Keith E. Stanovich
Keith Edward Stanovich is an American psychologist. He is an Emeritus Professor of Applied Psychology and Human Development at the University of Toronto and former Canada Research Chair of Applied Cognitive Science. His primary research areas are the psychology of reasoning and the psychology of reading. Stanovich has been acknowledged by his peers as one of the most influential cognitive psychologists in the world. His 2009 book What Intelligence Tests Miss won the 2010 Grawemeyer Award in Educ
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Keith Edward Stanovich is an American psychologist. He is an Emeritus Professor of Applied Psychology and Human Development at the University of Toronto and former Canada Research Chair of Applied Cognitive Science. His primary research areas are the psychology of reasoning and the psychology of reading. Stanovich has been acknowledged by his peers as one of the most influential cognitive psychologists in the world. His 2009 book What Intelligence Tests Miss won the 2010 Grawemeyer Award in Education. In 2012, Stanovich received the E. L. Thorndike Career Achievement Award from the American Psychological Association (APA). He is a fellow at the APA, the American Psychological Society, and the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.
Top Publications
- Matthew Effects in Reading: Some Consequences of Individual Differences in the Acquisition of Literacy (1986) - 5,231 citations
- Individual differences in reasoning: Implications for the rationality debate? (2000) - 4,314 citations
- Dual-Process Theories of Higher Cognition (2013) - 4,301 citations
- Toward an Interactive-Compensatory Model of Individual Differences in the Development of Reading Fluency (1980) - 1,687 citations
- Practitioner Review: Do performance‐based measures and ratings of executive function assess the same construct? (2012) - 1,398 citations
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- Full name
- Keith E. Stanovich
- ORCID
- 0000-0001-7395-329X
- OpenAlex ID
- https://openalex.org/A5078114880
Research interests
- Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics, Reading and Literacy Development, Cognitive Abilities and Testing, Language Development and Disorders, Second Language Acquisition and Learning
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- Matthew Effects in Reading: Some Consequences of Individual Differences in the Acquisition of Literacy ↗1986 · Reading Research Quarterly5,231OpenAlex citations
- Individual differences in reasoning: Implications for the rationality debate? ↗2000 · Behavioral and Brain Sciences4,314OpenAlex citations
- Dual-Process Theories of Higher Cognition ↗2013 · Perspectives on Psychological Science4,301OpenAlex citations
- Toward an Interactive-Compensatory Model of Individual Differences in the Development of Reading Fluency ↗1980 · Reading Research Quarterly1,687OpenAlex citations
- Practitioner Review: Do performance‐based measures and ratings of executive function assess the same construct? ↗2012 · Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry1,398OpenAlex citations
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- Matthew Effects in Reading: Some Consequences of Individual Differences in the Acquisition of Literacy ↗1986 · Reading Research Quarterly
- Individual differences in reasoning: Implications for the rationality debate? ↗2000 · Behavioral and Brain Sciences
- Dual-Process Theories of Higher Cognition ↗2013 · Perspectives on Psychological Science
- Toward an Interactive-Compensatory Model of Individual Differences in the Development of Reading Fluency ↗1980 · Reading Research Quarterly
- Practitioner Review: Do performance‐based measures and ratings of executive function assess the same construct? ↗2012 · Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
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