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Citations
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World Ranking
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2018 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1986 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Randall W. Engle is affiliated with the Georgia Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research primarily centers on psychology and neuroscience, with significant contributions to cognitive neuroscience and experimental and cognitive psychology. Their work also extends into social psychology and aspects of general decision sciences.

The research covers various core topics including neural and behavioral psychology studies, cognitive abilities and testing, cognitive functions and memory, visual perception and processing mechanisms, decision-making and behavioral economics, human-automation interaction and safety, as well as psychological and temporal perspectives research.

Frequent publication venues where Randall W. Engle has contributed include:

  • Journal of Experimental Psychology General
  • Cognition
  • Intelligence
  • Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition
  • Current Directions in Psychological Science

Noteworthy recent papers authored or co-authored by Randall W. Engle are:

  • "A toolbox approach to improving the measurement of attention control.", 2020, Journal of Experimental Psychology General
  • "Attention Control: A Cornerstone of Higher-Order Cognition", 2020, Current Directions in Psychological Science
  • "Nature and measurement of attention control.", 2023, Journal of Experimental Psychology General
  • "Is baseline pupil size related to cognitive ability? Yes (under proper lighting conditions)", 2021, Cognition
  • "Attention control: The missing link between sensory discrimination and intelligence", 2020, Attention Perception & Psychophysics

Repeated collaborators in their research include Jason S. Tsukahara, Cody A. Mashburn, Alexander P. Burgoyne, Christopher Draheim, and Jessie Martin, reflecting sustained partnerships in cognitive and experimental research domains.

Awards recognizing Randall W. Engle's scientific contributions include:

  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2020
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2018
  • Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA), 1986

Best Publications

  • Working memory, short-term memory, and general fluid intelligence: A latent-variable approach.

    Randall W. Engle;Stephen W. Tuholski;James E. Laughlin;Andrew R. A. Conway

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

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

  • Working Memory Capacity as Executive Attention

    Randall W. Engle

  • Is working memory capacity task dependent

    Marilyn L Turner;Randall W Engle

  • 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

  • An automated version of the operation span task.

    Nash Unsworth;Richard P. Heitz;Josef C. Schrock;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

  • The nature of individual differences in working memory capacity: active maintenance in primary memory and controlled search from secondary memory.

    Nash Unsworth;Randall W. Engle

  • Working memory capacity and its relation to general intelligence

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

  • Is working memory training effective

    Zach Shipstead;Thomas S. Redick;Randall W. Engle

  • Individual differences in working memory capacity and dual-process theories of the mind.

    Lisa Feldman Barrett;Michele M. Tugade;Randall W. Engle

  • 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

  • Individual differences in working memory and comprehension: a test of four hypotheses

    Randall W. Engle;Judy Cantor;Julie J. Carullo

  • 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

  • On the Division of Short-Term and Working Memory: An Examination of Simple and Complex Span and Their Relation to Higher Order Abilities.

    Nash Unsworth;Randall W. Engle

  • Working memory and retrieval: a resource-dependent inhibition model.

    Andrew R. A. Conway;Randall W. Engle

  • 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

Michael J. Kane
Michael J. Kane University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Thomas S. Redick
Thomas S. Redick Purdue University West Lafayette
Nash Unsworth
Nash Unsworth University of Oregon
Andrew R. A. Conway
Andrew R. A. Conway Claremont Graduate University
David Z. Hambrick
David Z. Hambrick Michigan State University
Oliver Wilhelm
Oliver Wilhelm University of Ulm
Scott O. Lilienfeld
Scott O. Lilienfeld Emory University
Nelson Cowan
Nelson Cowan University of Missouri
John T. E. Richardson
John T. E. Richardson The Open University
Lynn Hasher
Lynn Hasher University of Toronto

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