2026 Morris Moscovitch: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	134	243	216	4	4	445	66068
Psychology	134	145	125	2	2	437	65899

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

2529
Citations
Hemispheric encoding/retrieval asymmetry in episodic memory: positron emission tomography findings

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

2270
Citations
Aging and autobiographical memory: dissociating episodic from semantic retrieval.

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

1828
Citations
Clustering and switching as two components of verbal fluency: evidence from younger and older healthy adults.

Angela K. Troyer;Morris Moscovitch;Gordon Winocur

1525
Citations
The parietal cortex and episodic memory: an attentional account

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

1453
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
Memory and working-with-memory: A component process model based on modules and central systems

Morris Moscovitch

1117
Citations
In Search of the Self: A Positron Emission Tomography Study

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

992
Citations
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

934
Citations
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

884
Citations
The cognitive neuroscience of remote episodic, semantic and spatial memory.

Morris Moscovitch;Lynn Nadel;Gordon Winocur;Asaf Gilboa

878
Citations
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

852
Citations
Multiple trace theory of human memory: computational, neuroimaging, and neuropsychological results.

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

792
Citations
Angry, Disgusted, or Afraid? Studies on the Malleability of Emotion Perception

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

776
Citations
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

667
Citations
Memory transformation and systems consolidation.

Gordon Winocur;Morris Moscovitch

603
Citations
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

594
Citations
Remembering Our Past: Functional Neuroanatomy of Recollection of Recent and Very Remote Personal Events

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

585
Citations
The neuropsychology of memory and aging.

Morris Moscovitch;Gordon Winocur

579
Citations
Attention and Performance 15: Conscious and Nonconscious Information Processing

Carlo Umilta;Morris Moscovitch

189
Citations
What is special about face recognition

Morris Moscovitch;Gordon Winocur;Marlene Behrmann

21
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Gordon Winocur University of Toronto

Cheryl L. Grady University of Toronto

Mary Pat McAndrews University Health Network

R. Shayna Rosenbaum York University

Asaf Gilboa University of Toronto

Sandra E. Black University of Toronto

Brian Levine University of Toronto

Lynn Nadel University of Arizona

Elisa Ciaramelli University of Bologna

Stefan Köhler University of Western Ontario

External Links

Wikipedia of Morris Moscovitch Personal website of Morris Moscovitch Google Scholar page

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