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A. Peter McGraw publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where A. Peter McGraw sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 57 publications — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

A. Peter McGraw D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where A. Peter McGraw sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 35 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

A. Peter McGraw is affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology and neuroscience, with a particular focus on social psychology and cognitive neuroscience.

The scientist's research interests encompass several specialized subfields, including:

  • Social Psychology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Literature and Literary Theory
  • Marketing
  • Applied Psychology

The main topics covered in their work reflect a multidisciplinary approach, integrating psychological insights with communication and cultural aspects. These topics include:

  • Media Influence and Health
  • Humor Studies and Applications
  • Communication in Education and Healthcare
  • Aesthetic Perception and Analysis
  • Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification
  • Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
  • Cultural Differences and Values

Significant recent publications by A. Peter McGraw illustrate their engagement with humor, consumer behavior, and emerging technological impacts on behavioral science. These include:

  • "What Makes Things Funny? An Integrative Review of the Antecedents of Laughter and Amusement," 2020, Personality and Social Psychology Review
  • "The Art of Slowness: Slow Motion Enhances Consumer Evaluations by Increasing Processing Fluency," 2023, Journal of Marketing Research
  • "Comments on "AI and the advent of the cyborg behavioral scientist"," 2025, Journal of Consumer Psychology
  • "What Makes Things Funny? An Integrative Review of the Antecedents of Laughter and Amusement," 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "The Art of Slowness: Slow Motion Enhances Consumer Evaluations by Increasing Processing Fluency," 2023, SSRN Electronic Journal

Their frequent coauthors include notable collaborators such as Caleb Warren, Adam Barsky, Anika Stuppy, Jan R. Landwehr, and Paul Andrew Blythe. This network indicates ongoing collaborative research efforts in topics related to social and consumer psychology.

Publication venues for McGraw's work are diverse, spanning several respected journals and platforms. The most frequent venues include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Personality and Social Psychology Review
  • Journal of Marketing Research
  • Journal of Consumer Psychology
  • Elements

Best Publications

  • Can people feel happy and sad at the same time

    Jeff T. Larsen;A. Peter McGraw;John T. Cacioppo

  • Benign Violations: Making Immoral Behavior Funny

    A. Peter McGraw;Caleb Warren

  • Anticipated emotions as guides to choice.

    Barbara A. Mellers;A. Peter McGraw

  • Further evidence for mixed emotions.

    Jeff T. Larsen;A. Peter McGraw

  • Feeling close: emotional intensity reduces perceived psychological distance.

    Leaf Van Boven;Joanne Kane;A. Peter McGraw;Jeannette Dale

  • The Agony of Victory and Thrill of Defeat Mixed Emotional Reactions to Disappointing Wins and Relieving Losses

    Jeff T. Larsen;A. Peter McGraw;Barbara A. Mellers;John T. Cacioppo

  • Taboo Trade-Offs, Relational Framing, and the Acceptability of Exchanges

    A. Peter McGraw;Philip E. Tetlock

  • Revisiting external validity: Concerns about trolley problems and other sacrificial dilemmas in moral psychology.

    Christopher W. Bauman;A. Peter McGraw;Daniel M. Bartels;Caleb Warren

  • The evaluative space grid : A single-item measure of positivity and negativity

    Jeff T. Larsen;Catherine J. Norris;A. Peter McGraw;Louise C. Hawkley

  • Too Close for Comfort, or Too Far to Care? Finding Humor in Distant Tragedies and Close Mishaps

    A. Peter McGraw;Caleb Warren;Lawrence E. Williams;Bridget Leonard

  • Emotional Accounting: How Feelings about Money Influence Consumer Choice:

    Jonathan Levav;A. Peter Mcgraw

  • The Limits of Fungibility: Relational Schemata and the Value of Things

    A. Peter Mcgraw;Philip E. Tetlock;Orie V. Kristel

  • Comparing Gains and Losses

    A. Peter McGraw;Jeff T. Larsen;Daniel Kahneman;David Schkade

  • Differentiating what is humorous from what is not.

    Caleb Warren;A. Peter McGraw

  • Values and preferences: defining preference construction

    Caleb Warren;A. Peter McGraw;Leaf Van Boven

  • The Case for Mixed Emotions

    Jeff T. Larsen;A. Peter McGraw

  • The Rise and Fall of Humor: Psychological Distance Modulates Humorous Responses to Tragedy

    A. Peter McGraw;Lawrence E. Williams;Caleb Warren

  • Moral judgment and decision making

    Daniel M. Bartels;Christopher W. Bauman;Fiery A. Cushman;David A. Pizarro

  • The affective costs of overconfidence

    A. Peter McGraw;Barbara A. Mellers;Ilana Ritov

  • Decision Neuroscience

    Baba Shiv;Antoine Bechara;Irwin Levin;Joseph W. Alba

Frequent Co-Authors

Philip E. Tetlock
Philip E. Tetlock University of Pennsylvania
Barbara A. Mellers
Barbara A. Mellers University of Pennsylvania
Jeff T. Larsen
Jeff T. Larsen University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Leaf Van Boven
Leaf Van Boven University of Colorado Boulder
John T. Cacioppo
John T. Cacioppo University of Chicago
Alexander Todorov
Alexander Todorov University of Chicago
David A. Schkade
David A. Schkade University of California, San Diego
Daniel Kahneman
Daniel Kahneman Princeton University
Howard Kunreuther
Howard Kunreuther University of Pennsylvania
Eldar Shafir
Eldar Shafir Princeton University

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