| On the capacity of attention: Its estimation and its role in working memory and cognitive aptitudes N Cowan, EM Elliott, J Scott Saults, CC Morey, S Mattox, A Hismjatullina, ... Cognitive psychology 51 (1), 42-100, 2005 | 1679 | 2005 |
| Scope of attention, control of attention, and intelligence in children and adults N Cowan, NM Fristoe, EM Elliott, RP Brunner, JS Saults Memory & cognition 34, 1754-1768, 2006 | 369 | 2006 |
| The role of attention in the development of short‐term memory: Age differences in the verbal span of apprehension N Cowan, LD Nugent, EM Elliott, I Ponomarev, JS Saults Child development 70 (5), 1082-1097, 1999 | 311 | 1999 |
| The irrelevant-speech effect and children: Theoretical implications of developmental change EM Elliott Memory & Cognition 30, 478-487, 2002 | 235 | 2002 |
| Children's working-memory processes: a response-timing analysis. N Cowan, JN Towse, Z Hamilton, JS Saults, EM Elliott, JF Lacey, ... Journal of Experimental Psychology: General 132 (1), 113, 2003 | 221 | 2003 |
| The distracting effects of a ringing cell phone: An investigation of the laboratory and the classroom setting JT Shelton, EM Elliott, SD Eaves, AL Exner Journal of environmental psychology 29 (4), 513-521, 2009 | 194 | 2009 |
| A comparison of laboratory and clinical working memory tests and their prediction of fluid intelligence JT Shelton, EM Elliott, BD Hill, MR Calamia, WD Gouvier Intelligence 37 (3), 283-293, 2009 | 183 | 2009 |
| Deconfounding serial recall N Cowan, JS Saults, EM Elliott, MV Moreno Journal of Memory and Language 46 (1), 153-177, 2002 | 182 | 2002 |
| The relationships of working memory, secondary memory, and general fluid intelligence: working memory is special. JT Shelton, EM Elliott, RA Matthews, BD Hill, WD Gouvier Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition 36 (3), 813, 2010 | 170 | 2010 |
| Need for cognition is related to higher general intelligence, fluid intelligence, and crystallized intelligence, but not working memory BD Hill, JD Foster, EM Elliott, JT Shelton, J McCain, WD Gouvier Journal of Research in Personality 47 (1), 22-25, 2013 | 147 | 2013 |
| Is there a temporal basis of the word length effect? A response to Service (1998) N Cowan, LD Nugent, EM Elliott, T Geer The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A 53 (3), 647-660, 2000 | 136 | 2000 |
| The search for what is fundamental in the development of working memory N Cowan, JS Saults, EM Elliott Advances in child development and behavior 29, 1-49, 2002 | 119 | 2002 |
| Investigating the role of attentional resources in the irrelevant speech effect EM Elliott, AM Briganti Acta psychologica 140 (1), 64-74, 2012 | 103 | 2012 |
| Can we improve the clinical assessment of working memory? An evaluation of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale–Third Edition using a working memory criterion construct BD Hill, EM Elliott, JT Shelton, RD Pella, JR O'Jile, WD Gouvier Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology 32 (3), 315-323, 2010 | 103 | 2010 |
| List composition and the word length effect in immediate recall: A comparison of localist and globalist assumptions N Cowan, AD Baddeley, EM Elliott, J Norris Psychonomic Bulletin & Review 10, 74-79, 2003 | 96 | 2003 |
| Persistence of memory for ignored lists of digits: Areas of developmental constancy and change N Cowan, LD Nugent, EM Elliott, JS Saults Journal of Experimental Child Psychology 76 (2), 151-172, 2000 | 80 | 2000 |
| The nature of cross-modal color-word interference effects EM Elliott, N Cowan, F Valle-Inclan Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics 60 (5), 761-767, 1998 | 80 | 1998 |
| Coherence of the irrelevant-sound effect: Individual profiles of short-term memory and susceptibility to task-irrelevant materials EM Elliott, N Cowan Memory & Cognition 33 (4), 664-675, 2005 | 74 | 2005 |
| Rethinking speed theories of cognitive development: Increasing the rate of recall without affecting accuracy N Cowan, EM Elliott, JS Saults, LD Nugent, P Bomb, A Hismjatullina Psychological Science 17 (1), 67-73, 2006 | 73 | 2006 |
| Habituation to auditory distractors in a cross-modal, color–word interference task. EM Elliott, N Cowan Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition 27 (3), 654, 2001 | 71 | 2001 |
Nelson CowanCurators' Distinguished Professor, University of MissouriVerified email at missouri.edu
