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Richard M. Shiffrin

Richard M. Shiffrin

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
71
Citations
64975
World Ranking
2355
National Ranking
1115

Psychology

D-Index
71
Citations
64871
World Ranking
2099
National Ranking
1216

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2006 - William James Fellow Award, Association for Psychological Science (APA)
  • 2004 - APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology, American Psychological Association
  • 2002 - David E. Rumelhart Prize for Contributions to the Theoretical Foundations of Human Cognition
  • 1996 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1995 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1977 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1975 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Richard M. Shiffrin is affiliated with Indiana University in the United States. Their research activity spans a range of topics primarily within neuroscience and computer science, with a particular focus on cognitive neuroscience, artificial intelligence, and related subfields.

The scientist's work includes studies on Bayesian modeling and causal inference, memory and neural mechanisms, topic modeling, child and animal learning development, neural and behavioral psychology studies, visual perception and processing mechanisms, and memory processes and influences.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Richard M. Shiffrin include David Kellen, Gregory E. Cox, Suyog Chandramouli, Daniel J. Schad, and Marco Marelli.

Most publications appear in several key venues, such as:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Computational Brain & Behavior
  • Behavioral and Brain Sciences
  • Memory & Cognition
  • Learning & Behavior

Recent papers authored by Richard M. Shiffrin illustrate their ongoing research interests:

  • "Probing the psychology of AI models," 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Is it Reasonable to Study Decision-Making Quantitatively?," 2021, Topics in Cognitive Science

Additional research topics frequently addressed by Shiffrin include cognitive neuroscience theories and computational approaches to brain function and behavior.

Over the course of their career, Richard M. Shiffrin has received several awards recognizing contributions to psychology and cognitive science, including:

  • William James Fellow Award, Association for Psychological Science (2006)
  • APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology, American Psychological Association (2004)
  • David E. Rumelhart Prize for Contributions to the Theoretical Foundations of Human Cognition (2002)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1996)
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1995)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1977)
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1975)

Best Publications

  • Human memory ; A proposed system and its control processes

    Richard C. Atkinson;Richard M. Shiffrin

  • Controlled and automatic human information processing: II. Perceptual learning, automatic attending and a general theory.

    Richard M. Shiffrin;Walter E. Schneider

  • Controlled and automatic human information processing: I. Detection, search, and attention

    Walter Schneider;Richard M. Shiffrin

  • Controlled and automatic human information processing: I

    Walter E. Schneider;Richard M. Shiffrin

  • The control of short-term memory.

    Richard C. Atkinson;Richard M. Shiffrin

  • Search of associative memory.

    Jeroen G. W. Raaijmakers;Richard M. Shiffrin

  • A retrieval model for both recognition and recall.

    Gary Gillund;Richard M. Shiffrin

  • A model for recognition memory: REM—retrieving effectively from memory

    Richard M. Shiffrin;Mark Steyvers

  • Automatic/Control Processing and Attention.

    Walter Schneider;Sue T Dumais;Richard M Shiffrin

  • Search and retrieval processes in long-term memory

    R. M. Shiffrin;R. C. Atkinson

  • Striatum and pre-SMA facilitate decision-making under time pressure

    Birte U. Forstmann;Gilles Dutilh;Scott Brown;Jane Neumann

  • Controlled and Automatic Human Information Processing: 1. Detection, Search, and Attention.

    Walter Schneider;Richard M. Shiffrin

  • SAM: A theory of probabilistic search in associative memory.

    Jeroen G.W. Raaijmakers;Richard M. Shiffrin

  • Episodic and lexical contributions to the repetition effect in word identification.

    Timothy C. Feustel;Richard M. Shiffrin;Aita Salasoo

  • Mapping knowledge domains

    Richard M. Shiffrin;Katy Börner

  • List-strength effect: I. Data and discussion.

    Roger Ratcliff;Steven E. Clark;Richard M. Shiffrin

  • Automatic and Controlled Processing Revisited

    Richard M. Shiffrin;Walter Schneider

  • Altering object representations through category learning.

    Robert L Goldstone;Yvonne Lippa;Richard M Shiffrin

  • Visual processing capacity and attentional control

    Richard M. Shiffrin;Gerald T. Gardner

  • Context effects produced by question orders reveal quantum nature of human judgments

    Zheng Wang;Tyler Solloway;Richard M. Shiffrin;Jerome R. Busemeyer

  • Storage and retrieval processes in long-term memory.

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Frequent Co-Authors

Jeroen G. W. Raaijmakers
Jeroen G. W. Raaijmakers University of Amsterdam
Chen Yu
Chen Yu The University of Texas at Austin
René Zeelenberg
René Zeelenberg Erasmus University Rotterdam
Robert M. Nosofsky
Robert M. Nosofsky Indiana University
Jerome R. Busemeyer
Jerome R. Busemeyer Indiana University
Alice F. Healy
Alice F. Healy University of Colorado Boulder
Walter Schneider
Walter Schneider University of Pittsburgh
Emmanuel M. Pothos
Emmanuel M. Pothos City, University of London
Chris Donkin
Chris Donkin Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Eric-Jan Wagenmakers
Eric-Jan Wagenmakers University of Amsterdam

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