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D-Index
48
Citations
14065
World Ranking
5819
National Ranking
3152

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1985 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1978 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Sam Glucksberg is affiliated with Princeton University in the United States and has made contributions across multiple fields of study including Computer Science, Psychology, and Neuroscience. Their research incorporates several subfields, predominantly Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental and Educational Psychology, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

Their work covers a range of topics, with a focus on Speech and Dialogue Systems, Memory Processes and Influences, Child and Animal Learning Development, Language, Metaphor, and Cognition, and Natural Language Processing Techniques.

Among their recent publications is the paper titled "What Influences Successful Communication? An Examination of Cognitive Load and Individual Differences", published in 2020 in the journal Discourse Processes. This paper explores the impact of cognitive load and individual differences on communication effectiveness.

Sam Glucksberg frequently collaborates with other researchers, including Ester Navarro, Brooke N. Macnamara, Andrew R. A. Conway, and Zachary Estes. These coauthor relationships highlight interdisciplinary partnerships, likely enriching the scope and depth of their research.

Their frequent publication venues include:

  • Discourse Processes

The scientist's work is recognized through awards such as:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), awarded in 1985
  • Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA), awarded in 1978

Best Publications

  • Understanding figurative language : from metaphors to idioms

    Sam Glucksberg

  • Understanding Metaphorical Comparisons: Beyond Similarity.

    Sam Glucksberg;Boaz Keysar

  • Natural categories: Well defined or fuzzy sets?

    Michael E. McCloskey;Sam Glucksberg

  • How to be sarcastic: The echoic reminder theory of verbal irony.

    Roger J. Kreuz;Sam Glucksberg

  • The psycholinguistics of metaphor

    Sam Glucksberg

  • On understanding nonliteral speech: Can people ignore metaphors?

    Sam Glucksberg;Patricia Gildea;Howard B. Bookin

  • Property attribution in metaphor comprehension

    Sam Glucksberg;Matthew S. McGlone;Deanna Manfredi

  • How about another piece of pie: the allusional pretense theory of discourse irony.

    Sachi Kumon-Nakamura;Sam Glucksberg;Mary Brown

  • Understanding idiomatic expressions. The contribution of word meanings

    Cristina Cacciari;Sam Glucksberg

  • Referential communication in nursery school children: method and some preliminary findings.

    Sam Glucksberg;Robert M. Krauss;Robert Weisberg

  • Decision processes in verifying category membership statements: Implications for models of semantic memory.

    Michael McCloskey;Sam Glucksberg

  • The Development of Communication: Competence as a Function of Age.

    Robert M. Krauss;Sam Glucksberg

  • When love is not a journey: What metaphors mean

    Sam Glucksberg;Matthew S. McGlone

  • Conventional Language: How Metaphorical Is It?

    Boaz Keysar;Yeshayahu Shen;Sam Glucksberg;William S Horton

  • Metaphor and Thought: How metaphors work

    Sam Glucksberg;Boaz Keysar

  • On understanding metaphor: the role of context

    Patricia Gildea;Sam Glucksberg

  • Context can constrain lexical access: implications for models of language comprehension

    Sam Glucksberg;Roger J. Kreuz;Susan H. Rho

  • Does understanding negation entail affirmation?: An examination of negated metaphors

    Uri Hasson;Sam Glucksberg

  • The Cambridge Handbook of Metaphor and Thought: How metaphors create categories – quickly

    Sam Glucksberg

  • Semantic productivity and idiom comprehension.

    Matthew S McGlone;Sam Glucksberg;Cristina Cacciari

Frequent Co-Authors

Boaz Keysar
Boaz Keysar University of Chicago
Robert M. Krauss
Robert M. Krauss Columbia University
Michael McCloskey
Michael McCloskey Johns Hopkins University
Robert W. Weisberg
Robert W. Weisberg Temple University
Andrew R. A. Conway
Andrew R. A. Conway Claremont Graduate University
Zachary Estes
Zachary Estes Bocconi University
Peter Suedfeld
Peter Suedfeld University of British Columbia

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