2026 Harriet Over: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	35	9862	9232	974	931	101	5198

Overview

Harriet Over is affiliated with the University of York in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple domains within neuroscience, psychology, and social sciences, with a focus on cognitive neuroscience and social psychology among other subfields.

They have contributed extensively to the study of moral and emotional judgment, evolutionary psychology, face recognition and perception, as well as social and intergroup psychology. Additional areas of interest include cultural differences and values, child and animal learning development, and neural and behavioral psychology studies.

Harriet Over's recent published papers include:

Seven Challenges for the Dehumanization Hypothesis, 2020, Perspectives on Psychological Science
The Social Function of Imitation in Development, 2020, Annual Review of Developmental Psychology
Falsifying the Dehumanization Hypothesis, 2020, Perspectives on Psychological Science

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

Richard Cook
Steven P. Tipper
Adam Eggleston
Florence E. Enock
Jonathan C. Flavell

Their work appears regularly in several academic journals, most notably:

PLoS ONE
Royal Society Open Science
Cognition
Scientific Reports
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

In terms of their disciplinary focus, Harriet Over has significantly contributed to projects and studies under the following main fields of study:

Neuroscience
Psychology
Social Sciences

The subfields of their scholarly pursuits cover:

Cognitive Neuroscience
Sociology and Political Science
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Social Psychology
Developmental and Educational Psychology

Harriet Over's contributions to main research topics include:

Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
Face Recognition and Perception
Social and Intergroup Psychology
Cultural Differences and Values
Child and Animal Learning Development
Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies

Best Publications

Putting the social into social learning: explaining both selectivity and fidelity in children's copying behavior

Harriet Over;Malinda Carpenter

441
Citations
Eighteen-Month-Old Infants Show Increased Helping Following Priming with Affiliation

Harriet Over;Malinda Carpenter

374
Citations
Priming third-party ostracism increases affiliative imitation in children.

Harriet Over;Malinda Carpenter

364
Citations
Young children care more about their reputation with ingroup members and potential reciprocators.

Jan M. Engelmann;Harriet Over;Esther Herrmann;Michael Tomasello

362
Citations
The social side of imitation

Harriet Over;Malinda Carpenter

256
Citations
Adolescents and loot boxes: links with problem gambling and motivations for purchase

David Isaac Zendle;Rachel Meyer;Harriet Over

248
Citations
The origins of belonging: social motivation in infants and young children.

Harriet Over

223
Citations
Young Children Are More Likely to Spontaneously Attribute Mental States to Members of Their Own Group.

Niamh Caitriona McLoughlin;Harriet Over

141
Citations
Eighteen-month-olds understand false beliefs in an unexpected-contents task.

David Buttelmann;Harriet Over;Malinda Carpenter;Michael Tomasello

136
Citations
The effects of collaboration and minimal-group membership on children's prosocial behavior, liking, affiliation, and trust.

Maria Plötner;Harriet Over;Malinda Carpenter;Michael Tomasello

129
Citations
I won't tell: Young children show loyalty to their group by keeping group secrets

Antonia Misch;Harriet Over;Malinda Carpenter

129
Citations
Bound together: Social binding leads to faster processing, spatial distortion, and enhanced memory of interacting partners

Tim Vestner;Steven Paul Tipper;Tom Hartley;Harriet Over

113
Citations
The influence of group membership on young children's prosocial behaviour.

Harriet Over

111
Citations
Like Me: A Homophily-Based Account of Human Culture

Daniel Haun;Harriet Over

110
Citations
Children draw more affiliative pictures following priming with third-party ostracism

Ruiting Song;Harriet Over;Malinda Carpenter

103
Citations
Stick with your group: Young children's attitudes about group loyalty

Antonia Misch;Harriet Over;Malinda Carpenter

101
Citations
Seven Challenges for the Dehumanization Hypothesis.

Harriet Over

94
Citations
Children infer affiliative and status relations from watching others imitate

Harriet Over;Malinda Carpenter

88
Citations
Where do spontaneous first impressions of faces come from

Harriet Over;Richard Cook

82
Citations
Culture moderates children's responses to ostracism situations.

Harriet Over;Ayse K. Uskul

78
Citations
Responses to social exclusion in cultural context: Evidence from farming and herding communities

Ayse K. Uskul;Harriet Over

77
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Malinda Carpenter University of St Andrews

Steven P. Tipper University of York

Michael Tomasello Duke University

Ayse K. Uskul University of Sussex

Daniel B. M. Haun Max Planck Society

Michael J. Crowley Yale University

Peter Fonagy University College London

Yarrow Dunham Yale University

Emily S. Cross University of Glasgow

Russell Spears University of Groningen

External Links

Personal website of Harriet Over

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