Concepedia

William Epstein

WE

Statistics

Publications

95

Citations

6.4K

H-Index

37

Active since

1960

Affiliations

University of Wisconsin–Madison(Current)

University of Kansas

University of Virginia

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

University of Wisconsin System

William Epstein is an author at University of Wisconsin–Madison specializing in social sciences, cognitive science, and cognition.

Top concepts

Social SciencesCognitive ScienceCognitionPerceptionAttentionPsychologyPsychophysicsEye TrackingExperimental PsychologyVisual Cognition

Publications per year

1960–2019

95

Publications

95

The Role of Effort in Perceiving Distance

Dennis R. Proffítt, Jeanine K. Stefanucci, Tom Banton et al. · Psychological Science · 2003 · 559 citations

Egocentric Distance Increases, Cognition, Perception +18

Tool Use Affects Perceived Distance, But Only When You Intend to Use It.

Jessica K. Witt, Dennis R. Proffítt, William Epstein · Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance · 2005 · 426 citations

Perceptual Difference, Cognition, Perception +19

The illusion of knowing: Failure in the self-assessment of comprehension

Arthur M. Glenberg, Alex Cherry Wilkinson, William Epstein · Memory & Cognition · 1982 · 393 citations · Full text

Cognitive Science, Reading Comprehension, Learning Sciences +12

Perceiving Distance: A Role of Effort and Intent

Jessica K. Witt, Dennis R. Proffítt, William Epstein · Perception · 2004 · 298 citations

Behavioral Decision Making, Cognition, Perception +20

Inexpert calibration of comprehension

Arthur M. Glenberg, William Epstein · Memory & Cognition · 1987 · 260 citations · Full text

Automated Reasoning, Semantic Processing, Computational Linguistics +8

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