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Overview

Emily B. Falk is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas primarily within psychology and neuroscience, with a distinct focus on cognitive and social psychological processes.

The main fields of study for Falk include:

  • Psychology
  • Neuroscience

Their work further delves into several subfields, notably:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Social Psychology
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Applied Psychology

Key research topics covered include:

  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Media Influence and Health
  • Cultural Differences and Values
  • Misinformation and Its Impacts

Falk has contributed papers on the following subjects:

  • "Gendered citation practices in the field of communication," 2021, Annals of the International Communication Association
  • "Functional brain network architecture supporting the learning of social networks in humans," 2020, NeuroImage
  • "Purpose in Life, Loneliness, and Protective Health Behaviors During the COVID-19 Pandemic," 2021, The Gerontologist
  • "Social-Cognitive and Affective Antecedents of Code Switching and the Consequences of Linguistic Racism for Black People and People of Color," 2021, Affective Science
  • "Neural processes during adolescent risky decision making are associated with conformity to peer influence," 2020, Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Falk include:

  • Yoona Kang
  • David M. Lydon-Staley
  • Danielle Cosme
  • Matthew Brook O'Donnell
  • Nicole Cooper

Falk's publications often appear in these venues:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Scientific Reports
  • Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience
  • Cerebral Cortex
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Best Publications

  • Sharing the small moments: Ephemeral social interaction on Snapchat.

    Joseph B. Bayer;Nicole B. Ellison;Sarita Y. Schoenebeck;Emily B. Falk

  • Predicting Persuasion-Induced Behavior Change from the Brain

    Emily B. Falk;Elliot T. Berkman;Traci L Mann;Brittany Harrison

  • From Neural Responses to Population Behavior Neural Focus Group Predicts Population-Level Media Effects

    Emily B. Falk;Elliot T. Berkman;Matthew D. Lieberman

  • Impulsivity and inhibitory control deficits are associated with unhealthy eating in young adults

    Agnes J. Jasinska;Marie Yasuda;Charles F. Burant;Nicolette Gregor

  • Neural Activity During Health Messaging Predicts Reductions in Smoking Above and Beyond Self-Report

    Emily B. Falk;Elliot T. Berkman;Danielle Whalen;Matthew D. Lieberman

  • Beyond Brain Mapping Using Neural Measures to Predict Real-World Outcomes

    Elliot T. Berkman;Emily B. Falk

  • Social status modulates neural activity in the mentalizing network.

    Keely A. Muscatell;Sylvia A. Morelli;Emily B. Falk;Baldwin M. Way

  • What is a representative brain? Neuroscience meets population science.

    Emily B. Falk;Luke W. Hyde;Colter Mitchell;Jessica Faul

  • In the Trenches of Real-World Self-Control Neural Correlates of Breaking the Link Between Craving and Smoking

    Elliot T. Berkman;Emily B. Falk;Matthew D. Lieberman

  • Self-affirmation alters the brain's response to health messages and subsequent behavior change.

    Emily B. Falk;Matthew Brook O’Donnell;Christopher N. Cascio;Francis Tinney

  • Persuasion, Influence, and Value: Perspectives from Communication and Social Neuroscience

    Emily Falk;Christin Scholz

  • Functional brain imaging predicts public health campaign success

    Emily B. Falk;Emily B. Falk;Matthew Brook O'Donnell;Steven Tompson;Richard Gonzalez

  • Brain connectivity dynamics during social interaction reflect social network structure.

    Ralf Schmälzle;Ralf Schmälzle;Matthew Brook O'Donnell;Javier O Garcia;Christopher N Cascio

  • A neural model of valuation and information virality.

    Christin Scholz;Elisa C. Baek;Matthew Brook O’Donnell;Hyun Suk Kim

  • The Influence of Peer Behavior as a Function of Social and Cultural Closeness: A Meta-Analysis of Normative Influence on Adolescent Smoking Initiation and Continuation

    Jiaying Liu;Siman Zhao;Xi Chen;Emily B Falk

  • Dissociable Neural Systems Support Retrieval of How and Why Action Knowledge

    Robert P. Spunt;Emily B. Falk;Matthew D. Lieberman

  • Creating Buzz The Neural Correlates of Effective Message Propagation

    Emily B. Falk;Emily B. Falk;Sylvia A. Morelli;B. Locke Welborn;Karl Dambacher

  • Brain and Social Networks: Fundamental Building Blocks of Human Experience.

    Emily B. Falk;Danielle S. Bassett

  • Narcissists’ social pain seen only in the brain

    Christopher N. Cascio;Sara H. Konrath;Emily B. Falk

  • Neural Correlates of Susceptibility to Group Opinions in Online Word-of-Mouth Recommendations:

    Christopher N. Cascio;Matthew Brook O'Donnell;Joseph Bayer;Francis J. Tinney

  • Neural Responses to Exclusion Predict Susceptibility to Social Influence

    Emily B. Falk;Christopher N. Cascio;Matthew Brook O'Donnell;Joshua Carp

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthew D. Lieberman
Matthew D. Lieberman University of California, Los Angeles
Elliot T. Berkman
Elliot T. Berkman University of Oregon
Shelley E. Taylor
Shelley E. Taylor University of California, Los Angeles
Richard Gonzalez
Richard Gonzalez University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Luke W. Hyde
Luke W. Hyde University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Dolores Albarracín
Dolores Albarracín University of Pennsylvania
Baldwin M. Way
Baldwin M. Way The Ohio State University
Pamela E. Davis-Kean
Pamela E. Davis-Kean University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Daniel P. Keating
Daniel P. Keating University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Clark McCauley
Clark McCauley Bryn Mawr College

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