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Erik Z. Woody is affiliated with the University of Waterloo in Canada and has contributed to multiple areas within neuroscience and psychology. Their research spans subfields including cognitive neuroscience, general psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, applied psychology, and social psychology.

The scientist's recent papers cover a range of topics related to hypnosis, interpersonal interactions, and self-talk. These publications include:

  • "A componential approach to individual differences in hypnotizability," 2021, Psychology of Consciousness Theory Research and Practice
  • "Multicomponent Theories of Hypnotizability: History and Prospects," 2021, International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis
  • "The interpersonal nature of self-talk: Variations across individuals and occasions," 2022, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
  • "Interpersonal aspects of hypnosis: Twisted pears and other forbidden fruit," 2020, Psychology of Consciousness Theory Research and Practice
  • "Interpersonal Transaction Scales-8," 2020, PsycTESTS Dataset

Erik Z. Woody collaborates frequently with several researchers, most notably Pamela Sadler, with whom they have co-authored multiple papers. Other frequent collaborators include Amanda J. Barnier, Devin B. Terhune, Vince Polito, and Jean Paul Lefebvre.

Their work has appeared in a variety of publication venues, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of their research. Frequent venues include:

  • Psychology of Consciousness Theory Research and Practice
  • International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis
  • Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
  • PsycTESTS Dataset

Main areas of study are firmly rooted in neuroscience and psychology, with significant emphasis on cognitive neuroscience. Other subfields, such as applied and social psychology, also feature in their research portfolio.

Woody's main research topics encompass:

  • Pain Management and Placebo Effect
  • Mind wandering and attention
  • Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics

Throughout their career, their work touches on both fundamental and applied psychological topics, particularly focusing on individual differences in cognitive and social phenomena such as hypnotizability and interpersonal communication within the scope of psychological science.

Best Publications

  • Domain-Specific Parenting Styles and Their Impact on the Child's Development of Particular Deviance: The Example of Obesity Proneness

    Philip R Costanzo;Erik Z. Woody

  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder as a Disturbance of Security Motivation.

    Henry Szechtman;Erik Woody

  • Aggressive versus Withdrawn Unpopular Children: Variations in Peer and Self-Perceptions in Multiple Domains

    Shelley Hymel;Anne Bowker;Erik Woody

  • A psychometric evaluation of the Highly Sensitive Person Scale: The components of sensory-processing sensitivity and their relation to the BIS/BAS and “Big Five”

    Kathy A. Smolewska;Scott B. McCabe;Erik Z. Woody

  • Where the imaginal appears real: A positron emission tomography study of auditory hallucinations

    Henry Szechtman;Erik Woody;Kenneth S. Bowers;Claude Nahmias

  • A frontal assault on dissociated control.

    Erik Z. Woody;Kenneth S. Bowers

  • Is who you are who you're talking to? Interpersonal style and complementarity in mixed-sex interactions.

    Pamela Sadler;Erik Woody

  • The longitudinal association of relationship satisfaction and sexual satisfaction in long-term relationships.

    Erin E Fallis;Uzma S Rehman;Erik Z Woody;Christine Purdon

  • Are we on the same wavelength? Interpersonal complementarity as shared cyclical patterns during interactions.

    Pamela Sadler;Nicole Ethier;Gregory R. Gunn;David Duong

  • Psychoticism and thinking

    Erik Woody;Gordon Claridge

  • Adaptation to potential threat: the evolution, neurobiology, and psychopathology of the security motivation system.

    Erik Z. Woody;Henry Szechtman

  • Multiple hypnotizabilities: differentiating the building blocks of hypnotic response.

    Erik Z. Woody;Amanda J. Barnier;Kevin M. McConkey

  • The effects of taste and caloric perceptions on the eating behavior of restrained and unrestrained subjects

    Erik Z. Woody;Philip R. Costanzo;Heidi Liefer;Judith Conger

  • Developing the Sense of Agency Rating Scale (SOARS): an empirical measure of agency disruption in hypnosis.

    Vince Polito;Amanda J. Barnier;Erik Z. Woody

  • Expect the unexpected: ability, attitude, and responsiveness to hypnosis.

    Grant Benham;Erik Z. Woody;K. Shannon Wilson;Michael R. Nash

  • Interpersonal interactions on online forums addressing eating concerns.

    Danielle C. Ransom;Jennifer G. La Guardia;Erik Z. Woody;Jennifer L. Boyd

  • An SEM Perspective on Evaluating Mediation: What Every Clinical Researcher Needs to Know:

    Erik Woody

  • Hypnosis scales for the twenty-first century: What do we need and how should we use them?

    Erik Z. Woody;Amanda J. Barnier

  • Dissociation theories of hypnosis

    Erik Z. Woody;Pamela Sadler

  • Momentary assessment of interpersonal process in psychotherapy.

    Katherine M. Thomas;Christopher J. Hopwood;Erik Woody;Nicole Ethier

  • When too much is not enough: obsessive-compulsive disorder as a pathology of stopping, rather than starting.

    Andrea L. Hinds;Erik Z. Woody;Michael Van Ameringen;Louis A. Schmidt

Frequent Co-Authors

Amanda J. Barnier
Amanda J. Barnier Macquarie University
Michael Van Ameringen
Michael Van Ameringen McMaster University
Louis A. Schmidt
Louis A. Schmidt McMaster University
Philip R. Costanzo
Philip R. Costanzo Duke University
Steven Jay Lynn
Steven Jay Lynn Binghamton University
Devin Blair Terhune
Devin Blair Terhune Goldsmiths University of London
Hildy S. Ross
Hildy S. Ross University of Waterloo
Pascal Boyer
Pascal Boyer Washington University in St. Louis
William F. Chaplin
William F. Chaplin St. John's University
Karina W. Davidson
Karina W. Davidson Feinstein Institute for Medical Research

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