2026 James S. Nairne: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	49	5662	5259	3075	2787	100	10149

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

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Current National Ranking

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Psychology

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2787

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10149

Overview

James S. Nairne is affiliated with Purdue University West Lafayette in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within neuroscience and psychology, focusing primarily on cognitive neuroscience and experimental and cognitive psychology.

The main fields of study for this scientist include:

Neuroscience
Psychology

Subfields of study in their work cover:

Cognitive Neuroscience
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Psychiatry and Mental health
Sensory Systems

Key research topics addressed by James S. Nairne are:

Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
Memory and Neural Mechanisms
Child and Animal Learning Development
Cognitive Science and Education Research
Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function
Cognitive Functions and Memory

Notable recent publications associated with this researcher include:

"Adaptive Education: Learning and Remembering with a Stone-Age Brain," 2022, Educational Psychology Review
"The Mnemonic Tuning for Contamination: A Replication and Extension Study Using More Ecologically Valid Stimuli," 2021, Evolutionary Psychology
"Animacy norms for 224 European Portuguese concrete words," 2020, Análise Psicológica
"The breadth of animacy in memory: New evidence from prospective memory," 2023, Psychonomic Bulletin & Review

Frequent coauthors collaborating with James S. Nairne include:

Josefa N. S. Pandeirada
Sara B. Félix
Natália Lisandra Fernandes
Marie Poirier
Michelle E. Coverdale

They have published across a range of academic venues, with repeated publications in:

Educational Psychology Review
Psychonomic Bulletin & Review
Evolutionary Psychology
Análise Psicológica

Best Publications

A feature model of immediate memory

James S. Nairne

875
Citations
Adaptive memory: survival processing enhances retention.

James S. Nairne;Sarah R. Thompson;Josefa N. S. Pandeirada

650
Citations
Remembering over the short-term: the case against the standard model.

James S. Nairne

582
Citations
The nature of remembering : essays in honor of Robert G. Crowder

Robert G. Crowder;Henry L. Roediger

534
Citations
Implicit attitudes can be measured.

Henry L. Roediger;James S. Nairne;Ian Neath;Aimée M. Surprenant

473
Citations
Adaptive Memory The Comparative Value of Survival Processing

James S. Nairne;Josefa N.S. Pandeirada;Sarah R. Thompson

422
Citations
Adaptive Memory Remembering With a Stone-Age Brain

James S. Nairne;Josefa N.S. Pandeirada

350
Citations
Word-length effects in immediate memory: Overwriting trace decay theory

Ian Neath;James S. Nairne

333
Citations
The myth of the encoding-retrieval match.

James S. Nairne

290
Citations
Adaptive memory: ancestral priorities and the mnemonic value of survival processing.

James S. Nairne;Josefa N.S. Pandeirada

236
Citations
Adaptive memory: Is survival processing special?

James S. Nairne;Josefa N.S. Pandeirada

222
Citations
Adaptive Memory The Mnemonic Value of Animacy

James S. Nairne;Joshua E. VanArsdall;Josefa N. S. Pandeirada;Mindi Cogdill

211
Citations
Adaptive Memory Fitness Relevance and the Hunter-Gatherer Mind

James S. Nairne;Josefa N.S. Pandeirada;Karie J. Gregory;Joshua E. Van Arsdall

198
Citations
Dissociative effects of generation on item and order retention.

James S. Nairne;Gregory L. Riegler;Matt Serra

187
Citations
A framework for interpreting recency effects in immediate serial recall.

James S. Nairne

186
Citations
Adaptive Memory: Evolutionary Constraints on Remembering

James S. Nairne

180
Citations
Adaptive Memory: The Evolutionary Significance of Survival Processing.

James S. Nairne;Josefa N. S. Pandeirada

153
Citations
AN EVOLUTIONARY SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACH TO STUDYING THE EFFECTS OF OSTRACISM

Eric D. Wesselmann;James S. Nairne;Kipling D. Williams

139
Citations
Positional Distinctiveness and the Ratio Rule in Free Recall

James S. Nairne;Ian Neath;Matt Serra;Eunhee Byun

138
Citations
Separating item and order information through process dissociation

James S. Nairne;Matthew R. Kelley

137
Citations
Positional uncertainty in long-term memory.

James S. Nairne

133
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian Neath Memorial University of Newfoundland

Alice F. Healy University of Colorado Boulder

Kipling D. Williams Purdue University West Lafayette

Robert G. Crowder Yale University

Henry L. Roediger Washington University in St. Louis

James M. LeBreton Pennsylvania State University

External Links

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