What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Cognition
- Epistemology
- Cognitive science
His primary areas of study are Cognition, Cognitive development, Cognitive science, Cognitive psychology and Concept learning.
His Cognition research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Tonic, Equivalence, School age child and Explication.
His Cognitive development study incorporates themes from Epistemology, Semantics, Language acquisition and Structure.
Frank C. Keil combines subjects such as Suspect, Realm and Cognitivism with his study of Cognitive science.
His research in Cognitive psychology intersects with topics in Knowledge level, Imitation, Object and Causality.
His research integrates issues of Developmental psychology, Aptitude, Attribution and Comprehension in his study of Concept learning.
His most cited work include:
- Concepts, Kinds, and Cognitive Development (1574 citations)
- Explanation and Understanding (1065 citations)
- The MIT encyclopedia of the cognitive sciences (845 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Cognitive psychology, Cognition, Cognitive development, Social psychology and Cognitive science.
His study in Cognitive psychology is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Age differences, Categorization, Perception and Comprehension.
His studies in Cognitive development integrate themes in fields like Knowledge level, Epistemology, Conceptual change, Developmental psychology and Concept learning.
His Epistemology study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Structure, Gopnik and Deference.
His work on Child development as part of general Developmental psychology research is often related to PsycINFO, thus linking different fields of science.
His work on Set as part of general Social psychology study is frequently linked to Causal structure, bridging the gap between disciplines.
He most often published in these fields:
- Cognitive psychology (29.96%)
- Cognition (20.65%)
- Cognitive development (20.65%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2015-2021)?
- Cognitive psychology (29.96%)
- Social psychology (18.22%)
- Cognitive development (20.65%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
His primary scientific interests are in Cognitive psychology, Social psychology, Cognitive development, Categorization and Cognition.
His study of Illusion is a part of Cognitive psychology.
The Social psychology study combines topics in areas such as Ignorance and Child development.
His Cognitive development study often links to related topics such as Developmental psychology.
Within one scientific family, Frank C. Keil focuses on topics pertaining to Essentialism under Categorization, and may sometimes address concerns connected to Structure.
Frank C. Keil interconnects Philosophy of science, Digitization and Bayesian probability in the investigation of issues within Task.
Between 2015 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- The Influence of Social Interaction on Intuitions of Objectivity and Subjectivity (25 citations)
- The Curse of Expertise: When More Knowledge Leads to Miscalibrated Explanatory Insight (23 citations)
- Little Bayesians or little Einsteins? Probability and explanatory virtue in children's inferences (18 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Epistemology
- Cognition
- Social psychology
His primary areas of investigation include Cognitive psychology, Social psychology, Causal reasoning, Cognitive development and Categorization.
His Cognitive psychology research focuses on Illusion in particular.
His Social psychology research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Developmental psychology, Ignorance and Cognition.
Frank C. Keil has included themes like Optimism, Descriptive knowledge, Humility, Morality and Self-enhancement in his Cognition study.
His Causal reasoning research includes elements of Construals, Function, Affordance, Causal inference and Domain specificity.
He brings together Cognitive development and Field to produce work in his papers.
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