Robert O. Deaner

Robert O. Deaner 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 Robert O. Deaner sits on this spectrum.

Robert O. Deaner 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 Robert O. Deaner sits on this spectrum.

Best Publications

• Overall Brain Size, and Not Encephalization Quotient, Best Predicts Cognitive Ability across Non-Human Primates

  Robert O. Deaner;Karin Isler;Judith Maria Burkart;Carel van Schaik

  701
  Citations

• The conditions for tool use in primates: implications for the evolution of material culture.

  Carel P. van Schaik;Robert O. Deaner;Michelle Y. Merrill

  637
  Citations

• Monkeys Pay Per View: Adaptive Valuation of Social Images by Rhesus Macaques

  Robert O. Deaner;Amit V. Khera;Michael L. Platt

  561
  Citations

• Do Some Taxa Have Better Domain-General Cognition than others? A Meta-Analysis of Nonhuman Primate Studies

  Robert O. Deaner;Carel P. van Schaik;Valen Johnson

  306
  Citations

• Social status gates social attention in monkeys.

  Stephen V. Shepherd;Robert O. Deaner;Michael L. Platt

  248
  Citations

• Reflexive Social Attention in Monkeys and Humans

  Robert O Deaner;Michael L Platt

  227
  Citations

• A Sex Difference in the Predisposition for Physical Competition: Males Play Sports Much More than Females Even in the Contemporary U.S

  Robert O. Deaner;David C. Geary;David A. Puts;Sandra A. Ham

  214
  Citations

• Mirroring of attention by neurons in macaque parietal cortex

  Stephen V. Shepherd;Jeffrey T. Klein;Robert O. Deaner;Michael L. Platt

  214
  Citations

• Sex differences in sports interest and motivation: An evolutionary perspective.

  Robert O. Deaner;Shea M. Balish;Michael P. Lombardo

  211
  Citations

• Economic principles motivating social attention in humans

  Benjamin Y Hayden;Purak C Parikh;Robert O Deaner;Michael L Platt

  195
  Citations

• Comparative tests of primate cognition: different scaling methods produce different results.

  Robert O. Deaner;Charles L. Nunn;Carel P. van Schaik

  186
  Citations

• Men are more likely than women to slow in the marathon.

  Robert O. Deaner;Rickey E. Carter;Michael J. Joyner;Sandra K. Hunter

  183
  Citations

• Familiarity accentuates gaze cuing in women but not men

  Robert O Deaner;Stephen V Shepherd;Michael L Platt

  179
  Citations

• Neural Correlates of Social Target Value in Macaque Parietal Cortex

  Jeffrey T. Klein;Robert O. Deaner;Michael L. Platt

  159
  Citations

• Body weight, not facial width-to-height ratio, predicts aggression in pro hockey players

  Robert O. Deaner;Stefan M.M. Goetz;Kraig Shattuck;Tony Schnotala

  125
  Citations

• Born at the Wrong Time: Selection Bias in the NHL Draft

  Robert O. Deaner;Aaron Lowen;Stephen Cobley

  117
  Citations

• Sex differences in sports across 50 societies

  Robert O. Deaner;Brandt A. Smith

  112
  Citations

• Patterns of participation and free riding in territorial conflicts among ringtailed lemurs (Lemur catta)

  Charles L. Nunn;Robert O. Deaner

  102
  Citations

• Distance Running as an Ideal Domain for Showing a Sex Difference in Competitiveness

  Robert O. Deaner

  101
  Citations

• 1. Life History and Cognitive Evolution in Primates

  Carel P. Van Schaik;Robert O. Deaner

  99
  Citations