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

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	88	1175	1058	602	528	237	50635
Psychology	87	1061	932	654	561	227	49741

Research.com Recognitions

2020 - APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology, American Psychological Association
2019 - William James Fellow Award, Association for Psychological Science (APA)
2006 - Grawemeyer Award in Psychology, University of Louisville
1991 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Lynn Nadel is affiliated with the University of Arizona in the United States. Their research predominantly focuses on Neuroscience, with a significant number of publications in related subfields such as Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Neurology.

Their main topics of work include:

Memory and Neural Mechanisms
Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
Sleep and Wakefulness Research
Memory Processes and Influences
Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function

Frequently collaborating with other researchers, Lynn Nadel has coauthored papers with:

Katharine Simon
Richard D. Lane
Andrew P. Maurer
Yu-Chin Chen
Viet Ton That

Their work has been published primarily in several key scientific venues, including:

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Hippocampus
Trends in Cognitive Sciences
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences

Among their recent papers are:

"The Continuity of Context: A Role for the Hippocampus," 2021, Trends in Cognitive Sciences
"The functions of sleep: A cognitive neuroscience perspective," 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"Diffusion MRI-guided theta burst stimulation enhances memory and functional connectivity along the inferior longitudinal fasciculus in mild cognitive impairment," 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"To update or to create? The influence of novelty and prior knowledge on memory networks," 2024, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
"The hippocampal formation and action at a distance," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Lynn Nadel has received several awards throughout their career, including:

APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology from the American Psychological Association, 2020
William James Fellow Award from the Association for Psychological Science, 2019
Grawemeyer Award in Psychology from the University of Louisville, 2006
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1991

Best Publications

The Hippocampus as a Cognitive Map

John O'Keefe;Lynn Nadel

16324
Citations
Memory consolidation, retrograde amnesia and the hippocampal complex

Lynn Nadel;Morris Moscovitch

2529
Citations
Long-axis specialization of the human hippocampus

Jordan Poppenk;Hallvard R. Evensmoen;Morris Moscovitch;Lynn Nadel

1179
Citations
Episodic Memory and Beyond: The Hippocampus and Neocortex in Transformation

Morris Moscovitch;Roberto Cabeza;Gordon Winocur;Lynn Nadel

1148
Citations
Functional neuroanatomy of remote episodic, semantic and spatial memory: a unified account based on multiple trace theory

Morris Moscovitch;R. Shayna Rosenbaum;Asaf Gilboa;Donna Rose Addis;Donna Rose Addis

1141
Citations
The cognitive neuroscience of remote episodic, semantic and spatial memory.

Morris Moscovitch;Lynn Nadel;Gordon Winocur;Asaf Gilboa

878
Citations
Cognitive neuroscience of emotion

Richard D. Lane;Lynn Nadel

865
Citations
Viewpoints: how the hippocampus contributes to memory, navigation and cognition

John Lisman;György Buzsáki;Howard Eichenbaum;Lynn Nadel

828
Citations
Multiple trace theory of human memory: computational, neuroimaging, and neuropsychological results.

L. Nadel;A. Samsonovich;L. Ryan;M. Moscovitch

792
Citations
Review of the toxicology of chlorpyrifos with an emphasis on human exposure and neurodevelopment.

David L. Eaton;Robert B. Daroff;Herman Autrup;James Bridges

777
Citations
Reconsolidation of Episodic Memories: A Subtle Reminder Triggers Integration of New Information.

Almut Hupbach;Rebecca Gomez;Oliver Hardt;Lynn Nadel

738
Citations
Spatial memory deficits in patients with lesions to the right hippocampus and to the right parahippocampal cortex.

Veronique D Bohbot;Miroslav Kalina;Katerina Stepankova;Natasa Spackova

734
Citations
The neuropsychology of Down syndrome: evidence for hippocampal dysfunction.

Bruce F. Pennington;Jennifer Moon;Jamie Edgin;Jennifer Stedron

694
Citations
Précis of O'Keefe & Nadel's The hippocampus as a cognitive map

John O'Keefe;Lynn Nadel

693
Citations
The hippocampus and space revisited.

Lynn Nadel

652
Citations
Spatial memory deficit in senescent rats.

C. A. Barnes;L. Nadel;Werner K. Honig

598
Citations
Memory reconsolidation, emotional arousal, and the process of change in psychotherapy: New insights from brain science.

Richard D. Lane;Lee Ryan;Lynn Nadel;Leslie Greenberg

595
Citations
Stress-induced recovery of fears and phobias.

W. J. Jacobs;Lynn Nadel

557
Citations
Context and conditioning: A place for space

Lynn Nadel;Jeffrey Willner

549
Citations
Decay happens: the role of active forgetting in memory

Oliver Hardt;Karim Nader;Lynn Nadel

501
Citations
Fornix lesions selectively abolish place learning in the rat.

John O'Keefe;Lynn Nadel;Simon Keightley;David Kill

487
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Lee Ryan University of Arizona

Rebecca L. Gómez University of Arizona

W. Jake Jacobs University of Arizona

Morris Moscovitch University of Toronto

Jamie O. Edgin Virginia Tech

Jessica D. Payne University of Notre Dame

Véronique D. Bohbot Douglas Mental Health University Institute

Gordon Winocur University of Toronto

Kevin G. F. Thomas University of Pretoria

Richard D. Lane University of Arizona

External Links

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