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William E. Hockley

William E. Hockley

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
31
Citations
3827
World Ranking
11200
National Ranking
777

William E. Hockley publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 90 publications — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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William E. Hockley 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 William E. Hockley sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 31 D-Index — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2006 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

William E. Hockley is affiliated with Wilfrid Laurier University in Canada and has contributed notably to research in the fields of Neuroscience and Psychology, with a focus on Cognitive Neuroscience and Social Psychology.

Their research work primarily revolves around memory processes and influences, with additional interests in deception detection and forensic psychology, psychological and educational research studies, child and animal learning development, social and intergroup psychology, hearing loss and rehabilitation, and intelligent tutoring systems and adaptive learning.

Hockley has published in several academic venues, including:

  • Psychonomic Bulletin & Review
  • Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition
  • Experimental Psychology (formerly Zeitschrift für Experimentelle Psychologie)
  • Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology/Revue canadienne de psychologie expérimentale
  • Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Recent papers by William E. Hockley include:

  • "In support of selective rehearsal: Double-item presentation in item-method directed forgetting," 2020, Psychonomic Bulletin & Review
  • "Stimulus-based mirror effects revisited," 2021, Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition
  • "Two dichotomies of recognition memory," 2022, Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology/Revue canadienne de psychologie expérimentale
  • "Recognition memory: The probe, the returned signal, and the decision," 2023, Psychonomic Bulletin & Review
  • "Testing a Strategy-Disruption Account of the List-Strength Effect," 2020, Experimental Psychology (formerly Zeitschrift für Experimentelle Psychologie)

The scientist has worked with various frequent co-authors, including:

  • Tyler M. Ensor
  • Ian Neath
  • Aimée M. Surprenant
  • Pelin Tan
  • Geoffrey Harrison

Hockley's research contributions have been recognized with the distinction of Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) awarded in 2006.

Best Publications

  • Analysis of response time distributions in the study of cognitive processes.

    William E. Hockley

  • Familiarity and recollection in item and associative recognition.

    William E. Hockley;Angela Consoli

  • Relating Theory and Data : Essays on Human Memory in Honor of Bennet B. Murdock

    William E. Hockley;Stephan Lewandowsky

  • The picture superiority effect in associative recognition.

    William E. Hockley

  • Components of Activation: Repetition and Priming Effects in Lexical Decision and Recognition

    Roger Ratcliff;William Hockley;Gail McKoon

  • Recollection and familiarity through the looking glass: when old does not mirror new.

    Steve Joordens;William E. Hockley

  • Item versus associative information: Further comparisons of forgetting rates.

    William E. Hockley

  • A decision model for accuracy and response latency in recognition memory.

    William E. Hockley;Bennet B. Murdock

  • Tests of encoding tradeoffs between item and associative information

    William E. Hockley;Carolina Cristi

  • The effects of environmental context on recognition memory and claims of remembering.

    William E. Hockley

  • Recognition Memory for Item and Associative Information: A Comparison of Forgetting Rates

    William E. Hockley

  • Retrieval processes in continuous recognition

    William E. Hockley

  • Reflections of the mirror effect for item and associative recognition

    William E. Hockley

  • Improving associative memory in older adults with unitization

    Fahad N. Ahmad;Myra Fernandes;William E. Hockley

  • Tests of the list-strength effect in recognition memory.

    Andrew P. Yonelinas;William E. Hockley;Bennet B. Murdock

  • Short-Term Memory for Associations

    Bennet B. Murdock;William E. Hockley

  • Components of activation: Repetition and priming effects in lexical decision and recognition.

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  • Effects of free choice and outcome valence on the sense of agency: evidence from measures of intentional binding and feelings of control

    Zeynep Barlas;William E. Hockley;Sukhvinder S. Obhi

  • The role of familiarity in associative recognition of unitized compound word pairs.

    Fahad N. Ahmad;William E. Hockley

  • Tests of the separate retrieval of item and associative information using a frequency-judgment task

    William E. Hockley;Carolina Cristi

  • The revelation effect for item and associative recognition: familiarity versus recollection.

    Terri E. Cameron;William E. Hockley

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephan Lewandowsky
Stephan Lewandowsky University of Bristol
Bennet B. Murdock
Bennet B. Murdock University of Toronto
Sukhvinder S. Obhi
Sukhvinder S. Obhi McMaster University
Andrew P. Yonelinas
Andrew P. Yonelinas University of California, Davis
Daniel M. Bernstein
Daniel M. Bernstein Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Morris Moscovitch
Morris Moscovitch University of Toronto
Ian Neath
Ian Neath Memorial University of Newfoundland
Gail McKoon
Gail McKoon The Ohio State University
Michael S. Humphreys
Michael S. Humphreys University of Queensland
Michael C. Corballis
Michael C. Corballis University of Auckland

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