What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Social psychology
- Law
- Cognition
His primary areas of investigation include Social psychology, Developmental psychology, Social relation, Anger and Social perception.
His Social psychology research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Cognitive psychology, Social class and Social cognition.
Dacher Keltner combines subjects such as Grief and Personality with his study of Developmental psychology.
His Social relation research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Social competence, Norm and Everyday life.
His work in Anger addresses subjects such as Pessimism, which are connected to disciplines such as Risk perception, Emotionality, Mood and Certainty.
His Social perception study incorporates themes from Consciousness, Neuropsychology and Nonverbal communication.
His most cited work include:
- Power, approach, and inhibition. (2098 citations)
- Fear, anger, and risk. (2056 citations)
- Beyond valence: Toward a model of emotion-specific influences on judgement and choice (1848 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
Dacher Keltner mostly deals with Social psychology, Developmental psychology, Cognitive psychology, Social relation and Facial expression.
The concepts of his Social psychology study are interwoven with issues in Social class and Power.
Dacher Keltner works mostly in the field of Developmental psychology, limiting it down to topics relating to Social perception and, in certain cases, Social cognition, as a part of the same area of interest.
His study connects PsycINFO and Cognitive psychology.
His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Sadness, Anger, Shame and Embarrassment.
His Interpersonal relationship research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Romance, Gratitude and Social environment.
He most often published in these fields:
- Social psychology (58.00%)
- Developmental psychology (26.00%)
- Cognitive psychology (17.60%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2017-2021)?
- Cognitive psychology (17.60%)
- Social psychology (58.00%)
- Valence (6.00%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
Cognitive psychology, Social psychology, Valence, Arousal and Facial expression are his primary areas of study.
His work in the fields of Cognitive psychology, such as Emotional expression, overlaps with other areas such as Future studies.
The Social psychology study combines topics in areas such as Romance, Social class and Stressor.
His Valence study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as PsycINFO, Semantic space and Social perception.
The Arousal study combines topics in areas such as Conceptual framework, Curse of dimensionality, Feeling, Disgust and Conceptualization.
The concepts of his Facial expression study are interwoven with issues in Salient, Deep learning, Deep neural networks and Social environment.
Between 2017 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- Emotional Expression: Advances in Basic Emotion Theory. (40 citations)
- Mapping 24 emotions conveyed by brief human vocalization. (35 citations)
- Unpacking the inequality paradox: The psychological roots of inequality and social class. (35 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Social psychology
- Law
- Cognition
His scientific interests lie mostly in Cognitive psychology, Valence, Arousal, PsycINFO and Cognitive appraisal.
His study in the field of Emotional expression also crosses realms of Focus.
His Valence study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Conceptual framework, Curse of dimensionality, Social perception, Semantic space and Disgust.
His work carried out in the field of Arousal brings together such families of science as Feeling, Cultural group selection, Affect and Conceptualization.
His PsycINFO study incorporates themes from Developmental psychology, Everyday life, Well-being and Power.
His Facial expression research incorporates elements of Cognitive science and Passions.
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