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Robert West 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 West sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 185 publications — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Robert West 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 West sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Robert West is affiliated with DePauw University in the United States and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of Psychology and Neuroscience. Their work spans several subfields including Cognitive Neuroscience, Sociology and Political Science, Clinical Psychology, Information Systems and Management, and Social Psychology.

Their research topics encompass multiple areas related to technology and psychology, with a focus on the Impact of Technology on Adolescents, Technology Adoption and User Behaviour, Deception Detection and Forensic Psychology, Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment, Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies, Behavioral Health and Interventions, and Child Development and Digital Technology.

Recent papers published by Robert West include the following:

  • Problematic smartphone use: The role of reward processing, depressive symptoms and self-control, 2021, Addictive Behaviors
  • The Contrasting Effects of an Action Video Game on Visuo-Spatial Processing and Proactive Cognitive Control, 2020, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • The Effect of Aging on the ERP Correlates of Feedback Processing in the Probabilistic Selection Task, 2020, Brain Sciences

Robert West has published frequently in several venues, including:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Addictive Behaviors
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Brain Sciences
  • Psychology and Aging

Collaborations have involved multiple co-authors, with the most frequent including:

  • Kaitlyn M. Malley
  • Bridget Kirby
  • Carl T. Ash
  • Ashley Dapore
  • Brendan Conway-Smith

Best Publications

  • An application of prefrontal cortex function theory to cognitive aging.

    Robert L. West

  • Lapses of intention and performance variability reveal age-related increases in fluctuations of executive control.

    Robert West;Kelly J. Murphy;Maria L. Armilio;Fergus I.M. Craik

  • Age-related decline in inhibitory control contributes to the increased Stroop effect observed in older adults.

    Robert West;Claude Alain

  • Working Memory, Executive Control, and Aging

    Todd S. Braver;Robert West

  • A choice prediction competition: Choices from experience and from description

    Ido Erev;Eyal Ert;Alvin E. Roth;Ernan Haruvy

  • Neural correlates of cognitive control and conflict detection in the Stroop and digit-location tasks.

    Robert West

  • Event-related neural activity associated with the Stroop task

    Robert West;Claude Alain

  • Effects of task context and fluctuations of attention on neural activity supporting performance of the Stroop task

    Robert West;Claude Alain

  • In defense of the frontal lobe hypothesis of cognitive aging

    Robert West

  • The Effects of Aging on Controlled Attention and Conflict Processing in the Stroop Task

    Robert West

  • Spatiotemporal analysis of experimental differences in event-related potential data with partial least squares.

    Nancy J. Lobaugh;Robert West;Anthony R. McINTOSH

  • Neurophysiological Evidence of Error-monitoring Deficits in Patients with Schizophrenia

    Claude Alain;Heather E. McNeely;Yu He;Bruce K. Christensen

  • A negative association between video game experience and proactive cognitive control

    Kira Bailey;Robert West;Craig A. Anderson

  • Distinct Neural Circuits Support Transient and Sustained Processes in Prospective Memory and Working Memory

    Jeremy R. Reynolds;Robert West;Todd Braver

  • Neural correlates of conflict processing.

    Robert West;Kristin Jakubek;Nicholas Wymbs;Michele Perry

  • Effects of increased response dominance and contextual disintegration on the Stroop interference effect in older adults.

    Robert West;Gordon C. Baylis

  • Age-related decline in prospective memory: the roles of cue accessibility and cue sensitivity.

    Robert West;Fergus I. M. Craik

  • Sensitivity of medial frontal cortex to response and nonresponse conflict.

    Robert West;Ritvij Bowry;Celine McConville

  • Influences on the efficiency of prospective memory in younger and older adults.

    Robert West;Fergus I. M. Craik

  • Neural correlates of prospective and retrospective memory.

    Robert West;Jason Krompinger

  • Research report Effects of task context and fluctuations of attention on neural activity supporting performance of the Stroop task

    Robert West;Claude Alain

Frequent Co-Authors

Claude Alain
Claude Alain University of Toronto
Christian Lebiere
Christian Lebiere Carnegie Mellon University
Fergus I. M. Craik
Fergus I. M. Craik University of Toronto
Donald T. Stuss
Donald T. Stuss University of Toronto
Craig A. Anderson
Craig A. Anderson Iowa State University
Matthias Kliegel
Matthias Kliegel University of Geneva
Ralph Hertwig
Ralph Hertwig Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Bruce K. Christensen
Bruce K. Christensen Australian National University
Robert J. Coplan
Robert J. Coplan Carleton University
Jo-Anne LeFevre
Jo-Anne LeFevre Carleton University

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