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Richard Shiffrin(1942)
Richard Martin Shiffrin is an American psychologist, professor of cognitive science in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Indiana University, Bloomington. Shiffrin has contributed a number of theories of attention and memory to the field of psychology. He co-authored the Atkinson–Shiffrin model of memory in 1968 with Richard Atkinson, who was his academic adviser at the time.
United States
1
Major Awards
6
Publications
420
Citations
4
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i10-index
70
Avg Citations/Paper
Awards & Recognition
Most Cited Works
Top publications by citation count#1
Is Ockham’s razor losing its edge? New perspectives on the principle of model parsimony
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America(2025)
17
citations
#2
Dialogues about the practice of science
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America(2025)
0
citations
#3
How should the advancement of large language models affect the practice of science?
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America(2025)
63
citations
Recent Publications
View all worksIs Ockham’s razor losing its edge? New perspectives on the principle of model parsimony
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2025
17citations
Open AccessDialogues about the practice of science
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2025
0citations
Open AccessHow should the advancement of large language models affect the practice of science?
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2025
63citations
Open Access1citations
Open AccessIs Preregistration Worthwhile?
Trends in Cognitive Sciences2019
101citations
Open AccessCareer History
Distinguished Professor
Indiana University
Bloomington, US
Education
Yale University
B.A.
Mathematics
1964
External Profiles
Education
Stanford University(Doctor of Philosophy)
Doctoral Advisors
Richard C. AtkinsonMark SteyversGregory E. CoxSuyog Chandramouli
Top Publications
Probing the psychology of AI models
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences202352 citations
How should the advancement of large language models affect the practice of science?
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences202543 citations
Is Ockham’s razor losing its edge? New perspectives on the principle of model parsimony
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences202518 citations
Is it Reasonable to Study Decision‐Making Quantitatively?
Topics in Cognitive Science20218 citations
Illusions of Understanding in the Sciences
20263 citations
Related Laureates
Other winners of the same award(s)
GE
Geoffrey E. Hinton
Nobel Prize in Physics (2024)
YB
Yoshua Bengio
Princess of Asturias Award (2022)
YL
Yann LeCun
Princess of Asturias Award (2022)
MJ
Michael Jordan
AAAI Squirrel AI Award (2022)
JT
Joshua Tenenbaum
MacArthur Fellowship (2019)
PD
Peter Dayan
Fellow of the Royal Society (2018)
TS
Terrence Sejnowski
Rumelhart Prize (2013)
JP
Judea Pearl
Turing Award (2011)
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