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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Psychology D-index 106 Citations 51,740 237 World Ranking 313 National Ranking 204
Neuroscience D-index 104 Citations 51,396 236 World Ranking 382 National Ranking 234
Best female scientists D-index 106 Citations 51,823 246 World Ranking 678 National Ranking 419

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Awards & Achievements

2023 - Research.com Best Female Scientist Award

2022 - Research.com Best Female Scientist Award

2010 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

2008 - William James Fellow Award, Association for Psychological Science (APA)

2006 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

1995 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

1992 - Troland Research Awards, United States National Academy of Sciences For her rigorous empirical and theoretical analysis of visual cognition, in which understanding of normal function and analysis of neurological deficits illuminate and strengthen one another.

Overview

What is she best known for?

The fields of study she is best known for:

  • Cognition
  • Neuroscience
  • Law

Martha J. Farah spends much of her time researching Cognitive psychology, Cognition, Perception, Developmental psychology and Visual perception. Her Cognitive psychology research includes elements of Visual agnosia, Mental image, Representation, Frontal lobe and Semantic memory. She combines subjects such as Cognitive science and Information processing with her study of Cognition.

Her research in Perception intersects with topics in Facial recognition system, Temporal cortex, Mental representation and Communication. Her Child development study in the realm of Developmental psychology interacts with subjects such as Socioeconomic status. As a part of the same scientific family, she mostly works in the field of Face perception, focusing on Artificial intelligence and, on occasion, Pattern recognition.

Her most cited work include:

  • Parts and wholes in face recognition (1781 citations)
  • Role of left inferior prefrontal cortex in retrieval of semantic knowledge: A reevaluation (1742 citations)
  • What is "special" about face perception? (1061 citations)

What are the main themes of her work throughout her whole career to date?

Her main research concerns Cognitive psychology, Cognition, Developmental psychology, Perception and Neuroscience. Her work in Cognitive psychology tackles topics such as Visual agnosia which are related to areas like Agnosia. Cognition is often connected to Clinical psychology in her work.

In the field of Developmental psychology, her study on Child development overlaps with subjects such as Socioeconomic status. Her research investigates the connection with Perception and areas like Communication which intersect with concerns in Artificial intelligence, Facial recognition system and Face perception. Martha J. Farah interconnects Cognitive science and Functional neuroimaging in the investigation of issues within Cognitive neuroscience.

She most often published in these fields:

  • Cognitive psychology (46.75%)
  • Cognition (29.27%)
  • Developmental psychology (19.51%)

What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2012-2021)?

  • Socioeconomic status (11.79%)
  • Developmental psychology (19.51%)
  • Cognition (29.27%)

In recent papers she was focusing on the following fields of study:

Martha J. Farah mainly focuses on Socioeconomic status, Developmental psychology, Cognition, Cognitive psychology and Neuroscience. Her Developmental psychology study incorporates themes from Working memory, Family income, Meta-analysis, Cognitive neuroscience and Mental health. Her Cognitive neuroscience research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Human brain, Neurocognitive, Functional magnetic resonance imaging and Brain mapping.

Martha J. Farah is studying Prefrontal cortex, which is a component of Cognition. Martha J. Farah usually deals with Cognitive psychology and limits it to topics linked to Visual perception and Pure alexia, Dyslexia, Mental image, Cognitive neuroscience of visual object recognition and Word recognition. In general Neuroscience, her work in Neuroethics is often linked to History linking many areas of study.

Between 2012 and 2021, her most popular works were:

  • Socioeconomic status and executive function: developmental trajectories and mediation. (286 citations)
  • The Neuroscience of Socioeconomic Status: Correlates, Causes, and Consequences (217 citations)
  • Does transcranial direct current stimulation improve healthy working memory?: A meta-analytic review (169 citations)

In her most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Cognition
  • Neuroscience
  • Law

Martha J. Farah mostly deals with Cognition, Developmental psychology, Socioeconomic status, Cognitive psychology and Cognitive science. Her Cognition study is mostly concerned with Prefrontal cortex and Working memory. Her work deals with themes such as Transcranial direct-current stimulation and Audiology, which intersect with Prefrontal cortex.

Within one scientific family, Martha J. Farah focuses on topics pertaining to Meta-analysis under Developmental psychology, and may sometimes address concerns connected to Demography, Methylphenidate and Stimulant. Her Cognitive psychology research incorporates themes from Cognitive neuroscience of visual object recognition, Functional brain, Mental image, Scientific reasoning and Visual perception. Her Cognitive science research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Empirical research, Neuroethics, Neuroscience research and Scientific communication.

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Best Publications

Parts and wholes in face recognition

James W. Tanaka;Martha J. Farah.
Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology (1993)

2877 Citations

Role of left inferior prefrontal cortex in retrieval of semantic knowledge: A reevaluation

Sharon L. Thompson-Schill;Mark D’Esposito;Geoffrey K. Aguirre;Martha J. Farah.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (1997)

2326 Citations

Visual Agnosia

Martha J. Farah.
(1990)

1938 Citations

Socioeconomic status and the developing brain

Daniel A. Hackman;Martha J. Farah.
Trends in Cognitive Sciences (2009)

1741 Citations

What is "special" about face perception?

Martha J. Farah;Kevin D. Wilson;Maxwell Drain;James N. Tanaka.
Psychological Review (1998)

1649 Citations

Socioeconomic status and the brain: mechanistic insights from human and animal research

Daniel A. Hackman;Martha J. Farah;Michael J. Meaney;Michael J. Meaney.
Nature Reviews Neuroscience (2010)

1456 Citations

Neurocognitive Correlates of Socioeconomic Status in Kindergarten Children.

Kimberly G. Noble;Kimberly G. Noble;M. Frank Norman;Martha J. Farah.
Developmental Science (2005)

1293 Citations

Socioeconomic Gradients Predict Individual Differences in Neurocognitive Abilities.

Kimberly G. Noble;Kimberly G. Noble;Bruce D. McCandliss;Martha J. Farah.
Developmental Science (2007)

1184 Citations

A computational model of semantic memory impairment: modality specificity and emergent category specificity.

Martha J. Farah;James L. McClelland.
Journal of Experimental Psychology: General (1991)

1167 Citations

Towards responsible use of cognitive-enhancing drugs by the healthy

Henry Greely;Barbara Sahakian;John Harris;Ronald C. Kessler.
Nature (2008)

1133 Citations

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