Shanks, David R.

Characteristics of dissociable human learning systems

Shanks, D. R., & St. John, M. F. (1994) · Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Memory and Neural MechanismsMemory Processes and Influences

Cited by 1,163

Unconscious influences on decision making: A critical review

Newell, B. R., & Shanks, D. R. (2014) · Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Decision-Making and Behavioral EconomicsNeural and Behavioral Psychology Studies

Cited by 652

Disrupted prediction-error signal in psychosis: Evidence for an associative account of delusions

Corlett, P. R., Murray, G. K., Honey, G. D., Aitken, M. R. F., Shanks, D. R., Robbins, T. W., Bullmore, E. T., Dickinson, A., & Fletcher, P. C. (2007) · Brain

Schizophrenia research and treatmentMental Health and Psychiatry

Cited by 460

The Psychology of Associative Learning

Shanks, D. R. (1995) · Cambridge University Press eBooks

Memory Processes and InfluencesMemory and Neural Mechanisms

Cited by 387

Testing (quizzing) boosts classroom learning: a systematic and meta-analytic review

Yang, C., Luo, L., Vadillo, M. A., Yu, R., & Shanks, D. R. (2021) · Psychological Bulletin

Memory Processes and InfluencesInnovative Teaching and Learning Methods

Cited by 333

A re‐examination of probability matching and rational choice

Shanks, D. R., Tunney, R. J., & McCarthy, J. D. (2002) · Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

Decision-Making and Behavioral EconomicsExperimental Behavioral Economics Studies

Cited by 322

Underpowered samples, false negatives, and unconscious learning

Vadillo, M. A., Konstantinidis, E., & Shanks, D. R. (2016) · Psychonomic Bulletin & Review

Psychology Research and BibliometricsMeta-analysis and systematic reviews

Cited by 255

Responses of human frontal cortex to surprising events are predicted by formal associative learning theory

Fletcher, P. C., Anderson, J. M., Shanks, D. R., Honey, R., Carpenter, T. A., Donovan, T., Papadakis, N., & Bullmore, E. T. (2001) · Nature Neuroscience

Neural and Behavioral Psychology StudiesMemory and Neural Mechanisms

Cited by 238

Regressive research: the pitfalls of post hoc data selection in the study of unconscious mental processes

Shanks, D. R. (2017) · Psychonomic Bulletin & Review

Memory Processes and InfluencesVisual perception and processing mechanisms

Cited by 201

Frontal Responses During Learning Predict Vulnerability to the Psychotogenic Effects of Ketamine: Linking Cognition, Brain Activity, and Psychosis

Corlett, P. R., Honey, G. D., Aitken, M. R. F., Dickinson, A., Shanks, D. R., Absalom, A. R., Lee, M., Pomarol-Clotet, E., Murray, G. K., McKenna, P. J., et al. (2006) · Archives of General Psychiatry

Schizophrenia research and treatmentPsychedelics and Drug Studies

Cited by 182

The benefit of generating errors during learning

Potts, R., & Shanks, D. R. (2014) · Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Memory Processes and InfluencesSecond Language Acquisition and Learning

Cited by 166

A consensus-based transparency checklist

Aczel, B., Szaszi, B., Sarafoglou, A., Kekecs, Z., Kucharský, Š., Benjamin, D., Chambers, C. D., Fisher, A., Gelman, A., Gernsbacher, M. A., et al. (2019) · Nature Human Behaviour

Academic Publishing and Open AccessMeta-analysis and systematic reviews

Cited by 152

Awareness in contextual cuing with extended and concurrent explicit tests

Smyth, A. C., & Shanks, D. R. (2008) · Memory & Cognition

Visual perception and processing mechanismsVisual Attention and Saliency Detection

Cited by 150

Evaluating the relationship between explicit and implicit knowledge in a sequential reaction time task.

Shanks, D. R., & Johnstone, T. (1999) · Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition

Memory Processes and InfluencesMotor Control and Adaptation

Cited by 135

Enhancing learning and retrieval of new information: a review of the forward testing effect

Yang, C., Potts, R., & Shanks, D. R. (2018) · npj Science of Learning

Memory Processes and InfluencesVisual and Cognitive Learning Processes

Cited by 119

The benefit of generating errors during learning: What is the locus of the effect?

Potts, R., Davies, G., & Shanks, D. R. (2019) · Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition

Memory Processes and InfluencesVisual and Cognitive Learning Processes

Cited by 75

The Challenge of Inferring Unconscious Mental Processes

Shanks, D. R., Malejka, S., & Vadillo, M. A. (2021) · Experimental Psychology

Memory Processes and InfluencesPhilosophy and Theoretical Science

Cited by 40

When judging what you know changes what you really know: Soliciting metamemory judgments reactively enhances children’s learning

Zhao, W., Li, B., Shanks, D. R., Zhao, W., Zheng, J., Hu, X., Su, N., Fan, T., Yin, Y., Luo, L., et al. (2022) · Child Development

Memory Processes and InfluencesInnovative Teaching and Learning Methods

Cited by 35

How to assess the contributions of processing fluency and beliefs to the formation of judgments of learning: methods and pitfalls

Yang, C., Yu, R., Hu, X., Luo, L., Huang, T. S.-T., & Shanks, D. R. (2021) · Metacognition and Learning

Memory Processes and InfluencesInnovative Teaching and Learning Methods

Cited by 29

Do working memory capacity and test anxiety modulate the beneficial effects of testing on new learning?

Yang, C., Sun, B., Potts, R., Yu, R., Luo, L., & Shanks, D. R. (2020) · Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Memory Processes and InfluencesCognitive Abilities and Testing

Cited by 27

Is Covert Retrieval an Effective Learning Strategy? Is It as Effective as Overt Retrieval? Answers from a Meta-Analytic Review

Yu, Y., Zhao, W., Li, A., Shanks, D. R., Hu, X., Luo, L., & Yang, C. (2025) · Educational Psychology Review

Memory Processes and InfluencesVisual and Cognitive Learning Processes

Cited by 2

A grain of truth in the grain size effect: Retrieval practice is more effective when interspersed during learning.

Don, H. J., Boustani, S., Yang, C., & Shanks, D. R. (2024) · Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition

Memory Processes and InfluencesVisual and Cognitive Learning Processes

Cited by 0