Emma Flynn

Emma Flynn 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 Emma Flynn sits on this spectrum.

Emma Flynn 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 Emma Flynn sits on this spectrum.

Best Publications

• Human cumulative culture: a comparative perspective.

  Lewis G. Dean;Gill L. Vale;Kevin N. Laland;Emma Flynn

  473
  Citations

• Faithful replication of foraging techniques along cultural transmission chains by chimpanzees and children.

  Victoria Horner;Andrew Whiten;Emma Flynn;Frans B. M. de Waal

  422
  Citations

• Autistic peer-to-peer information transfer is highly effective

  Catherine J. Crompton;Danielle Ropar;Claire V. M. Evans-Williams;Emma G. Flynn

  415
  Citations

• Imitation of causally opaque versus causally transparent tool use by 3- and 5-year-old children

  Nicola McGuigan;Andrew Whiten;Emma Flynn;Victoria Horner

  399
  Citations

• 'I never realised everybody felt as happy as I do when I am around autistic people': A thematic analysis of autistic adults' relationships with autistic and neurotypical friends and family.

  Catherine J Crompton;Sonny Hallett;Danielle Ropar;Emma Flynn

  290
  Citations

• A longitudinal, microgenetic study of the emergence of false belief understanding and inhibition skills

  Emma Flynn;Claire O'Malley;David Wood

  249
  Citations

• Target article with commentaries: developmental niche construction.

  Emma G. Flynn;Kevin N. Laland;Rachel L. Kendal;Jeremy R. Kendal

  204
  Citations

• Whom do children copy? Model-based biases in social learning

  Lara Amanda Natalia Wood;Rachel Kendal;Emma Flynn

  181
  Citations

• Eureka!: What Is Innovation, How Does It Develop, and Who Does It?

  Kayleigh Carr;Rachel L. Kendal;Emma G. Flynn

  165
  Citations

• Investigating children as cultural magnets: do young children transmit redundant information along diffusion chains?

  Emma Flynn

  164
  Citations

• Context-dependent model-based biases in cultural transmission: children's imitation is affected by model age over model knowledge state

  Lara A. Wood;Rachel L. Kendal;Emma G. Flynn

  158
  Citations

• Neurotype-matching, but not being autistic, influences self and observer ratings of interpersonal rapport.

  Catherine J. Crompton;Martha Sharp;Harriet Axbey;Sue Fletcher-Watson

  148
  Citations

• Investigating the Mechanisms of Cultural Acquisition How Pervasive is Overimitation in Adults

  Emma Flynn;Kenneth Smith

  130
  Citations

• Serial killers, spiders and cybersex: Social and survival information bias in the transmission of urban legends

  Joseph M. Stubbersfield;Jamshid J. Tehrani;Emma G. Flynn

  124
  Citations

• Imitation of hierarchical action structure by young children.

  Andrew Whiten;Emma Flynn;Katy Brown;Tanya Lee

  123
  Citations

• Cultural Transmission of Tool Use in Young Children: A Diffusion Chain Study

  Emma Flynn;Andrew Whiten

  114
  Citations

• The Role of Inhibitory Control in False Belief Understanding

  Emma Flynn

  113
  Citations

• Animal and human innovation: novel problems and novel solutions.

  Simon M. Reader;Julie Morand-Ferron;Emma Flynn

  112
  Citations

• Imitate or innovate? Children’s innovation is influenced by the efficacy of observed behaviour

  Kayleigh Carr;Rachel L. Kendal;Emma G. Flynn

  109
  Citations

• Copy me or copy you? The effect of prior experience on social learning.

  Lara A. Wood;Rachel L. Kendal;Emma G. Flynn

  106
  Citations