2026 Richard A. Abrams: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	50	5391	5006	2947	2673	130	11743

Overview

Richard A. Abrams is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience and Psychology, with a particular focus on Cognitive Neuroscience and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. They have contributed to topics related to Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies, Visual perception and processing mechanisms, Multisensory perception and integration, Neural dynamics and brain function, Mind wandering and attention, Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics, and Action Observation and Synchronization.

Their recent publication record includes works in several peer-reviewed journals. Notable papers include:

"Ignoring the unknown: Attentional suppression of unpredictable visual distraction." (2022), published in Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance
"Ensemble perception without attention depends upon attentional control settings" (2020), published in Attention Perception & Psychophysics
"Feature-blind attentional suppression of salient distractors" (2023), published in Attention Perception & Psychophysics
"Contributions of gains and losses to attentional capture and disengagement: evidence from the gap paradigm" (2021), published in Experimental Brain Research
"Simple action alters attention towards visual features" (2021), published in Attention Perception & Psychophysics

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Richard A. Abrams include Xiaojin Ma, Yanju Ren, Shinhae Ahn, Ran Zhuang, and Jan Kubanek. Their research has been published primarily in the following venues:

Attention Perception & Psychophysics
Journal of Vision
Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance
Experimental Brain Research
Psychological Science

Richard A. Abrams' research domains focus on understanding the mechanisms of attention, perceptual processing, and the neural underpinnings of cognitive function. Their work explores the dynamics of visual perception and attentional control, as well as the integration of multisensory information. Through their studies, they address various aspects of neural and behavioral psychology with an emphasis on experimental methodologies.

Best Publications

Optimality in human motor performance: Ideal control of rapid aimed movements.

D. E. Meyer;R. A. Abrams;S. Kornblum;C. E. Wright

1752
Citations
Psychological sources of ambiguity avoidance

Shawn P Curley;J.Frank Yates;Richard A Abrams

722
Citations
An Event-Related Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study of Voluntary and Stimulus-Driven Orienting of Attention

J. Michelle Kincade;Richard A. Abrams;Serguei V. Astafiev;Gordon L. Shulman

703
Citations
Motion onset captures attention.

Richard A. Abrams;Shawn E. Christ

624
Citations
Event boundaries in perception affect memory encoding and updating.

Khena M. Swallow;Jeffrey M. Zacks;Richard A. Abrams

447
Citations
Speed-accuracy tradeoffs in aimed movements: Toward a theory of rapid voluntary action.

David E. Meyer;J. E. Keith-Smith;Sylvan Kornblum;Richard A. Abrams

439
Citations
Eye-hand coordination: oculomotor control in rapid aimed limb movements.

Richard A. Abrams;David E. Meyer;Sylvan Kornblum

407
Citations
Speed and accuracy of saccadic eye movements: characteristics of impulse variability in the oculomotor system.

Richard A. Abrams;David E. Meyer;Sylvan Kornblum

385
Citations
Inhibition of return: effects of attentional cuing on eye movement latencies.

Richard A. Abrams;Richard S. Dobkin

365
Citations
Altered vision near the hands

Richard A. Abrams;Christopher C. Davoli;Feng Du;William H. Knapp

316
Citations
Rapid aimed limb movements: age differences and practice effects in component submovements.

Jay Pratt;Alison L. Chasteen;Richard A. Abrams

268
Citations
It’s Alive! Animate Motion Captures Visual Attention

Jay Pratt;Petre V. Radulescu;Ruo Mu Guo;Richard A. Abrams

245
Citations
Using movement and intentions to understand human activity

Jeffrey M. Zacks;Shawn Kumar;Richard A. Abrams;Ritesh Mehta

198
Citations
Differential use of distance and location information for spatial localization

Richard A. Abrams;Jonathan Z. Landgraf

182
Citations
Color-based inhibition of return

Mark B. Law;Jay Pratt;Richard A. Abrams

180
Citations
Selective interference with the maintenance of location information in working memory.

Sandra Hale;Joel Myerson;Soo Hyun Rhee;Craig S. Weiss

176
Citations
Programming saccadic eye movements.

Richard A. Abrams;John Jonides

161
Citations
Mental Chronometry: Beyond Reaction Time

Richard A. Abrams;David A. Balota

156
Citations
The World Within Reach: Effects of Hand Posture and Tool Use on Visual Cognition

James R. Brockmole;Christopher C. Davoli;Richard A. Abrams;Jessica K. Witt

150
Citations
The effects of eye and limb movements on working memory

Bonnie M. Lawrence;Joel Myerson;Heather M. Oonk;Richard A. Abrams

148
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jay Pratt University of Toronto

Shawn E. Christ University of Missouri

David A. Balota Washington University in St. Louis

Joel Myerson Washington University in St. Louis

James R. Brockmole University of Notre Dame

David E. Meyer University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Jeffrey M. Zacks Washington University in St. Louis

Alison L. Chasteen University of Toronto

Harold Bekkering Radboud University

Sandra Hale Washington University in St. Louis

External Links

Personal website of Richard A. Abrams

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