OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Mind Brain and Education is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-03-01 to 2025-03-01.)

Article	Citations
“Acquired” Equals Addition? Associating Verbs with Arithmetic Operations Impacts Word Problem Performance	45
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High‐Definition Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Over the Left Frontopolar Cortex Promotes Analogical Reasoning	15
Martial Arts‐Based Curriculum Reduces Stress, Emotional, and Behavioral Problems in Elementary Schoolchildren During the COVID‐19 Pandemic: A Pilot Study	15
Sitting Meditation and Mindfulness Effects on Overall Anxiety and Test Anxiety Among College Students	13
Issue Information	10
Executive Functions and Academic Performance: The Moderating Role of Distress Tolerance	10
An Inquiry‐based Approach to Understanding Well‐being and Smartphone Usage: Constructing Research with Adolescent Students	9
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Implementing Full‐Body Movements in a Verbal Memory Task: Searching for Benefits but Finding Mainly Costs	9
The Effect of Standing Versus Sitting on Creativity in Adolescents—A Crossover Randomized Trial: The PHIT2LEARN Study	8
Uncovering the Mechanisms of Real‐World Attentional Control Over the Course of Primary Education	8
Issue Information	7
Exploring How Teachers' Scientific Questions Differ by Child Gender in a Preschool Classroom	7
Training Executive Functions Within the Mathematical Domain: A Pilot Study with an Integrated Digital‐Paper Procedure in Primary Second‐Grade	7
Questions in a Life‐Sized Board Game: Comparing Caregivers' and Children's Question‐Asking across STEM Museum Exhibits	6
Informing the Development of School‐Based Strategies to Promote Children's Executive Function Skills: Considerations, Challenges, and Future Directions	6
Need for Cognition, Neuromyths, and Knowledge about the Brain in Aspiring Teachers	5
Underutilized Techniques and Underrepresented Samples in Educational Neuroscience Research: An Introduction to the Special Issue	5
A Flourishing Brain in the 21st Century: A Scoping Review of the Impact of Developing Good Habits for Mind, Brain, Well‐Being, and Learning	5
Stress, Anxiety, and School Burnout Post COVID‐19: A Study of French Adolescents	5
The Brain's Control Networks in Reading: Insights From Cross‐Task Studies of Youth	5
Effects of Playing an Interactive Educational App on Children's Learning and Executive Function	5
“Visual Type? Not My Type”: A Systematic Study on the Learning Styles Neuromyth Employing Frequentist and Bayesian Statistics	5

Issue Information	4
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Simplest Shapes First! But Let's Use Cognitive Science to Reconceive and Specify What “Simple” Means	4
Leveraging Play for Learning and Development: Incorporating Cultural‐Evolutionary Insights into Early Educational Practices	4
Developmental Trajectories of Early Higher‐Order Thinking Talk Differ for Typically Developing Children and Children With Unilateral Brain Injuries	4
Understanding the Interplay Between Executive Functions and Reading Development: A Challenge for Researchers and Practitioners Alike	4
College Students Who Are Mindful About Math Achieve Better Grades	4
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Informed Consent in Educational AI Research Needs to Be Transparent, Flexible, and Dynamic	4
Impacts of Involving Young Learners in Mind, Brain, and Education Research	3
Pupil Dilation as an Index of Examinee's Cognitive Load in Answering a Mathematics Question: A Comparison Study of Different Approaches	3
Home Enrichment Is Associated with Visual Working Memory Function in Preschoolers	3
Music Education and Neurophysiological Regulation in Early Childhood: Should Teachers Guide or Get Out of the Way?	3
How Should We Slice Up the Executive Function Pie? Striving Toward an Ontology of Cognitive Control Processes	3
Parasympathetic Nervous System Activity During Measures of Volitional Self‐regulation Predicts School Readiness	3
The Behavioral and Neurobiological Relationships between Executive Function and Reading: A Review of Current and Preliminary Findings	3
Classroom Design and Children's Attention Allocation: Beyond the Laboratory and into the Classroom	3
Common Content, Philosophy, and Programming Support Thriving Collaborations Between Cognitive Science Labs and Museums	3
Visual Attention Pattern of Middle School Students During Problem‐Solving in Physics	3