2026 Eric R. Igou: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	36	9551	8933	31	30	145	5151

Overview

Eric R. Igou is affiliated with the University of Limerick in Ireland and focuses extensively on psychology, with a particular emphasis on social psychology, cognitive neuroscience, sociology and political science, applied psychology, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

Their research explores a range of topics, including:

Cultural Differences and Values
Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
Social and Intergroup Psychology
Mind wandering and attention
Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
Media Influence and Health
Social and Cultural Dynamics

Recent publications highlight their contributions to various aspects of social and cognitive psychology. Notable papers include:

"Attention Drifting In and Out: The Boredom Feedback Model," 2021, Personality and Social Psychology Review
"Personal Life Satisfaction as a Measure of Societal Happiness is an Individualistic Presumption: Evidence from Fifty Countries," 2020, Journal of Happiness Studies
"Subjective status and perceived legitimacy across countries," 2020, European Journal of Social Psychology
"A creative destruction approach to replication: Implicit work and sex morality across cultures," 2020, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
"Existential escape of the bored: A review of meaning-regulation processes under boredom," 2020, European Review of Social Psychology

Eric R. Igou publishes frequently in several academic journals. The main venues include:

Journal of Happiness Studies
Personality and Individual Differences
European Journal of Social Psychology
Motivation and Emotion
International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Collaboration is a significant aspect of Igou's academic work, with frequent co-authors including:

Wijnand A. P. van Tilburg
Cláudio Torres
Ragna B. Garðarsdóttir
Vladimer Lado Gamsakhurdia
Mladen Adamovic

The scope of Igou's scholarship reflects an integration of psychological theories and empirical findings across multiple subfields and topics, addressing issues from attention dynamics and boredom to morality and cultural variations in social attitudes.

Best Publications

On boredom: Lack of challenge and meaning as distinct boredom experiences

Wijnand A.P. van Tilburg;Eric Raymond Igou

562
Citations
Eaten up by boredom: consuming food to escape awareness of the bored self

Andrew B. Moynihan;Wijnand A.P. van Tilburg;Eric Raymond Igou;Arnaud Wisman

402
Citations
In search of meaningfulness: Nostalgia as an antidote to boredom.

Wijnand A. P. van Tilburg;Eric R. Igou;Constantine Sedikides

347
Citations
Zeroing in on heroes: A prototype analysis of hero features

Elaine Louise Kinsella;Timothy D. Ritchie;Eric Raymond Igou

312
Citations
On Boredom and Social Identity: A Pragmatic Meaning-Regulation Approach

Wijnand A.P. van Tilburg;Eric Raymond Igou

282
Citations
Boredom begs to differ: Differentiation from other negative emotions.

Wijnand A.P. van Tilburg;Eric Raymond Igou

230
Citations
Lay perspectives on the social and psychological functions of heroes

Elaine Louise Kinsella;Timothy D. Ritchie;Eric Raymond Igou

214
Citations
Metacognition and action: a new pathway to understanding social and cognitive aspects of expertise in sport

Tadhg E. MacIntyre;Eric Raymond Igou;Mark J. Campbell;Aidan P. Moran

143
Citations
Can boredom help? Increased prosocial intentions in response to boredom

Wijnand A.P. van Tilburg;Eric Raymond Igou

133
Citations
On undesirable consequences of thinking: framing effects as a function of substantive processing

Eric R. Igou;Herbert Bless

104
Citations
Situational meaninglessness and state boredom: cross-sectional and experience-sampling findings

Christian S. Chan;Wijnand A.P. van Tilburg;Eric Raymond Igou;Cyanea Y. S. Poon

99
Citations
Next to a Star: Paling, Shining, or Both? Turning Interexemplar Contrast into Interexemplar Assimilation

Michaela Wänke;Herbert Bless;Eric R. Igou

92
Citations
Attention Drifting In and Out: The Boredom Feedback Model:

Katy Y. Y. Tam;Katy Y. Y. Tam;Wijnand A.P. van Tilburg;Christian S. Chan;Eric Raymond Igou

92
Citations
On the meaningfulness of behavior: An expectancy x value approach

Wijnand A.P. van Tilburg;Wijnand A.P. van Tilburg;Eric Raymond Igou;Eric Raymond Igou

90
Citations
Risk-taking increases under boredom

Ayşenur Kılıç;Wijnand A.P. van Tilburg;Eric R. Igou

84
Citations
Reducing Context Effects by Adding Context Information: The Direction and Size of Context Effects in Political Judgment

Herbert Bless;Eric R. Igou;Norbert Schwarz;Michaela Wänke

76
Citations
Lay theories in affective forecasting: The progression of affect

Eric R Igou

73
Citations
Going to political extremes in response to boredom

Wijnand A.P. van Tilburg;Eric Raymond Igou

71
Citations
"How long will I suffer?" versus "How long will you suffer?" A self-other effect in affective forecasting.

Eric R. Igou

70
Citations
Boredom Increases Impulsiveness: A Meaning-Regulation Perspective

Andrew B. Moynihan;Eric Raymond Igou;Wijnand A.P. van Tilburg

65
Citations
Mood and the use of general knowledge structures in judgment and decision making.

Herbert Bless;Eric R. Igou

8
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Wijnand A.P. van Tilburg University of Essex

Herbert Bless University of Mannheim

Michaela Wänke University of Mannheim

Aidan Moran University College Dublin

Aymeric Guillot Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

Christian Collet Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

Norbert Schwarz University of Southern California

Alain Van Hiel Ghent University

Michael Bond Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Muhammad Rizwan Government College University, Faisalabad

External Links

Personal website of Eric R. Igou

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