What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Social psychology
- Developmental psychology
- Cognitive psychology
Derek M. Isaacowitz mainly investigates Developmental psychology, Gaze, Eye tracking, Positivity effect and Social psychology.
The various areas that Derek M. Isaacowitz examines in his Developmental psychology study include Anger and Happiness.
Many of his studies on Positivity effect apply to Socioemotional selectivity theory as well.
His Socioemotional selectivity theory research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Time perception, Regulation of emotion, Association and Goal setting.
In general Social psychology study, his work on Optimism and Affect often relates to the realm of Social control and Empirical research, thereby connecting several areas of interest.
His work deals with themes such as Age differences and Salience, which intersect with Younger adults.
His most cited work include:
- Taking Time Seriously. A Theory of Socioemotional Selectivity (2797 citations)
- Selective preference in visual fixation away from negative images in old age? An eye-tracking study. (337 citations)
- Age differences in recognition of emotion in lexical stimuli and facial expressions. (237 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
His primary areas of investigation include Developmental psychology, Age differences, Cognitive psychology, Young adult and Eye tracking.
The study incorporates disciplines such as Valence, Affect and Mood in addition to Developmental psychology.
His studies in Age differences integrate themes in fields like Arousal, Personality and Younger adults.
His work in Cognitive psychology addresses subjects such as Emotion perception, which are connected to disciplines such as Interpersonal communication and Emotional expression.
The Young adult study combines topics in areas such as Big Five personality traits and Feeling.
His Socioemotional selectivity theory research incorporates themes from Time perception, Social psychology and Information processing.
He most often published in these fields:
- Developmental psychology (61.38%)
- Age differences (26.90%)
- Cognitive psychology (22.07%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2018-2021)?
- Developmental psychology (61.38%)
- Age differences (26.90%)
- Younger adults (14.48%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
Derek M. Isaacowitz mostly deals with Developmental psychology, Age differences, Younger adults, Open science and Cognitive psychology.
His Developmental psychology research includes themes of Interpersonal communication, Valence and Disengagement theory.
Derek M. Isaacowitz works mostly in the field of Valence, limiting it down to topics relating to Mood and, in certain cases, Attentional bias, Positivity effect and Cognitive bias, as a part of the same area of interest.
He usually deals with Age differences and limits it to topics linked to Arousal and Stress reactivity, Stressor and Clinical psychology.
His Younger adults research includes elements of Emotional regulation and Personality.
His research ties Risk-seeking and Socioemotional selectivity theory together.
Between 2018 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- A consensus-based transparency checklist (19 citations)
- Emotion regulation and emotion perception in aging: A perspective on age-related differences and similarities. (8 citations)
- Aging and attention: Meaningfulness may be more important than valence. (8 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Social psychology
- Developmental psychology
- Cognitive psychology
His scientific interests lie mostly in Developmental psychology, PsycINFO, Age differences, Younger adults and Valence.
His study in the fields of Middle age and Young adult under the domain of Developmental psychology overlaps with other disciplines such as Gaze.
His Younger adults research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Emotional regulation and Socioemotional selectivity theory.
His Emotional regulation research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Rumination and Cognitive distraction, Distraction.
His research on Socioemotional selectivity theory often connects related topics like Experience sampling method.
His Valence study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Mood, Attentional bias, Positivity effect and Cognitive bias.
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