| The transition to reaching: Mapping intention and intrinsic dynamics E Thelen, D Corbetta, K Kamm, JP Spencer, K Schneider, RF Zernicke Child development 64 (4), 1058-1098, 1993 | 923 | 1993 |
| Development of reaching during the first year: role of movement speed. E Thelen, D Corbetta, JP Spencer Journal of experimental psychology: human perception and performance 22 (5 …, 1996 | 575 | 1996 |
| Postural control during reaching in young infants: A dynamic systems approach E Thelen, JP Spencer Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 22 (4), 507-514, 1998 | 285 | 1998 |
| Bridging the representational gap in the dynamic systems approach to development JP Spencer, G Schöner Developmental Science 6 (4), 392-412, 2003 | 256 | 2003 |
| Short arms and talking eggs: Why we should no longer abide the nativist-empiricist debate JP Spencer, MS Blumberg, B McMurray, SR Robinson, LK Samuelson, ... The Heredity Hoax, 135-147, 2025 | 253 | 2025 |
| Testing the dynamic field theory: Working memory for locations becomes more spatially precise over development AR Schutte, JP Spencer, G Schöner Child development 74 (5), 1393-1417, 2003 | 253 | 2003 |
| Dynamic thinking: A primer on dynamic field theory G Schöner, J Spencer, DFT Research Group Oxford University Press, 2015 | 234 | 2015 |
| A dynamic neural field model of visual working memory and change detection JS Johnson, JP Spencer, SJ Luck, G Schöner Psychological science 20 (5), 568-577, 2009 | 206 | 2009 |
| Moving toward a grand theory of development: In memory of Esther Thelen JP Spencer, M Clearfield, D Corbetta, B Ulrich, P Buchanan, G Schöner Child development 77 (6), 1521-1538, 2006 | 205 | 2006 |
| Toward a unified theory of development JP Spencer, MSC Thomas, JL McClelland JP Spencer, MSC Thomas, & JL McClelland (Eds.), 86-118, 2009 | 177 | 2009 |
| Tests of a dynamic systems account of the A‐not‐B error: The influence of prior experience on the spatial memory abilities of two‐year‐olds JP Spencer, LB Smith, E Thelen Child development 72 (5), 1327-1346, 2001 | 177 | 2001 |
| Twenty years and going strong: A dynamic systems revolution in motor and cognitive development JP Spencer, S Perone, AT Buss Child development perspectives 5 (4), 260-266, 2011 | 165 | 2011 |
| Grounding word learning in space LK Samuelson, LB Smith, LK Perry, JP Spencer PloS one 6 (12), e28095, 2011 | 163 | 2011 |
| Prototypes and particulars: geometric and experience-dependent spatial categories. JP Spencer, AM Hund Journal of experimental psychology: General 131 (1), 16, 2002 | 161 | 2002 |
| Moving to higher ground: The dynamic field theory and the dynamics of visual cognition JS Johnson, JP Spencer, G Schöner New ideas in psychology 26 (2), 227-251, 2008 | 153 | 2008 |
| The functional brain networks that underlie Early Stone Age tool manufacture SS Putt, S Wijeakumar, RG Franciscus, JP Spencer Nature Human Behaviour 1 (6), 0102, 2017 | 137 | 2017 |
| Generalizing the dynamic field theory of spatial cognition across real and developmental time scales VR Simmering, AR Schutte, JP Spencer Brain research 1202, 68-86, 2008 | 134 | 2008 |
| Posture and the emergence of manual skills JP Spencer, B Vereijken, FJ Diedrich, E Thelen Developmental Science 3 (2), 216-233, 2000 | 132 | 2000 |
| The emergent executive: A dynamic field theory of the development of executive function AT Buss, JP Spencer Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development 79 (2), vii, 2014 | 131* | 2014 |
| Generalizing the dynamic field theory of the A‐not‐B error beyond infancy: three‐year‐olds’ delay‐and experience‐dependent location memory biases AR Schutte, JP Spencer Child Development 73 (2), 377-404, 2002 | 111 | 2002 |
