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49
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5660
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James S. Nairne 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 James S. Nairne sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 100 publications — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

James S. Nairne 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 James S. Nairne sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

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

  • Adaptive memory: survival processing enhances retention.

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

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

    James S. Nairne

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

    Robert G. Crowder;Henry L. Roediger

  • Implicit attitudes can be measured.

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

  • Adaptive Memory The Comparative Value of Survival Processing

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

  • Adaptive Memory Remembering With a Stone-Age Brain

    James S. Nairne;Josefa N.S. Pandeirada

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

    Ian Neath;James S. Nairne

  • The myth of the encoding-retrieval match.

    James S. Nairne

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

    James S. Nairne;Josefa N.S. Pandeirada

  • Adaptive memory: Is survival processing special?

    James S. Nairne;Josefa N.S. Pandeirada

  • Adaptive Memory The Mnemonic Value of Animacy

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

  • Adaptive Memory Fitness Relevance and the Hunter-Gatherer Mind

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

  • Dissociative effects of generation on item and order retention.

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

  • A framework for interpreting recency effects in immediate serial recall.

    James S. Nairne

  • Adaptive Memory: Evolutionary Constraints on Remembering

    James S. Nairne

  • Adaptive Memory: The Evolutionary Significance of Survival Processing.

    James S. Nairne;Josefa N. S. Pandeirada

  • AN EVOLUTIONARY SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACH TO STUDYING THE EFFECTS OF OSTRACISM

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

  • Positional Distinctiveness and the Ratio Rule in Free Recall

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

  • Separating item and order information through process dissociation

    James S. Nairne;Matthew R. Kelley

  • Positional uncertainty in long-term memory.

    James S. Nairne

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian Neath
Ian Neath Memorial University of Newfoundland
Alice F. Healy
Alice F. Healy University of Colorado Boulder
Kipling D. Williams
Kipling D. Williams Purdue University West Lafayette
Robert G. Crowder
Robert G. Crowder Yale University
Henry L. Roediger
Henry L. Roediger Washington University in St. Louis
James M. LeBreton
James M. LeBreton Pennsylvania State University
Eric D. Wesselmann
Eric D. Wesselmann Illinois State University

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