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Michael J. Kane 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 Michael J. Kane sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 140 publications — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael J. Kane 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 Michael J. Kane sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 69 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Michael J. Kane is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of neuroscience and psychology, with a focus on cognitive neuroscience and experimental and cognitive psychology subfields.

Their work addresses a range of topics including mind wandering and attention, neural and behavioral psychology studies, anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, and cognitive processes. Additional topics of study include creativity in education and neuroscience, perfectionism, procrastination, anxiety studies, functional brain connectivity studies, and cognitive science and mapping.

Michael J. Kane has contributed to several peer-reviewed journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Behavior Research Methods
  • Creativity Research Journal
  • Journal of Experimental Psychology General
  • Memory & Cognition
  • Journal of Memory and Language

Selected recent papers by Michael J. Kane include:

  • "Testing the construct validity of competing measurement approaches to probed mind-wandering reports," published in 2021 in Behavior Research Methods
  • "Individual differences in task-unrelated thought in university classrooms," published in 2021 in Memory & Cognition

Other notable related works, although not coauthored by Kane but relevant to the field, include:

  • "Intelligence and creativity share a common cognitive and neural basis," 2020, Journal of Experimental Psychology General
  • "Keeping Creativity under Control: Contributions of Attention Control and Fluid Intelligence to Divergent Thinking," 2021, Creativity Research Journal
  • "A 'Goldilocks zone' for mind-wandering reports? A secondary data analysis of how few thought probes are enough for reliable and valid measurement," 2022, Behavior Research Methods

Michael J. Kane collaborates frequently with researchers such as Matthew S. Welhaf, Bridget A. Smeekens, Paul J. Silvia, Matt E. Meier, and Roger E. Beaty.

Best Publications

  • Working memory span tasks: A methodological review and user’s guide

    Andrew R. A. Conway;Michael J. Kane;Michael F. Bunting;D. Zach Hambrick

  • The role of prefrontal cortex in working-memory capacity, executive attention, and general fluid intelligence: An individual-differences perspective

    Michael J. Kane;Randall W. Engle

  • Working-memory capacity and the control of attention: the contributions of goal neglect, response competition, and task set to Stroop interference.

    Michael J. Kane;Randall W. Engle

  • The Generality of Working Memory Capacity: A Latent-Variable Approach to Verbal and Visuospatial Memory Span and Reasoning

    Michael J. Kane;David Z. Hambrick;Stephen W. Tuholski;Oliver Wilhelm

  • A Controlled-Attention View of Working-Memory Capacity

    Michael J. Kane;M. Kathryn Bleckley;Andrew R. A. Conway;Randall W. Engle

  • Individual Differences in Working Memory Capacity and What They Tell Us About Controlled Attention, General Fluid Intelligence, and Functions of the Prefrontal Cortex

    Randall W. Engle;Michael J. Kane;Stephen W. Tuholski

  • Working memory capacity and its relation to general intelligence

    Andrew R. A. Conway;Michael J. Kane;Randall W. Engle

  • For whom the mind wanders, and when: an experience-sampling study of working memory and executive control in daily life.

    Michael J. Kane;Leslie H. Brown;Jennifer C. McVay;Paul J. Silvia

  • Working Memory, Attention Control, and the N-Back Task: A Question of Construct Validity

    Michael J. Kane;Andrew R. A. Conway;Timothy K. Miura;Gregory J. H. Colflesh

  • Executive Attention, Working Memory Capacity, and a Two-Factor Theory of Cognitive Control.

    Randall W Engle;Michael J Kane

  • Working-memory capacity, proactive interference, and divided attention: limits on long-term memory retrieval.

    Michael J. Kane;Randall W. Engle

  • Conducting the train of thought: working memory capacity, goal neglect, and mind wandering in an executive-control task.

    Jennifer C. McVay;Michael J. Kane

  • Working Memory Capacity and Fluid Intelligence Are Strongly Related Constructs: Comment on Ackerman, Beier, and Boyle (2005)

    Michael J. Kane;David Z. Hambrick;Andrew R. A. Conway

  • No evidence of intelligence improvement after working memory training: A randomized, placebo-controlled study.

    Thomas S. Redick;Zach Shipstead;Tyler L. Harrison;Kenny L. Hicks

  • Does mind wandering reflect executive function or executive failure? Comment on Smallwood and Schooler (2006) and Watkins (2008).

    Jennifer C. McVay;Michael J. Kane

  • Robust prediction of individual creative ability from brain functional connectivity

    Roger E. Beaty;Yoed N. Kenett;Alexander P. Christensen;Monica D. Rosenberg

  • Variation in working memory

    Andrew R. A. Conway;Christopher Jarrold;Michael J. Kane;Akira Miyake

  • Variation in working memory capacity as variation in executive attention and control.

    Michael J. Kane;Andrew R. A. Conway;David Z. Hambrick;Randall W. Engle

  • Why does working memory capacity predict variation in reading comprehension? On the influence of mind wandering and executive attention.

    Jennifer C. McVay;Michael J. Kane

  • Determinants of Negative Priming

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

  • THEORETICAL AND REVIEW ARTICLES Working memory span tasks: A methodological review and user's guide

    Andrew R. A. Conway;Michael J. Kane;Michael F. Bunting;D. Zach Hambrick

Frequent Co-Authors

Randall W. Engle
Randall W. Engle Georgia Institute of Technology
Andrew R. A. Conway
Andrew R. A. Conway Claremont Graduate University
Paul J. Silvia
Paul J. Silvia University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Thomas R. Kwapil
Thomas R. Kwapil University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
David Z. Hambrick
David Z. Hambrick Michigan State University
Akira Miyake
Akira Miyake University of Colorado Boulder
Oliver Wilhelm
Oliver Wilhelm University of Ulm
Thomas S. Redick
Thomas S. Redick Purdue University West Lafayette
Lynn Hasher
Lynn Hasher University of Toronto
Roger E. Beaty
Roger E. Beaty Pennsylvania State University

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