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7678
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6466
National Ranking
654

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1985 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

John P. Spencer is affiliated with the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple areas within neuroscience and psychology, focusing extensively on the neural and behavioral underpinnings of cognitive processes.

The main fields of study in John P. Spencer's work include:

  • Neuroscience
  • Psychology

Within these domains, the subfields where they have contributed are:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

Key topics covered in their research consist of:

  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Child and Animal Learning Development
  • Reading and Literacy Development
  • Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy Techniques
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by John P. Spencer are:

  • The Development of Working Memory (2020), published in Current Directions in Psychological Science

Other frequently published works in venues tied to Spencer's network include:

  • Psychological Review
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Current Directions in Psychological Science
  • Journal of Neuroscience
  • Neurophotonics

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Vincent A. Magnotta
  • Samuel H. Forbes
  • Sobanawartiny Wijeakumar
  • Sean Deoni
  • Larissa K. Samuelson

John P. Spencer was recognized with the title of Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1985 by the Academy of Science.

Best Publications

  • The transition to reaching:mapping intention and intrinsic dynamics.

    Esther Thelen;Daniela Corbetta;Kathi Kamm;John P. Spencer

  • Development of Reaching during the First Year:Role of Movement Speed

    Esther Thelen;Daniela Corbetta;John P. Spencer

  • Short arms and talking eggs: Why we should no longer abide the nativist-empiricist debate

    John P. Spencer;Mark S. Blumberg;Bob McMurray;Scott R. Robinson

  • Postural Control During Reaching in Young Infants: A Dynamic Systems Approach

    Esther Thelen;John P Spencer

  • Testing the dynamic field theory: working memory for locations becomes more spatially precise over development.

    Anne R. Schutte;John P. Spencer;Gregor Schöner

  • Bridging the representational gap in the dynamic systems approach to development

    John P. Spencer;Gregor Schöner

  • A Dynamic Neural Field Model of Visual Working Memory and Change Detection

    Jeffrey S. Johnson;John P. Spencer;Steven J. Luck;Gregor Schöner

  • Moving toward a grand theory of development: in memory of Esther Thelen.

    John P. Spencer;Melissa Clearfield;Daniela Corbetta;Beverly Ulrich

  • Tests of a Dynamic Systems Account of the A-not-B Error: The Influence of Prior Experience on the Spatial Memory Abilities of Two-Year-Olds

    John P. Spencer;Linda B. Smith;Esther Thelen

  • Dynamic Thinking : A Primer on Dynamic Field Theory

    Gregor Schöner;John Spencer

  • Twenty years and going strong: A dynamic systems revolution in motor and cognitive development.

    John P. Spencer;Sammy Perone;Aaron T. Buss

  • Prototypes and particulars: geometric and experience-dependent spatial categories.

    John P. Spencer;Alycia M. Hund

  • Grounding word learning in space.

    Larissa K. Samuelson;Linda B. Smith;Lynn K. Perry;John P. Spencer

  • Toward a Unified Theory of Development: Connectionism and Dynamic Systems Theory Re-Considered

    John P Spencer;Michael S. C. Thomas;James L. McClelland

  • Moving to higher ground: The dynamic field theory and the dynamics of visual cognition

    Jeffrey S. Johnson;John P. Spencer;Gregor Schöner

  • The functional brain networks that underlie Early Stone Age tool manufacture

    Shelby S. Putt;Shelby S. Putt;Sobanawartiny Wijeakumar;Robert G. Franciscus;John P. Spencer

  • Probing the early development of visual working memory capacity with functional near-infrared spectroscopy

    Aaron T. Buss;Nicholas Fox;David A. Boas;John P. Spencer

  • Generalizing the dynamic field theory of spatial cognition across real and developmental time scales.

    Vanessa R. Simmering;Anne R. Schutte;Anne R. Schutte;John P. Spencer

  • The emergent executive: a dynamic field theory of the development of executive function.

    Aaron T. Buss;John P. Spencer

  • Posture and the emergence of manual skills

    John P. Spencer;Beatrix Vereijken;Frederick J. Diedrich;Esther Thelen

Frequent Co-Authors

Esther Thelen
Esther Thelen Indiana University
Eliot Hazeltine
Eliot Hazeltine University of Iowa
Linda B. Smith
Linda B. Smith Indiana University
Andrew Hollingworth
Andrew Hollingworth University of Iowa
Jodie M. Plumert
Jodie M. Plumert University of Iowa
Bob McMurray
Bob McMurray University of Iowa
James L. McClelland
James L. McClelland Stanford University
Sandra A. Wiebe
Sandra A. Wiebe University of Alberta
Steven J. Luck
Steven J. Luck University of California, Davis
Shaun P. Vecera
Shaun P. Vecera University of Iowa

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