael J. Kane
Michael J. Kane University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Fernand Gobet
Fernand Gobet London School of Economics and Political Science
Thomas S. Redick
Thomas S. Redick Purdue University West Lafayette
Timothy A. Salthouse
Timothy A. Salthouse University of Virginia
Oliver Wilhelm
Oliver Wilhelm University of Ulm
S. Alexandra Burt
S. Alexandra Burt Michigan State University
Susan C. Levine
Susan C. Levine University of Chicago
Andrew R. A. Conway
Andrew R. A. Conway Claremont Graduate University

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