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Morris Moscovitch

Morris Moscovitch

University of Toronto
Canada

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Neuroscience
Canada
2026
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Psychology
Canada
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
134
Citations
65899
World Ranking
145
National Ranking
2

Neuroscience

D-Index
134
Citations
66068
World Ranking
243
National Ranking
4

Morris Moscovitch 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 Morris Moscovitch sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 437 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Morris Moscovitch 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 Morris Moscovitch sits on this spectrum.

30–31 D-Index: 398 scientists 32–33 D-Index: 702 scientists 34–35 D-Index: 671 scientists 36–37 D-Index: 659 scientists 38–39 D-Index: 641 scientists 40–41 D-Index: 671 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 617 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 558 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 495 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 487 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 445 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 390 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 408 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 345 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 325 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 321 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 248 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 290 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 218 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 219 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 215 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 183 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 169 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 132 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 137 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 120 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 112 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 86 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 101 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 83 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 77 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 70 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 78 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 58 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 53 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 57 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 48 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 53 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 46 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 24 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 35 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 27 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 32 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 31 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 22 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 16 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 24 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 18 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 11 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 19 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 10 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 16 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 10 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 12 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 8 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 5 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 12 scientists 144+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 134 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in Canada Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in Canada Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in Canada Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Psychology in Canada Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Neuroscience in Canada Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Psychology in Canada Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in Canada Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Psychology in Canada Leader Award
  • 2007 - William James Fellow Award, Association for Psychological Science (APA)
  • 2002 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Social Sciences
  • 1993 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1991 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Morris Moscovitch is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada and specializes in the field of neuroscience, with a substantial focus on cognitive neuroscience. Their research spans experimental and cognitive psychology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, developmental and educational psychology, and psychiatry and mental health.

Their scholarly output concentrates on several main topics, including:

  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Memory Processes and Influences
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Identity, Memory, and Therapy
  • Face Recognition and Perception

Moscovitch has published extensively in multiple venues, notably in:

  • Neuropsychologia
  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cerebral Cortex
  • Cognition

Recent significant papers include:

  • "No consolidation without representation: Correspondence between neural and psychological representations in recent and remote memory," 2021, Neuron
  • "Integration and differentiation of hippocampal memory traces," 2020, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • "From cognitive maps to spatial schemas," 2022, Nature Reviews Neuroscience
  • "A systematic review and meta-analysis of memory-guided attention: Frontal and parietal activation suggests involvement of fronto-parietal networks," 2020, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Cognitive Science
  • "Turns during navigation act as boundaries that enhance spatial memory and expand time estimation," 2020, Neuropsychologia

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • R. Shayna Rosenbaum
  • Morgan D. Barense
  • Nichole R. Bouffard
  • Iva K. Brunec
  • Claude Alain

Moscovitch's work has been recognized by several awards and distinctions, such as:

  • William James Fellow Award, Association for Psychological Science (APA), 2007
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, 2002 (Academy of Social Sciences)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1993
  • Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA), 1991

Best Publications

  • Memory consolidation, retrograde amnesia and the hippocampal complex

    Lynn Nadel;Morris Moscovitch

  • Hemispheric encoding/retrieval asymmetry in episodic memory: positron emission tomography findings

    Endel Tulving;Shitij Kapur;Fergus I. M. Craik;Morris Moscovitch

  • Aging and autobiographical memory: dissociating episodic from semantic retrieval.

    Brian Levine;Eva Svoboda;Janine F. Hay;Gordon Winocur

  • Clustering and switching as two components of verbal fluency: evidence from younger and older healthy adults.

    Angela K. Troyer;Morris Moscovitch;Gordon Winocur

  • The parietal cortex and episodic memory: an attentional account

    Roberto Cabeza;Elisa Ciaramelli;Ingrid R. Olson;Morris Moscovitch

  • Long-axis specialization of the human hippocampus

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

  • Episodic Memory and Beyond: The Hippocampus and Neocortex in Transformation

    Morris Moscovitch;Roberto Cabeza;Gordon Winocur;Lynn Nadel

  • 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

  • Memory and working-with-memory: A component process model based on modules and central systems

    Morris Moscovitch

  • In Search of the Self: A Positron Emission Tomography Study

    Fergus I. M. Craik;Tara M. Moroz;Morris Moscovitch;Donald T. Stuss

  • What is special about face recognition? nineteen experiments on a person with visual object agnosia and dyslexia but normal face recognition

    Morris Moscovitch;Gordon Winocur;Marlene Behrmann

  • Event-related fMRI studies of episodic encoding and retrieval: meta-analyses using activation likelihood estimation.

    Julia Spaniol;Patrick S.R. Davidson;Alice S.N. Kim;Hua Han

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

    Morris Moscovitch;Lynn Nadel;Gordon Winocur;Asaf Gilboa

  • Clustering and switching on verbal fluency: the effects of focal frontal- and temporal-lobe lesions

    Angela K Troyer;Morris Moscovitch;Gordon Winocur;Gordon Winocur;Michael P Alexander;Michael P Alexander

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

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

  • Angry, Disgusted, or Afraid? Studies on the Malleability of Emotion Perception

    Hillel Aviezer;Ran R. Hassin;Jennifer Ryan;Cheryl Grady

  • Top-down and bottom-up attention to memory: A hypothesis (AtoM) on the role of the posterior parietal cortex in memory retrieval

    Elisa Ciaramelli;Cheryl L. Grady;Morris Moscovitch

  • Memory transformation and systems consolidation.

    Gordon Winocur;Morris Moscovitch

  • Memory formation and long-term retention in humans and animals: Convergence towards a transformation account of hippocampal–neocortical interactions

    Gordon Winocur;Morris Moscovitch;Bruno Bontempi

  • Remembering Our Past: Functional Neuroanatomy of Recollection of Recent and Very Remote Personal Events

    Asaf Gilboa;Gordon Winocur;Cheryl L. Grady;Stephanie J. Hevenor

  • The neuropsychology of memory and aging.

    Morris Moscovitch;Gordon Winocur

  • Attention and Performance 15: Conscious and Nonconscious Information Processing

    Carlo Umilta;Morris Moscovitch

  • What is special about face recognition

    Morris Moscovitch;Gordon Winocur;Marlene Behrmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Gordon Winocur
Gordon Winocur University of Toronto
Cheryl L. Grady
Cheryl L. Grady University of Toronto
Mary Pat McAndrews
Mary Pat McAndrews University Health Network
R. Shayna Rosenbaum
R. Shayna Rosenbaum York University
Asaf Gilboa
Asaf Gilboa University of Toronto
Sandra E. Black
Sandra E. Black University of Toronto
Brian Levine
Brian Levine University of Toronto
Lynn Nadel
Lynn Nadel University of Arizona
Elisa Ciaramelli
Elisa Ciaramelli University of Bologna
Stefan Köhler
Stefan Köhler University of Western Ontario

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