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59
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18774
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3648
National Ranking
2048

Overview

Steven M. Smith is affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States. Their research spans several interconnected fields, primarily within neuroscience and psychology. The main fields of study include Neuroscience and Psychology, with specific focus on subfields such as Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Artificial Intelligence, Developmental and Educational Psychology, and Physiology.

Smith's research topics cover a range of cognitive and behavioral phenomena, emphasizing creativity, memory, attention, and learning processes. The key topics they have worked on are:

  • Creativity in Education and Neuroscience
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Mind wandering and attention
  • Memory Processes and Influences
  • Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function
  • Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning
  • Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes

Their recent publications include works appearing in both specialized and interdisciplinary journals, covering various aspects of creativity and cognitive function. Notable papers are:

  • "Creativity on demand - Hacking into creative problem solving," 2020, published in NeuroImage
  • "Unfixate your creative mind: Forgetting fixation and its applications," 2022, in Translational Issues in Psychological Science
  • "Forgetting fixation with context change," 2020, in Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition
  • "Unconscious Work Doesn't Work," 2023, in Creativity Research Journal
  • "Entrenchment: effects of multiple red herrings on memory blocks in word fragment completion," 2020, in Memory

The journals where Smith frequently publishes include:

  • Creativity Research Journal
  • NeuroImage
  • Translational Issues in Psychological Science
  • Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition
  • Memory

Steven M. Smith has collaborated regularly with several coauthors, fostering research partnerships across related domains. Frequent collaborators include:

  • Zsolt Beda
  • Carola Salvi
  • Jennifer Wiley
  • Joseph M. Orr

Best Publications

  • Creative Cognition: Theory, Research, and Applications

    Ronald A. Finke;Thomas B. Ward;Steven M. Smith

  • Environmental context-dependent memory: a review and meta-analysis.

    Steven M. Smith;Edward Vela

  • Environmental context and human memory

    Steven M. Smith;Arthur Glenberg;Robert A. Bjork

  • The creative cognition approach.

    Steven M. Smith;Thomas B. Ward;Ronald A. Finke

  • Constraining effects of examples in a creative generation task

    Steven M. Smith;Thomas B. Ward;Jay S. Schumacher

  • Remembering In and Out of Context

    Steven M. Smith

  • Incubation and the persistence of fixation in problem solving.

    Steven M. Smith;Steven E. Blankenship

  • Understanding Knowledge Effects on Attitude-Behavior Consistency: The Role of Relevance, Complexity, and Amount of Knowledge

    Leandre R. Fabrigar;Richard E. Petty;Steven M. Smith;Stephen L. Crites

  • Creative thought : an investigation of conceptual structures and processes

    Thomas B. Ward;Steven M. Smith;Jyotsna Vaid

  • Environmental context—dependent memory.

    Steven M. Smith

  • Fixation, incubation, and insight in memory and creative thinking.

    Steven M. Smith

  • Incubation effects

    Steven M. Smith;Steven E. Blankenship

  • Collaborative fixation: effects of others' ideas on brainstorming

    Nicholas W. Kohn;Steven M. Smith

  • Getting into and out of mental ruts: A theory of fixation, incubation, and insight.

    Steven M. Smith

  • Conceptual structures and processes in creative thought.

    Thomas B. Ward;Steven M. Smith;Jyotsna Vaid

  • The constraining effects of initial ideas.

    Steven M. Smith

  • Reflecting on Six Decades of Selective Exposure Research: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities

    Steven M. Smith;Leandre R. Fabrigar;Meghan E. Norris

  • Type I rehearsal: Maintenance and more

    Arthur Glenberg;Steven M. Smith;Carol Green

  • Contextual Enrichment and Distribution of Practice in the Classroom

    Steven M. Smith;Ernst Z. Rothkopf

  • Background Music and Context-Dependent Memory

    Steven M. Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

Jyotsna Vaid
Jyotsna Vaid Texas A&M University
Arthur M. Glenberg
Arthur M. Glenberg Arizona State University
David H. Gleaves
David H. Gleaves University of South Australia
Bennett L. Schwartz
Bennett L. Schwartz Florida International University
Roger E. Millsap
Roger E. Millsap Arizona State University
Lisa D. Butler
Lisa D. Butler University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Klaus Opwis
Klaus Opwis University of Basel
Robert A. Bjork
Robert A. Bjork University of California, Los Angeles
Larry L. Jacoby
Larry L. Jacoby Washington University in St. Louis
Barbara Tversky
Barbara Tversky Columbia University

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