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Psychology

D-Index
31
Citations
5315
World Ranking
11127
National Ranking
5817

Best Publications

  • The categorization-individuation model: an integrative account of the other-race recognition deficit.

    Kurt Hugenberg;Steven G. Young;Michael Jason Bernstein;Donald F. Sacco

  • Many Labs 3: Evaluating participant pool quality across the academic semester via replication

    Charles R. Ebersole;Olivia E. Atherton;Aimee L. Belanger;Hayley M. Skulborstad

  • Adaptive Responses to Social Exclusion Social Rejection Improves Detection of Real and Fake Smiles

    Michael J. Bernstein;Steven G. Young;Christina M. Brown;Donald F. Sacco

  • Eye Gaze as Relational Evaluation: Averted Eye Gaze Leads to Feelings of Ostracism and Relational Devaluation

    James H. Wirth;Donald F. Sacco;Kurt Hugenberg;Kipling D. Williams

  • Perception and Motivation in Face Recognition: A Critical Review of Theories of the Cross-Race Effect

    Steven G. Young;Kurt Hugenberg;Michael J. Bernstein;Donald F. Sacco

  • A preference for genuine smiles following social exclusion

    Michael J. Bernstein;Donald F. Sacco;Christina M. Brown;Steven G. Young

  • Social categorization and stereotyping: How social categorization biases person perception and face memory.

    Kurt Hugenberg;Donald F. Sacco

  • Being “In” With the In-Crowd: The Effects of Social Exclusion and Inclusion Are Enhanced by the Perceived Essentialism of Ingroups and Outgroups

    Michael Jason Bernstein;Donald F. Sacco;Steven G. Young;Kurt Hugenberg

  • The Language of Lyrics: An Analysis of Popular Billboard Songs Across Conditions of Social and Economic Threat

    Terry F. Pettijohn;Donald F. Sacco

  • Social belongingness satisfaction as a function of interaction medium

    Donald F. Sacco;Mohamed M. Ismail

  • The world in black and white: Ostracism enhances the categorical perception of social information ☆

    Donald F. Sacco;James H. Wirth;Kurt Hugenberg;Zhansheng Chen

  • The look of fear and anger: Facial maturity modulates recognition of fearful and angry expressions

    Donald F. Sacco;Kurt Hugenberg

  • Vulnerability to disease is associated with a domain‐specific preference for symmetrical faces relative to symmetrical non‐face stimuli

    Steven G. Young;Donald F. Sacco;Kurt Hugenberg

  • Balancing Competing Motives Adaptive Trade-Offs Are Necessary to Satisfy Disease Avoidance and Interpersonal Affiliation Goals

    Donald F. Sacco;Steven G. Young;Kurt Hugenberg

  • The Adaptive Utility of Deontology: Deontological Moral Decision-Making Fosters Perceptions of Trust and Likeability

    Donald F. Sacco;Mitch Brown;Christopher J. N. Lustgraaf;Kurt Hugenberg

  • Sociosexuality and face perception: Unrestricted sexual orientation facilitates sensitivity to female facial cues

    Donald F. Sacco;Kurt Hugenberg;Jon A. Sefcek

  • Callous-unemotional traits and empathy deficits: Mediating effects of affective perspective-taking and facial emotion recognition.

    Joyce H. L. Lui;Christopher T. Barry;Donald F. Sacco

  • Reactions to social inclusion and ostracism as a function of perceived in-group similarity.

    Donald F. Sacco;Michael Jason Bernstein;Steven G. Young;Kurt Hugenberg

  • Avoiding Extraverts: Pathogen Concern Downregulates Preferences for Extraverted Faces

    Mitch Brown;Donald F. Sacco

  • Is pulling the lever sexy? Deontology as a downstream cue to long-term mate quality:

    Mitch Brown;Donald F. Sacco

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