2026 Lynn Hasher: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	91	910	797	40	32	217	39888

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

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Psychology

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39888

Research.com Recognitions

1986 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Lynn Hasher is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada and focuses their research on neuroscience and psychology. Within these fields, their work predominantly addresses cognitive neuroscience and experimental and cognitive psychology, with additional contributions to psychiatry and mental health, endocrine and autonomic systems, and neuropsychology and physiological psychology.

Their research contributions extensively cover several main topics, including:

Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
Memory and Neural Mechanisms
Memory Processes and Influences
Cognitive Functions and Memory
Neural dynamics and brain function
Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

Hasher's publication record includes work in various academic journals, frequently appearing in:

Psychology and Aging
Aging Neuropsychology and Cognition
Neuropsychology Review
Trends in Cognitive Sciences
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Hasher include:

"Inhibitory Control Deficits in Individuals with Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment: a Meta-Analysis," 2020, Neuropsychology Review
"Aging and inhibition: Introduction to the special issue," 2020, Psychology and Aging
"Cluttered memory representations shape cognition in old age," 2022, Trends in Cognitive Sciences
"Holding On to the Past: Older Adults Show Lingering Neural Activation of No-Longer-Relevant Items in Working Memory," 2020, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
"Aging shifts the relative contributions of episodic and semantic memory to decision-making," 2022, Psychology and Aging

Among their frequent collaborators are Claude Alain, Rahel Rabi, Nicole D. Anderson, Ricky Chow, and Bradley R. Buchsbaum.

In their career, Hasher has been recognized as a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation since 1986.

Best Publications

Working Memory, Comprehension, and Aging: A Review and a New View

Lynn Hasher;Rose T. Zacks

5315
Citations
Automatic and effortful processes in memory.

Lynn Hasher;Rose T. Zacks

4614
Citations
Is memory schematic

Joseph W. Alba;Lynn Hasher

1551
Citations
Inhibitory control, circadian arousal, and age.

Lynn Hasher;Rose T. Zacks;Cynthia P. May

1369
Citations
Automatic processing of fundamental information: the case of frequency of occurrence.

Lynn Hasher;Rose T. Zacks

1294
Citations
Frequency and the Conference of Referential Validity.

Lynn Hasher;David Goldstein;Thomas Toppino

1249
Citations
Age and inhibition

Lynn Hasher;Ellen R. Stoltzfus;Rose T. Zacks;Bart Rypma

1116
Citations
Inhibitory Mechanisms and the Control of Attention

Lynn Hasher;Cindy Lustig;Rose Zacks

830
Citations
Determinants of Negative Priming

Cynthia P. May;Michael J. Kane;Lynn Hasher

689
Citations
Working memory span and the role of proactive interference.

Cindy Lustig;Cynthia P. May;Lynn Hasher

669
Citations
Directed ignoring: Inhibitory regulation of working memory.

Rose T. Zacks;Lynn Hasher

642
Citations
Age and reading: the impact of distraction.

S. Lisa Connelly;Lynn Hasher;Rose T. Zacks

635
Citations
Inhibitory deficit theory: Recent developments in a "new view"

Cindy Lustig;Lynn Hasher;Rose T. Zacks

581
Citations
The role of interference in memory span

Cynthia P. May;Lynn Hasher;Michael J. Kane

551
Citations
Studies of directed forgetting in older adults.

Rose T. Zacks;Gabriel Radvansky;Lynn Hasher

549
Citations
Working memory, inhibitory control, and reading disability

Penny Chiappe;Linda S. Siegel;Lynn Hasher

510
Citations
Synchrony Effects in Inhibitory Control Over Thought and Action

Cynthia P. May;Lynn Hasher

509
Citations
Aging and suppression: memory for previously relevant information.

Marilyn Hartman;Lynn Hasher

418
Citations
Human learning and memory.

Marcia K. Johnson;Lynn Hasher

407
Citations
Time of day, Intellectual Performance, and Behavioral Problems in Morning Versus Evening type Adolescents: Is there a Synchrony Effect?

David Goldstein;Constanze S. Hahn;Lynn Hasher;Ursula J. Wiprzycka

383
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Rose T. Zacks Michigan State University

Cheryl L. Grady University of Toronto

Cindy Lustig University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Jay Pratt University of Toronto

Gabriel A. Radvansky University of Notre Dame

Michael J. Kane University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Marcia K. Johnson Yale University

Gordon Winocur University of Toronto

Corey S. Mackenzie University of Manitoba

John T. E. Richardson The Open University

External Links

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