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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2007 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For leadership in the construction, operation and continuous improvement of the PHENIX detector since the start of RHIC, notably for the successful implementation of significant annual upgrades of the detector as part of a systematic program to extend its physics reach

Overview

Edward J. O'Brien is affiliated with the University of New Hampshire in the United States. Their research falls primarily within the field of Psychology, with a particular focus on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Cognitive Neuroscience. Additionally, their work touches on Finance and Artificial Intelligence as subfields of interest.

The scientist's research covers several main topics, including Reading and Literacy Development, Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes, Child and Animal Learning Development, Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies, Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism, Advanced Text Analysis Techniques, and aspects related to the Global Financial Crisis and Policies.

Edward J. O'Brien's publication record includes papers in various academic venues. Frequent publication venues are:

  • Discourse Processes
  • Scholarworks (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
  • Memory & Cognition
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Edward J. O'Brien include:

  • Situational and trait determinants of self concept change and change in self presentation following success and failure. (2023) in Scholarworks (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
  • The nature of the search for referents in discourse processing. (2021) in Scholarworks (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
  • Text-Based Manipulation of the Coherence Threshold (2021) in Discourse Processes
  • Access to prior spatial information (2020) in Memory & Cognition
  • Exploring the spatial gradient effect in narratives (2023) in Discourse Processes

Frequent co-authors include Emily R. Smith, Allison N. Sonia, Jennifer J. Stiegler-Balfour, Christopher R. Williams, and Erinn K. Walsh.

In 2007, Edward J. O'Brien received the award of Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) with a citation recognizing leadership related to the construction, operation, and ongoing enhancement of the PHENIX detector at RHIC, specifically noting systematic upgrades to extend the physics reach of the detector.

Best Publications

  • Accessing the discourse representation during reading

    Jerome L. Myers;Edward J. O'Brien

  • Updating a mental model: Maintaining both local and global coherence.

    Jason E. Albrecht;Edward J. O'Brien

  • The person-situation debate in historical and current perspective.

    Seymour Epstein;Edward J. O'Brien

  • Updating a situation model: a memory-based text processing view.

    Edward J. O'Brien;Michelle L. Rizzella;Jason E. Albrecht;Jennifer G. Halleran

  • Comprehension strategies in the development of a mental model.

    Edward J. O'Brien;Jason E. Albrecht

  • Sources of coherence in reading

    Robert Frederick Lorch;Edward J. O'Brien

  • The role of causal connections in the retrieval of text

    Edward J. O’Brien;Jerome L. Myers

  • Elaborative inferences during reading: do they occur on-line?

    Edward J. O'Brien;Dolores M. Shank;Jerome L. Myers;Keith Rayner

  • Knowledge Revision Processes in Refutation Texts

    Panayiota Kendeou;Erinn K. Walsh;Emily R. Smith;Edward J. O'Brien

  • Maintaining global coherence during reading

    Jerome L. Myers;Edward J. O'Brien;Jason E. Albrecht;Robert A. Mason

  • Updating during reading comprehension: why causality matters.

    Panayiota A Kendeou;Emily R. Smith;Edward J. O'Brien

  • Situation-Based Context and the Availability of Predictive Inferences

    Anne E. Cook;John E. Limber;Edward J. O'Brien

  • What is readily available during reading? A memory‐based view of text processing

    Anne E. Cook;Jennifer G. Halleran;Edward J. O'Brien

  • The Scope of Memory-Based Processing

    Richard J. Gerrig;Edward J. O’Brien

  • When comprehension difficulty improves memory for text.

    Edward J. O'Brien;Jerome L. Myers

  • Knowledge Activation, Integration, and Validation during Narrative Text Comprehension.

    Anne E. Cook;Edward J. O'Brien

  • Anaphoric inference during reading.

    Edward J. O'Brien;Susan A. Duffy;Jerome L. Myers

  • Elaborative inferencing as an active or passive process.

    Simon Garrod;Edward J. O'Brien;Robin K. Morris;Keith Rayner

  • Antecedent retrieval processes.

    Edward J. O'Brien;Pamela S. Plewes;Jason E. Albrecht

  • Antecedent search processes and the structure of text.

    Edward J. O'Brien

  • The Knowledge Revision Components (KReC) Framework: Processes and Mechanisms

    Panayiota A Kendeou;Edward J O'Brien

Frequent Co-Authors

Panayiota Kendeou
Panayiota Kendeou University of Minnesota
Keith Rayner
Keith Rayner University of California, San Diego
Seymour Epstein
Seymour Epstein University of Massachusetts Amherst
Joseph P. Magliano
Joseph P. Magliano Georgia State University
Richard J. Gerrig
Richard J. Gerrig Stony Brook University
Robert F. Lorch
Robert F. Lorch University of Kentucky
David N. Rapp
David N. Rapp Northwestern University
Gail McKoon
Gail McKoon The Ohio State University
Susan R. Goldman
Susan R. Goldman University of Illinois at Chicago
Simon Garrod
Simon Garrod University of Glasgow

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