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William Forde Thompson

William Forde Thompson

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Psychology

D-Index
57
Citations
13380
World Ranking
4017
National Ranking
214

William Forde Thompson publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 230 publications — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

William Forde Thompson 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 Forde Thompson sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

William Forde Thompson is affiliated with Bond University in Australia. Their research primarily spans the fields of neuroscience and psychology, with a notable focus on cognitive neuroscience and music-related studies.

The scientist's main topics of research include:

  • Neuroscience and Music Perception
  • Diverse Music Education Insights
  • Music Therapy and Health
  • Multisensory Perception and Integration
  • Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
  • Neural Dynamics and Brain Function
  • Music and Audio Processing

William Forde Thompson's recent publications illustrate a concentration on music's cognitive and therapeutic roles. Selected recent papers include:

  • "Why is music therapeutic for neurological disorders? The Therapeutic Music Capacities Model" (2020) published in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • "The psychological basis of music appreciation: Structure, self, source." (2022) published in Psychological Review
  • "Music Training for Children With Sensorineural Hearing Loss Improves Speech-in-Noise Perception" (2020) published in Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research
  • "Rhythmic Chanting and Mystical States across Traditions" (2021) published in Brain Sciences
  • "Music Engagement as a Source of Cognitive Reserve" (2023) published in American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease & Other Dementias®

Frequent coauthors contributing to collaborations with William Forde Thompson include:

  • Kirk N. Olsen
  • Yixue Quan
  • Gemma Perry
  • Merrick Powell
  • Chi Yhun Lo

Key publication venues where the scientist's work frequently appears are:

  • Musicae Scientiae
  • Brain Sciences
  • Current Psychology
  • Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

The focus on neuroscience is reflected in 55 publications, while psychology accounts for 33. Subfields covered extensively include cognitive neuroscience (53 publications), music (19), social psychology (15), experimental and cognitive psychology (11), and psychiatry and mental health (7).

William Forde Thompson was recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1949.

Best Publications

  • Arousal, Mood, and The Mozart Effect:

    William Forde Thompson;E. Glenn Schellenberg;Gabriela Husain

  • A Cross-Cultural Investigation of the Perception of Emotion in Music: Psychophysical and Cultural Cues

    Laura Lee Balkwill;William Forde Thompson

  • Effects of Musical Tempo and Mode on Arousal, Mood, and Spatial Abilities

    Gabriela Husain;William Forde Thompson;E. Glenn Schellenberg

  • Decoding speech prosody: do music lessons help?

    William Forde Thompson;E. Glenn Schellenberg;Gabriela Husain

  • A Comparison of Acoustic Cues in Music and Speech for Three Dimensions of Affect

    Gabriella Ilie;William Forde Thompson

  • Music, Thought, and Feeling: Understanding the Psychology of Music

    William Forde Thompson

  • Seeing music performance: Visual influences on perception and experience

    William Forde Thompson;Phil Graham;Phil Graham;Frank A. Russo

  • Recognition of emotion in Japanese, Western, and Hindustani music by Japanese listeners

    Laura Lee Balkwill;William Forde Thompson;Rie Matsunaga

  • Who enjoys listening to sad music and why

    Jonna K. Vuoskoski;William F. Thompson;Doris McIlwain;Tuomas Eerola

  • Fast and loud background music disrupts reading comprehension

    William Forde Thompson;E. Glenn Schellenberg;Adriana Katharine Letnic

  • Positional distribution and turnover of fatty acids in phosphatidic acid, phosphinositides, phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine in rat brain in vivo.

    R.R. Baker;W. Thompson

  • Deficits in facial emotion perception in adults with recent traumatic brain injury.

    Robin E.A Green;Gary R Turner;William F Thompson

  • Decoding speech prosody in five languages

    William Forde Thompson;Laura-Lee Balkwill

  • Reduced sensitivity to emotional prosody in congenital amusia rekindles the musical protolanguage hypothesis

    William Forde Thompson;Manuela M. Marin;Lauren Stewart

  • Selective Acylation of 1-Acylglycerophosphorylinositol by Rat Brain Microsomes COMPARISON WITH 1-ACYLGLYCEROPHOSPHORYLCHOLINE

    R. Roy Baker;William Thompson

  • Assessing Music Performance: Issues and Influences

    Gary E. McPherson;William F. Thompson

  • The emergence of music from the Theory of Mind

    Steven Robert Livingstone;William Forde Thompson

  • Audio-visual integration of emotional cues in song

    William Forde Thompson;Frank A. Russo;Lena Quinto

  • Why is music therapeutic for neurological disorders? The Therapeutic Music Capacities Model

    Olivia Brancatisano;Amee Baird;William Forde Thompson

  • Can Composers Express Emotions through Music

    William Forde Thompson;Brent Robitaille

  • Facing the Music

    William Forde Thompson;Frank A. Russo

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank A. Russo
Frank A. Russo Toronto Metropolitan University
Lola L. Cuddy
Lola L. Cuddy Queen's University
E. Glenn Schellenberg
E. Glenn Schellenberg University of Toronto
Genevieve McArthur
Genevieve McArthur Macquarie University
Blake W. Johnson
Blake W. Johnson Macquarie University
Thomas A. Carlson
Thomas A. Carlson University of Sydney
John Sutton
John Sutton Macquarie University
Lauren Stewart
Lauren Stewart Goldsmiths University of London
Fang Liu
Fang Liu Beihang University
Caroline Palmer
Caroline Palmer McGill University

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