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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Psychology D-index 86 Citations 43,607 179 World Ranking 636 National Ranking 406

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Awards & Achievements

2012 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

1984 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Cognition
  • Epistemology
  • Developmental psychology

Henry M. Wellman focuses on Cognitive development, Developmental psychology, Theory of mind, Cognitive psychology and Cognition. The concepts of his Cognitive development study are interwoven with issues in Concept learning, Theory-theory, Social psychology and Cognitive science. His work on Child development as part of his general Developmental psychology study is frequently connected to Conversation, thereby bridging the divide between different branches of science.

His Theory of mind research includes elements of Emergent materialism, Intelligence quotient, Cross-cultural studies and Competence. His Cognitive psychology research includes themes of Overconfidence effect, Perception, Social cognition and Action. His work in the fields of Folk biology overlaps with other areas such as Mental state.

His most cited work include:

  • Meta-analysis of theory-of-mind development: The truth about false belief. (2743 citations)
  • The Child's Theory of Mind (1767 citations)
  • Scaling of Theory-of-Mind Tasks (1149 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His scientific interests lie mostly in Developmental psychology, Theory of mind, Cognitive development, Cognitive psychology and Cognition. In general Developmental psychology, his work in Child development, Age differences and Preschool child is often linked to Comprehension and Task analysis linking many areas of study. His research integrates issues of Social psychology, Cognitive science, Autism, Social cognition and Epistemology in his study of Theory of mind.

His Cognitive development study combines topics in areas such as Concept learning, Theory-theory, Mental representation and Set. His studies in Cognitive psychology integrate themes in fields like Perception, Action, Logical reasoning, Metacognition and Feeling. His Cognition research integrates issues from Object, Attribution and Causality.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Developmental psychology (57.59%)
  • Theory of mind (43.46%)
  • Cognitive development (38.74%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2015-2021)?

  • Theory of mind (43.46%)
  • Developmental psychology (57.59%)
  • Child development (20.94%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Henry M. Wellman mainly investigates Theory of mind, Developmental psychology, Child development, Social psychology and Cognitive science. His study looks at the relationship between Theory of mind and topics such as Epistemology, which overlap with Selection. His studies deal with areas such as Interpersonal communication, Interpersonal relationship and Cognition as well as Developmental psychology.

He has included themes like Autism and Peer group in his Child development study. Henry M. Wellman usually deals with Social psychology and limits it to topics linked to Concept learning and Social perception. The Cognitive science study combines topics in areas such as Theory-theory and Field.

Between 2015 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Young Children Prefer and Remember Satisfying Explanations (63 citations)
  • Peer social skills and theory of mind in children with autism, deafness, or typical development. (50 citations)
  • Infants Use Statistical Sampling to Understand the Psychological World (31 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Cognition
  • Epistemology
  • Social psychology

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Theory of mind, Developmental psychology, Social psychology, Child development and Autism. Many of his research projects under Theory of mind are closely connected to State with State, tying the diverse disciplines of science together. While the research belongs to areas of Developmental psychology, Henry M. Wellman spends his time largely on the problem of Interpersonal relationship, intersecting his research to questions surrounding Recall, Knowledge level and Concept learning.

The study incorporates disciplines such as Epistemology, Probabilistic logic, Probabilistic inference and Cognitive psychology in addition to Social psychology. His biological study deals with issues like Peer group, which deal with fields such as Social skills and Popularity. His work deals with themes such as Middle childhood and Intelligence quotient, which intersect with Autism.

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Best Publications

Meta-analysis of theory-of-mind development: The truth about false belief.

Henry M. Wellman;David Cross;Julanne Watson.
Child Development (2001)

4912 Citations

The Child's Theory of Mind

Henry M. Wellman.
(1990)

4113 Citations

Children Talk About the Mind

Karen Bartsch;Henry M. Wellman.
(1995)

2165 Citations

Scaling of Theory-of-Mind Tasks

Henry M. Wellman;David Liu.
Child Development (2004)

2119 Citations

Cognitive development: Foundational theories of core domains

Henry M. Wellman;Susan A. Gelman.
Annual Review of Psychology (1992)

1404 Citations

Insides and essences: Early understandings of the non-obvious

Susan A. Gelman;Henry M. Wellman.
Cognition (1991)

1205 Citations

Why the Child's Theory of Mind Really Is a Theory

Alison Gopnik;Henry M. Wellman.
Mind & Language (1992)

1181 Citations

From simple desires to ordinary beliefs: The early development of everyday psychology

Henry M. Wellman;Jacqueline D. Woolley.
Cognition (1990)

977 Citations

The acquisition of mental verbs: A systematic investigation of the first reference to mental state

Marilyn Shatz;Henry M. Wellman;Sharon Silber.
Cognition (1983)

949 Citations

Knowledge acquisition in foundational domains.

Henry M. Wellman;Susan A. Gelman.
(1998)

945 Citations

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