2026 William E. Hockley: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	31	11203	10483	778	730	90	3827

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

375
Citations
Familiarity and recollection in item and associative recognition.

William E. Hockley;Angela Consoli

260
Citations
Relating Theory and Data : Essays on Human Memory in Honor of Bennet B. Murdock

William E. Hockley;Stephan Lewandowsky

245
Citations
The picture superiority effect in associative recognition.

William E. Hockley

215
Citations
Components of Activation: Repetition and Priming Effects in Lexical Decision and Recognition

Roger Ratcliff;William Hockley;Gail McKoon

208
Citations
Recollection and familiarity through the looking glass: when old does not mirror new.

Steve Joordens;William E. Hockley

193
Citations
Item versus associative information: Further comparisons of forgetting rates.

William E. Hockley

171
Citations
A decision model for accuracy and response latency in recognition memory.

William E. Hockley;Bennet B. Murdock

150
Citations
Tests of encoding tradeoffs between item and associative information

William E. Hockley;Carolina Cristi

148
Citations
The effects of environmental context on recognition memory and claims of remembering.

William E. Hockley

143
Citations
Recognition Memory for Item and Associative Information: A Comparison of Forgetting Rates

William E. Hockley

94
Citations
Retrieval processes in continuous recognition

William E. Hockley

90
Citations
Reflections of the mirror effect for item and associative recognition

William E. Hockley

88
Citations
Improving associative memory in older adults with unitization

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

81
Citations
Tests of the list-strength effect in recognition memory.

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

80
Citations
Short-Term Memory for Associations

Bennet B. Murdock;William E. Hockley

79
Citations
Components of activation: Repetition and priming effects in lexical decision and recognition.

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76
Citations
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

66
Citations
The role of familiarity in associative recognition of unitized compound word pairs.

Fahad N. Ahmad;William E. Hockley

61
Citations
Tests of the separate retrieval of item and associative information using a frequency-judgment task

William E. Hockley;Carolina Cristi

58
Citations
The revelation effect for item and associative recognition: familiarity versus recollection.

Terri E. Cameron;William E. Hockley

52
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephan Lewandowsky University of Bristol

Bennet B. Murdock University of Toronto

Sukhvinder S. Obhi McMaster University

Andrew P. Yonelinas University of California, Davis

Daniel M. Bernstein Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Morris Moscovitch University of Toronto

Ian Neath Memorial University of Newfoundland

Gail McKoon The Ohio State University

Michael S. Humphreys University of Queensland

Michael C. Corballis University of Auckland

External Links

Personal website of William E. Hockley

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