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James S. Nairne

Neuroscience · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Established · publishing since 1981
Memory Processes and InfluencesMemory and Neural MechanismsChild and Animal Learning DevelopmentVisual and Cognitive Learning ProcessesIntelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning

Publications

143

Citations

7,178

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

44

Publishing since 1981

Research summary
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James S. Nairne studies human memory from an evolutionary and adaptive perspective, examining how factors like animacy (whether something is living), survival relevance, and choice influence what people remember and forget. His work often tests whether memory systems were shaped by ancestral survival pressures, using laboratory experiments and picture/word norming studies. This research is relevant to students interested in cognitive psychology, memory, and evolutionary approaches to the mind.

Adaptive/evolutionary memoryAnimacy effects on memorySurvival processing paradigmProspective and long-term memoryStimulus database development (norming studies)

Output was uneven over the last decade, with a peak of 9 publications in 2019, a notable gap in 2018, and a slower, steadier pace of about one publication per year since 2020.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.0/year recently
2017: 5 publications17182019: 9 publications9192020: 1 publication202021: 1 publication212022: 3 publications222023: 1 publication232024: 1 publication242526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Evolutionary Psychology×2
  • Psychonomic Bulletin & Review×2
  • Elsevier eBooks×2
  • The American Journal of Psychology×2
  • Perspectives on Psychological Science×1
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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