Patrick Shafto

4.0k citations
87 papers · 2.1k · 1 hit paper · h-index 22

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Patrick Shafto

84 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Patrick Shafto's Hit Papers

The double-edged sword of pedagogy: Instruction limits spontaneous exploration and discovery 2011 · 442 citations
4420+5+10Years since publication100200300400

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Patrick Shafto
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  • Developmental and Educational Psychology 1.2k
  • General Decision Sciences 86
  • Cultural Studies 221
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 245
  • Health Informatics 25
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The double-edged sword of pedagogy: Instruction limits spontaneous exploration and discovery
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2011442
2 2011159
3 2014153
4 2012120
5 2003119
6 2001108
7 2012104
8 2015102
9 202062
10 201745
11 201843
12 201943
13 201841
14 201541
15 200838
16 202228
17 201227
18 201826
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The Double-edged Sword of Pedagogy: Modeling the Effect of Pedagogical Contexts on Preschoolers’ Exploratory Play
200924
20 201824

About Patrick Shafto

Patrick Shafto is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Artificial Intelligence, Education, Cognitive Neuroscience and Social Psychology, having authored 87 papers that have together received 2.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Child and Animal Learning Development (40 papers), Educational Strategies and Epistemologies (10 papers), Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods (8 papers), Bayesian Modeling and Causal Inference (8 papers), Language and cultural evolution (7 papers), Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (7 papers), Machine Learning and Algorithms (7 papers) and Language Development and Disorders (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Developmental and Educational Psychology (1.2k citations), General Decision Sciences (86 citations), Cultural Studies (221 citations), Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (245 citations) and Health Informatics (25 citations). Patrick Shafto has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Noah D. Goodman, Elizabeth Bonawitz, Thomas L. Griffiths, Laura Schulz, Hyowon Gweon, John D. Coley, Elizabeth S. Spelke, Alison Gopnik, Asheley R. Landrum and Olfa Nasraoui. Their work appears in journals such as Cognitive Science, Cognition, Frontiers in Psychology, Journal of Vision and Psychonomic Bulletin & Review.

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