Selected publications

For the complete and most current publication list, visit my [Google Scholar profile](https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=r1qDidUAAAAJ&hl=en) or download my [full CV](/files/davidkaplanCV-Jul2026.pdf). ## 2026 **Rethinking psychological measurement: Validity potential versus realised validity.**
Higgins, W. C., Gillett, A. J., **Kaplan, D. M.**, Sutton, J., & Ross, R. M. *Studies in History and Philosophy of Science*, 116, 102123. [DOI](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsa.2026.102123) ## 2025 **Repurposing model organisms in neuroscience: What is the purpose?**
**Kaplan, D. M.** *Biology & Philosophy*, 40, 27. [DOI](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10539-025-09999-9) **Context sensitivity versus aiming in motor learning under uncertainty when both feedforward and feedback control processes are engaged.**
Crossley, M. J., Hewitson, C. L., & **Kaplan, D. M.** *Journal of Motor Behavior*. [DOI](https://doi.org/10.1080/00222895.2025.2546692) **Differential impact of sensory uncertainty in blocked versus trial-interleaved contexts when feedforward and feedback processes co-occur.**
Crossley, M. J., Hewitson, C. L., & **Kaplan, D. M.** *Human Movement Science*, 101, 103358. **Kinematics in context: Predicting other's action intentions entails the perception of affordances.**
Alhasan, A., Karin, E., Caruana, N., Cross, E. S., **Kaplan, D. M.**, & Richardson, M. J. *Cognition*, 260, 106122. [DOI](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2025.106122) ## 2024 **Sensorimotor challenges in minimally invasive surgery: A theoretically-oriented review.**
Hewitson, C. L., Crossley, M. J., Cartmill, J., & **Kaplan, D. M.** *Human Factors*. [DOI](https://doi.org/10.1177/00187208241263684) **Proxy failure and poor measurement practices in psychological science.**
Higgins, W. C., Gillett, A. J., **Kaplan, D. M.**, & Ross, R. M. *Behavioral and Brain Sciences*, 47, e75. [DOI](https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X2300287X) ## Earlier highlights **Watch and learn: The cognitive neuroscience of learning from others' actions.**
Ramsey, R., **Kaplan, D. M.**, & Cross, E. S. (2021). *Trends in Neurosciences*, 44(6), 478-491. [DOI](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tins.2021.01.007) **Interlimb generalization of learned Bayesian visuomotor prior occurs in extrinsic coordinates.**
Hewitson, C. L., Sowman, P. F., & **Kaplan, D. M.** (2018). *eNeuro*, 5(4). [DOI](https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0183-18.2018) **Are more details better? On the norms of completeness for mechanistic explanations.**
Craver, C. F., & **Kaplan, D. M.** (2018/2020). *British Journal for the Philosophy of Science*, 71(1), 287-319. [DOI](https://doi.org/10.1093/bjps/axy015) **Explanation and description in computational neuroscience.**
**Kaplan, D. M.** (2011). *Synthese*, 183(3), 339-373. [DOI](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-011-9970-0) **The explanatory force of dynamical and mathematical models in neuroscience: A mechanistic perspective.**
**Kaplan, D. M.**, & Craver, C. F. (2011). *Philosophy of Science*, 78(4), 601-627. [DOI](https://doi.org/10.1086/661755)