2026 Elizabeth A. Kensinger: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	76	1714	1542	1013	891	254	22084
Neuroscience	76	1913	1746	916	816	257	22229

Elizabeth A. Kensinger 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 Elizabeth A. Kensinger sits on this spectrum.

31 publications 705+

This scientist: 254 publications — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Elizabeth A. Kensinger 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 Elizabeth A. Kensinger sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 76 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Elizabeth A. Kensinger is affiliated with Boston College in the United States, with a research focus spanning neuroscience and psychology. Their work is particularly concentrated in cognitive neuroscience and experimental and cognitive psychology, with subfields also including developmental and educational psychology, social psychology, and neuropsychology and physiological psychology.

Research topics regularly addressed by Kensinger include memory processes and influences, memory and neural mechanisms, and aspects of identity, memory, and therapy. They also investigate sleep and related disorders alongside sleep and wakefulness research. Additionally, Kensinger contributes to aging and gerontology research as well as studies on neural and behavioral psychology.

Kensinger has authored multiple recent papers, including:

The power of negative and positive episodic memories (2022), published in Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience
With age comes well-being: older age associated with lower stress, negative affect, and depression throughout the COVID-19 pandemic (2021), published in Aging & Mental Health
Comparing the Impact of COVID-19-Related Social Distancing on Mood and Psychiatric Indicators in Sexual and Gender Minority (SGM) and Non-SGM Individuals (2020), published in Frontiers in Psychiatry
Consciousness as a Memory System (2022), published in Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology
The Human Affectome (2023), published in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Kensinger include Tony J. Cunningham, Ryan T. Daley, Eric C. Fields, Jessica D. Payne, and Jaclyn H. Ford.

Kensinger's publications are often found in several key venues, among them:

SLEEP
Cognition & Emotion
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Neuropsychologia
Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience

Best Publications

Memory enhancement for emotional words: Are emotional words more vividly remembered than neutral words?

Elizabeth A. Kensinger;Suzanne Corkin

1260
Citations
Two routes to emotional memory: Distinct neural processes for valence and arousal

Elizabeth A. Kensinger;Suzanne Corkin

1135
Citations
Remembering the Details: Effects of Emotion:

Elizabeth A. Kensinger

1060
Citations
Remembering Emotional Experiences: The Contribution of Valence and Arousal

Elizabeth A Kensinger

733
Citations
Emotion and autobiographical memory

Alisha C. Holland;Elizabeth A. Kensinger

640
Citations
Sleep Preferentially Enhances Memory for Emotional Components of Scenes

Jessica D. Payne;Robert Stickgold;Kelley Swanberg;Elizabeth A. Kensinger

588
Citations
Negative Emotion Enhances Memory Accuracy Behavioral and Neuroimaging Evidence

Elizabeth A. Kensinger

587
Citations
Processing emotional pictures and words: Effects of valence and arousal.

Elizabeth A. Kensinger;Daniel L. Schacter

583
Citations
Effects of normal aging and Alzheimer's disease on emotional memory.

Elizabeth A. Kensinger;Barbara Brierley;Nick Medford;John H. Growdon

492
Citations
Amygdala activity is associated with the successful encoding of item, but not source, information for positive and negative stimuli.

Elizabeth A. Kensinger;Daniel L. Schacter

472
Citations
Effect of negative emotional content on working memory and long-term memory.

Elizabeth A. Kensinger;Suzanne Corkin

466
Citations
Effects of Emotion on Memory Specificity: Memory Trade-Offs Elicited by Negative Visually Arousing Stimuli.

Elizabeth A. Kensinger;Rachel J. Garoff-Eaton;Daniel L. Schacter

431
Citations
Memory for Specific Visual Details can be Enhanced by Negative Arousing Content.

Elizabeth A. Kensinger;Rachel J. Garoff-Eaton;Daniel L. Schacter

336
Citations
Context Is Routinely Encoded During Emotion Perception

Lisa Feldman Barrett;Elizabeth A. Kensinger;Elizabeth A. Kensinger

333
Citations
Memory and emotion

E.A. Kensinger;D.L. Schacter;M. Lewis;J.M. Haviland Jones

289
Citations
Neural processes supporting young and older adults' emotional memories

Elizabeth A. Kensinger;Daniel L. Schacter

277
Citations
NEVER forget: negative emotional valence enhances recapitulation.

Holly J. Bowen;Sarah M. Kark;Elizabeth A. Kensinger

266
Citations
WHEN TRUE MEMORIES SUPPRESS FALSE MEMORIES: EFFECTS OF AGEING

Elizabeth A. Kensinger;Daniel L. Schacter

258
Citations
Age Differences in Memory for Arousing and Nonarousing Emotional Words

Elizabeth A. Kensinger

256
Citations
Sleep’s Role in the Consolidation of Emotional Episodic Memories:

Jessica D. Payne;Elizabeth A. Kensinger

255
Citations
Aging, self-referencing, and medial prefrontal cortex.

Angela H. Gutchess;Elizabeth A. Kensinger;Daniel L. Schacter

250
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jessica D. Payne University of Notre Dame

Daniel L. Schacter Harvard University

Suzanne Corkin MIT

Angela H. Gutchess Brandeis University

Christopher R. Madan University of Nottingham

Donna Rose Addis University of Toronto

Andrew E. Budson Boston University

Scott D. Slotnick Boston College

Suparna Rajaram Stony Brook University

Lisa Feldman Barrett Northeastern University

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