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Robert S. Astur 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 S. Astur sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 72 publications — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Robert S. Astur 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 S. Astur sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 34 D-Index — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Robert S. Astur is affiliated with the University of Connecticut in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Psychology with contributions across several subfields including Cognitive Neuroscience, Physiology, Clinical Psychology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Gender Studies.

The main topics investigated by Astur include Smoking Behavior and Cessation, Memory and Neural Mechanisms, Urban Green Space and Health, Spatial Cognition and Navigation, Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies, Behavioral Health and Interventions, as well as Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, and Cognitive Processes.

Astur has published in various academic venues, with notable frequent publications in:

  • Behavioural Brain Research
  • Addictive Behaviors
  • Computers in Human Behavior
  • International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
  • Substance Use & Misuse

Among the recent papers authored or coauthored by Astur are:

  • Towards a cross-cultural assessment of binge-watching: Psychometric evaluation of the "watching TV series motives" and "binge-watching engagement and symptoms" questionnaires across nine languages, 2020, Computers in Human Behavior
  • Estradiol effects on spatial memory in women, 2021, Behavioural Brain Research
  • Approach bias for erotic stimuli among heterosexual female college students who use pornography, 2020, Addictive Behaviors
  • Effects of gunfire location information and guidance on improving survival in virtual mass shooting events, 2021, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
  • Nicotine Facilitation of Conditioned Place Preference to Food Reward in Humans, 2020, Substance Use & Misuse

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Skyler Sklenarik
  • Marc N. Potenza
  • Christopher N. Burrows
  • Alexandra N. Palmisano
  • Maèva Flayelle

Best Publications

  • A characterization of performance by men and women in a virtual Morris water task:: A large and reliable sex difference

    Robert S Astur;Maria L Ortiz;Robert J Sutherland

  • Humans with hippocampus damage display severe spatial memory impairments in a virtual Morris water task.

    Robert S Astur;Laughlin B Taylor;Adam N Mamelak;Linda Philpott

  • Sex differences and correlations in a virtual Morris water task, a virtual radial arm maze, and mental rotation

    Robert S Astur;Jennifer Tropp;Simona Sava;R.Todd Constable

  • Retrograde Amnesia After Hippocampal Damage: Recent vs. Remote Memories in Two Tasks

    Robert J. Sutherland;Michael P. Weisend;Dave Mumby;Robert S. Astur

  • Selective cognitive impairments associated with NMDA receptor blockade in humans.

    Laura M Rowland;Robert S Astur;Rex E Jung;Juan R Bustillo

  • A method for multitask fMRI data fusion applied to schizophrenia.

    Vince D. Calhoun;Tulay Adalı;Kent A. Kiehl;Robert Astur

  • Retrograde amnesia and selective damage to the hippocampal formation: memory for places and object discriminations

    Dave G. Mumby;Robert S. Astur;Michael P. Weisend;Robert J. Sutherland

  • Men and women differ in object memory but not performance of a virtual radial maze.

    Lauren J. Levy;Robert S. Astur;Karyn M. Frick

  • Feature-based attentional set as a cause of traffic accidents

    Steven B. Most;Robert S. Astur

  • A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study of Working Memory Abnormalities in Schizophrenia

    Matthew R. Johnson;Nicholas A. Morris;Robert S. Astur;Robert S. Astur;Vince D. Calhoun;Vince D. Calhoun

  • Hippocampus function predicts severity of post-traumatic stress disorder.

    Robert S. Astur;Sarah A. St. Germain;David Tolin;Julian Ford

  • Sex differences in visual-spatial learning using a virtual water maze in pre-pubertal children.

    Paul Newhouse;Christopher Newhouse;Robert S. Astur

  • A Virtual Reality Apartment as a Measure of Medication Management Skills in Patients With Schizophrenia: A Pilot Study

    Matthew M. Kurtz;Elizabeth Baker;Godfrey D. Pearlson;Robert S. Astur

  • Alcohol dose effects on brain circuits during simulated driving: an fMRI study.

    Shashwath A Meda;Vince D Calhoun;Robert S Astur;Robert S Astur;Beth M Turner

  • Spatial memory deficits in a virtual reality eight-arm radial maze in schizophrenia.

    Elena A. Spieker;Robert S. Astur;Jeffrey T. West;Jacqueline A. Griego

  • Factors affecting the hippocampal BOLD response during spatial memory.

    Seth L Shipman;Robert S Astur

  • fMRI hippocampal activity during a virtual radial arm maze.

    Robert S. Astur;Sarah A. St. Germain;Elizabeth K. Baker;Vince Calhoun

  • Nonverbal working memory of humans and monkeys: rehearsal in the sketchpad?

    David A. Washburn;Robert S. Astur

  • Cortical organization in adulthood is modified by neonatal infarct: a case study.

    J D Lewine;R S Astur;L E Davis;J E Knight

  • Anomalous neural circuit function in schizophrenia during a virtual Morris water task.

    Bradley S. Folley;Robert Astur;Kanchana Jagannathan;Vince D. Calhoun

  • Hypoplasia of the cerebellar vermis and cognitive deficits in survivors of childhood leukemia.

    K. T. Ciesielski;R. Yanofsky;R. N. Ludwig;D. E. Hill

Frequent Co-Authors

Godfrey D. Pearlson
Godfrey D. Pearlson Yale University
Vince D. Calhoun
Vince D. Calhoun Georgia State University
Matthew M. Kurtz
Matthew M. Kurtz Wesleyan University
Robert J. Sutherland
Robert J. Sutherland University of Lethbridge
Paul A. Newhouse
Paul A. Newhouse Vanderbilt University
Kent A. Kiehl
Kent A. Kiehl University of New Mexico
Shashwath A. Meda
Shashwath A. Meda Yale University
Marc N. Potenza
Marc N. Potenza Yale University
Laura M. Rowland
Laura M. Rowland University of Maryland, Baltimore
Daniel H. Mathalon
Daniel H. Mathalon University of California, San Francisco

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