Dan Sperber
Impact in
- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology top 0.05%
- Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
- Language and Linguistics top 0.02%
- Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
- Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
Papers in
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- Language, Metaphor, and Cognition 34
- Categorization, perception, and language 10
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- Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies 20
- Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation 10
- Co-authors
- Deirdre Wilson (52 shared papers)Hugo Mercier (13 shared papers)Jerome H. Barkow (1 shared paper)Olivier Mascaro (4 shared papers)Gloria Origgi (5 shared papers)Ira Noveck (7 shared papers)Paul Meara (1 shared paper)Nicolas Baumard (4 shared papers)
- Journals
- Behavioral and Brain Sciences (14 papers)Mind & Language (7 papers)Cognition (4 papers)Journal of Experimental Psychology General (4 papers)Scientific Reports (2 papers)
- Partner nations
- FranceUnited KingdomUnited States
In The Last Decade
Dan Sperber
177 papers receiving 18.1k citations
Dan Sperber's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 175
- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 8.5k
- Language and Linguistics 7.1k
- Developmental and Educational Psychology 4.3k
- General Decision Sciences 600
- Philosophy 3.5k
Countries citing papers authored by Dan Sperber
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Co-authors
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All Works
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| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Relevance: Communication and Cognition Hit paper breakdown → | 1986 | 4467 |
| 2 | Explaining Culture: A Naturalistic Approach. Hit paper breakdown → | 1998 | 1276 |
| 3 | Why do humans reason? Arguments for an argumentative theory Hit paper breakdown → | 2011 | 1267 |
| 4 | Epistemic Vigilance Hit paper breakdown → | 2010 | 951 |
| 5 | Pragmatics, Modularity and Mind‐reading Hit paper breakdown → | 2002 | 786 |
| 6 | Relevance: Communication and Cognition Hit paper breakdown → | 1989 | 672 |
| 7 | Relevance: Communication and cognition, 2nd ed. Hit paper breakdown → | 1995 | 643 |
| 8 | The Cambridge Handbook of Metaphor and Thought Hit paper breakdown → | 2008 | 581 |
| 9 | Attribution of Beliefs by 13-Month-Old Infants Hit paper breakdown → | 2007 | 552 |
| 10 | Linguistic form and relevance Hit paper breakdown → | 1993 | 532 |
| 11 | 1985 | 477 | |
| 12 | 1995 | 460 | |
| 13 | Meaning and Relevance Hit paper breakdown → | 2012 | 448 |
| 14 | A mutualistic approach to morality: The evolution of fairness by partner choice Hit paper breakdown → | 2013 | 411 |
| 15 | 1994 | 411 | |
| 16 | 2009 | 399 | |
| 17 | 1992 | 390 | |
| 18 | Irony and the Use-Mention Distinction | 1981 | 387 |
| 19 | 2003 | 385 | |
| 20 | 1987 | 353 |
About Dan Sperber
Dan Sperber is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Language and Linguistics, Sociology and Political Science, Cultural Studies and Developmental and Educational Psychology, having authored 191 papers that have together received 22.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (34 papers), Language and cultural evolution (24 papers), Child and Animal Learning Development (23 papers), Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (20 papers), Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (16 papers), Linguistics and Discourse Analysis (13 papers), Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (10 papers) and Categorization, perception, and language (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (8.5k citations), Language and Linguistics (7.1k citations), Developmental and Educational Psychology (4.3k citations), General Decision Sciences (600 citations) and Philosophy (3.5k citations). Dan Sperber has collaborated with scholars based in France, United Kingdom and United States. Frequent co-authors include Deirdre Wilson, Hugo Mercier, Jerome H. Barkow, Olivier Mascaro, Gloria Origgi, Ira Noveck, Paul Meara, Nicolas Baumard, Lawrence A. Hirschfeld and Nicolas Claidière. Their work appears in journals such as Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Mind & Language, Cognition, Journal of Experimental Psychology General and Scientific Reports.
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