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Citations
39812
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2419
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1401

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2002 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Arthur Aron is affiliated with Stony Brook University in the United States and specializes in psychology with a focus on experimental and cognitive psychology, social psychology, cognitive neuroscience, applied psychology, and clinical psychology. The primary areas of their research include behavioral health and interventions, attachment and relationship dynamics, functional brain connectivity studies, mental health research topics, evolutionary psychology and human behavior, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, as well as anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, and cognitive processes.

They have contributed to various academic papers, including recent notable publications such as:

  • Self-expansion motivation and inclusion of others in self: An updated review, 2022, Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Arthur Aron's frequent coauthors include Elaine N. Aron, Michael Pluess, Francesca Lionetti, Bianca P. Acevedo, and Robert Marhenke. Collaboration with these scholars suggests interdisciplinary and varied research interests within psychology and related neuroscience fields.

Their research has been published in several distinguished venues, including:

  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
  • Journal of Research in Personality
  • Neuropsychobiology
  • European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Among their recognized achievements, Arthur Aron was awarded the title of Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 2002, highlighting a formal acknowledgment within the professional community.

Best Publications

  • Inclusion of Other in the Self Scale and the structure of interpersonal closeness

    Arthur Aron;Elaine N. Aron;Danny Smollan

  • Close Relationships as Including Other in the Self

    Arthur Aron;Elaine N. Aron;Michael Tudor;Greg Nelson

  • The extended contact effect: Knowledge of cross-group friendships and prejudice.

    Stephen C. Wright;Arthur Aron;Tracy McLaughlin-Volpe;Stacy A. Ropp

  • Statistics for Psychology

    Arthur Aron;Elaine N. Aron;Elliot J. Coups

  • Some evidence for heightened sexual attraction under conditions of high anxiety.

    Donald G. Dutton;Arthur P. Aron

  • Reward, Motivation, and Emotion Systems Associated With Early-Stage Intense Romantic Love

    Arthur Aron;Helen E Fisher;Debra J Mashek;Greg Strong

  • The Experimental Generation of Interpersonal Closeness: A Procedure and Some Preliminary Findings

    Arthur Aron;Edward Melinat;Elaine N. Aron;Robert Darrin Vallone

  • Sensory-processing sensitivity and its relation to introversion and emotionality.

    Elaine N. Aron;Arthur Aron

  • Cross-Group Friendships and Intergroup Attitudes A Meta-Analytic Review

    Kristin Davies;Linda R. Tropp;Arthur Aron;Thomas F. Pettigrew

  • Couples' shared participation in novel and arousing activities and experienced relationship quality

    Arthur Aron;Christina C. Norman;Elaine N. Aron;Colin McKenna

  • Love and the expansion of self: Understanding attraction and satisfaction.

    Arthur Aron;Elaine N. Aron

  • Sensory Processing Sensitivity A Review in the Light of the Evolution of Biological Responsivity

    Elaine N. Aron;Arthur Aron;Jadzia Jagiellowicz

  • Neural correlates of long-term intense romantic love

    Bianca P. Acevedo;Arthur Aron;Helen E. Fisher;Lucy L. Brown

  • Defining the brain systems of lust, romantic attraction, and attachment

    Helen E. Fisher;Arthur Aron;Debra Mashek;Haifang Li

  • Falling in love: Prospective studies of self-concept change.

    Arthur Aron;Meg Paris;Elaine N. Aron

  • Including others in the self

    Arthur Aron;Tracy McLaughlin-Volpe;Debra Mashek;Gary Lewandowski

  • Self-expansion motivation and including other in the self.

    Arthur Aron;Elaine N. Aron

  • Romantic love: An fMRI study of a neural mechanism for mate choice

    Helen Fisher;Arthur Aron;Lucy L. Brown

  • Cultural Influences on Neural Substrates of Attentional Control

    Trey Hedden;Sarah Ketay;Arthur Aron;Hazel Rose Markus

  • Material-specific lateralization in the medial temporal lobe and prefrontal cortex during memory encoding.

    Alexandra J. Golby;Russell A. Poldrack;James B. Brewer;David Spencer

  • Handbook of closeness and intimacy

    Debra J. Mashek;Arthur Aron

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen C. Wright
Stephen C. Wright Simon Fraser University
Harry T. Reis
Harry T. Reis University of Rochester
Lorne Campbell
Lorne Campbell University of Western Ontario
Peter K. Jonason
Peter K. Jonason VIZJA University
Michael Pluess
Michael Pluess Queen Mary University of London
Donald G. Dutton
Donald G. Dutton University of British Columbia
Richard B. Slatcher
Richard B. Slatcher University of Georgia
Margaret S. Clark
Margaret S. Clark Yale University
Hazel Rose Markus
Hazel Rose Markus Stanford University

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