2026 Eric Hehman: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	35	9875	9243	684	641	78	5072

Overview

Eric Hehman is affiliated with McGill University in Canada. Their research primarily spans the fields of Psychology and Social Sciences, with significant contributions also in subfields such as Sociology and Political Science, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Psychology, and Applied Psychology.

Their work covers multiple main topics, including Social and Intergroup Psychology, Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior, Cultural Differences and Values, Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment, Behavioral Health and Interventions, Face Recognition and Perception, and Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification.

Eric Hehman has published numerous papers in respected venues. Frequent publication outlets include Social Psychological and Personality Science, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Social Cognition, Nature Human Behaviour, and Behavior Research Methods.

Among their recent papers are the following:

To which world regions does the valence-dominance model of social perception apply?, 2021, Nature Human Behaviour
Best research practices for using the Implicit Association Test, 2021, Behavior Research Methods
Trait knowledge forms a common structure across social cognition, 2020, Nature Human Behaviour
Facial Impressions Are Predicted by the Structure of Group Stereotypes, 2021, Psychological Science
Dress is a Fundamental Component of Person Perception, 2023, Personality and Social Psychology Review

Eric Hehman has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

Sally Y Xie
Neil Hester
Ryan M. Stolier
Jonathan B. Freeman
Eugene K. Ofosu

Best Publications

Construct Validation in Social and Personality Research: Current Practice and Recommendations

Jessica K. Flake;Jolynn Pek;Eric Hehman

717
Citations
Advanced mouse-tracking analytic techniques for enhancing psychological science

Eric Hehman;Ryan M. Stolier;Jonathan B. Freeman

272
Citations
Disproportionate use of lethal force in policing is associated with regional racial biases of residents

Eric Hehman;Jessica K. Flake;Jimmy Calanchini

272
Citations
Same-sex marriage legalization associated with reduced implicit and explicit antigay bias

Eugene K. Ofosu;Michelle K. Chambers;Jacqueline M. Chen;Eric Hehman

261
Citations
The unique contributions of perceiver and target characteristics in person perception.

Eric Hehman;Clare A M Sutherland;Jessica K Flake;Michael L Slepian

255
Citations
To which world regions does the valence–dominance model of social perception apply?

Benedict C. Jones;Lisa M. DeBruine;Jessica K. Flake;Marco Tullio Liuzza

217
Citations
Best research practices for using the Implicit Association Test

Anthony G Greenwald;Miguel Brendl;Huajian Cai;Dario Cvencek

165
Citations
Where the division lies: Common ingroup identity moderates the cross-race facial-recognition effect

Eric Hehman;Eric W. Mania;Samuel L. Gaertner

164
Citations
Blacks’ Death Rate Due to Circulatory Diseases Is Positively Related to Whites’ Explicit Racial Bias: A Nationwide Investigation Using Project Implicit

Jordan B. Leitner;Eric Hehman;Ozlem Ayduk;Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton

159
Citations
Establishing construct validity evidence for regional measures of explicit and implicit racial bias.

Eric Hehman;Jimmy Calanchini;Jessica K Flake;Jordan B Leitner

152
Citations
Amygdala Responsivity to High-Level Social Information from Unseen Faces

Jonathan B. Freeman;Jonathan B. Freeman;Ryan M. Stolier;Zachary A. Ingbretsen;Eric A. Hehman

141
Citations
The conceptual structure of face impressions

Ryan M. Stolier;Eric Hehman;Matthias D. Keller;Mirella Walker

121
Citations
Static and Dynamic Facial Cues Differentially Affect the Consistency of Social Evaluations

Eric Hehman;Jessica K. Flake;Jonathan B. Freeman

119
Citations
Enhancing static facial features increases intimidation

Eric Hehman;Jordan B. Leitner;Samuel L. Gaertner

109
Citations
Racial bias is associated with ingroup death rate for Blacks and Whites: Insights from Project Implicit.

Jordan B. Leitner;Eric Hehman;Ozlem Ayduk;Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton

106
Citations
Group Status Drives Majority and Minority Integration Preferences

Eric Hehman;Samuel L. Gaertner;John F. Dovidio;Eric W. Mania

104
Citations
Early Processing of Gendered Facial Cues Predicts the Electoral Success of Female Politicians

Eric Hehman;Colleen M. Carpinella;Kerri L. Johnson;Jordan B. Leitner

103
Citations
A common ingroup identity: Categorization, identity, and intergroup relations.

Samuel L. Gaertner;John F. Dovidio;Rita Guerra;Eric Hehman

101
Citations
Perceiver and target characteristics contribute to impression formation differently across race and gender.

Sally Y. Xie;Jessica K. Flake;Eric Hehman

89
Citations
The neural basis of stereotypic impact on multiple social categorization

Eric Hehman;Eric Hehman;Zachary A. Ingbretsen;Jonathan B. Freeman;Jonathan B. Freeman

80
Citations
Trait knowledge forms a common structure across social cognition.

Ryan M. Stolier;Eric Hehman;Jonathan B. Freeman;Jonathan B. Freeman

76
Citations
Facial Structure Is Indicative of Explicit Support for Prejudicial Beliefs

Eric Hehman;Jordan B. Leitner;Matthew P. Deegan;Samuel L. Gaertner

71
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Samuel L. Gaertner University of Delaware

John F. Dovidio Yale University

Benedict C. Jones University of Strathclyde

Anthony G. Greenwald University of Washington

Malte Friese Saarland University

Kerri L. Johnson University of California, Los Angeles

Reinout W. Wiers University of Amsterdam

Wilhelm Hofmann Ruhr University Bochum

Huajian Cai University of Oklahoma

Nicholas O. Rule University of Toronto

External Links

Personal website of Eric Hehman

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