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2433
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Kathleen B. McDermott 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 Kathleen B. McDermott sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 119 publications — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kathleen B. McDermott 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 Kathleen B. McDermott sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 68 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Kathleen B. McDermott is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis, United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience and Medicine, with a notable emphasis on Cognitive Neuroscience as a key subfield. Other subfields include Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Artificial Intelligence, Developmental and Educational Psychology, and Infectious Diseases.

Their work extensively addresses topics such as Memory Processes and Influences, Memory and Neural Mechanisms, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, and Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications. Additional research interests cover Mental Health Research Topics, Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning, and Educational Strategies and Epistemologies.

McDermott has contributed to numerous publications. Among recent papers are:

  • "Individual-specific functional connectivity of the amygdala: A substrate for precision psychiatry" (2020), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Practicing Retrieval Facilitates Learning" (2020), Annual Review of Psychology
  • "Parallel hippocampal-parietal circuits for self- and goal-oriented processing" (2021), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Precision functional mapping of human memory systems" (2021), Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences
  • "Parallel Hippocampal-Parietal Circuits for Self- and Goal-oriented Processing" (2020), bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with McDermott include Adrian W. Gilmore, Scott M. Nelson, Chad M. Sylvester, Scott Marek, and Annie Zheng.

Their research has been published most frequently in the following venues:

  • Memory
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Annual Review of Psychology
  • Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences

Best Publications

  • Creating false memories: Remembering words not presented in lists.

    Henry L. Roediger;Kathleen B. McDermott

  • Precision Functional Mapping of Individual Human Brains

    Evan M. Gordon;Timothy O. Laumann;Adrian W. Gilmore;Adrian W. Gilmore;Dillan J. Newbold

  • Factors that determine false recall: a multiple regression analysis.

    Henry L. Roediger;Jason M. Watson;Kathleen B. McDermott;David A. Gallo

  • Neural substrates of envisioning the future

    Karl K. Szpunar;Jason M. Watson;Kathleen B. McDermott

  • Functional System and Areal Organization of a Highly Sampled Individual Human Brain.

    Timothy O. Laumann;Evan M. Gordon;Babatunde Adeyemo;Abraham Z. Snyder

  • Hemispheric Specialization in Human Dorsal Frontal Cortex and Medial Temporal Lobe for Verbal and Nonverbal Memory Encoding

    William M Kelley;Francis M Miezin;Kathleen B McDermott;Randy L Buckner

  • Test format and corrective feedback modify the effect of testing on long-term retention

    Sean H. K. Kang;Kathleen B. McDermott;Henry L. Roediger

  • Norms for word lists that create false memories.

    Michael A. Stadler;Henry L. Roediger;Kathleen B. McDermott

  • VERIDICAL AND FALSE MEMORIES IN HEALTHY OLDER ADULTS AND IN DEMENTIA OF THE ALZHEIMER'S TYPE

    David A. Balota;Michael J. Cortese;Janet M. Duchek;David Adams

  • The Persistence of False Memories in List Recall

    Kathleen B. McDermott

  • Test-enhanced learning in the classroom: long-term improvements from quizzing

    Henry L. Roediger;Pooja K. Agarwal;Mark A. McDaniel;Kathleen B. McDermott

  • Retrieval-induced facilitation: initially nontested material can benefit from prior testing of related material.

    Jason C. K. Chan;Kathleen B. McDermott;Henry L. Roediger

  • Generalizing test-enhanced learning from the laboratory to the classroom

    Mark A. Mcdaniel;Henry L. Roediger;Kathleen B. Mcdermott

  • Examining the testing effect with open‐ and closed‐book tests

    Pooja K. Agarwal;Jeffrey D. Karpicke;Sean H. K. Kang;Henry L. Roediger

  • A procedure for identifying regions preferentially activated by attention to semantic and phonological relations using functional magnetic resonance imaging.

    Kathleen B McDermott;Steven E Petersen;Jason M Watson;Jeffrey G Ojemann

  • Test-Enhanced Learning in a Middle School Science Classroom: The Effects of Quiz Frequency and Placement.

    Mark A. McDaniel;Pooja K. Agarwal;Barbie J. Huelser;Kathleen B. McDermott

  • Attempting to Avoid Illusory Memories: Robust False Recognition of Associates Persists under Conditions of Explicit Warnings and Immediate Testing ☆ ☆☆

    Kathleen B. McDermott;Henry L. Roediger

  • The Contributions of Prefrontal Cortex and Executive Control to Deception: Evidence from Activation Likelihood Estimate Meta-analyses

    Shawn E. Christ;David C. Van Essen;Jason M. Watson;Lindsay E. Brubaker

  • Neuroanatomical Correlates of Veridical and Illusory Recognition Memory: Evidence from Positron Emission Tomography

    Daniel L. Schacter;Eric Reiman;Tim Curran;Lang Sheng Yun

  • The Rise and Fall of False Recall: The Impact of Presentation Duration☆

    Kathleen B. McDermott;Jason M. Watson

Frequent Co-Authors

Henry L. Roediger
Henry L. Roediger Washington University in St. Louis
Steven M. Nelson
Steven M. Nelson Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center
Evan M. Gordon
Evan M. Gordon Washington University in St. Louis
Karl K. Szpunar
Karl K. Szpunar Toronto Metropolitan University
Steven E. Petersen
Steven E. Petersen Washington University in St. Louis
Bradley L. Schlaggar
Bradley L. Schlaggar Kennedy Krieger Institute
Nico U.F. Dosenbach
Nico U.F. Dosenbach Washington University in St. Louis
Caterina Gratton
Caterina Gratton University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Mark A. McDaniel
Mark A. McDaniel Washington University in St. Louis
Abraham Z. Snyder
Abraham Z. Snyder Washington University in St. Louis

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