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Jason P. Mitchell

Jason P. Mitchell

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Psychology

D-Index
53
Citations
16023
World Ranking
4728
National Ranking
2625

Overview

Jason P. Mitchell is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience, Social Sciences, and Psychology, with a specific focus on Cognitive Neuroscience, Sociology and Political Science, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Social Psychology.

Their work covers several main research topics, including:

  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
  • Face Recognition and Perception
  • Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism

Mitchell has authored multiple papers published in a range of academic journals and venues. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Confirmation of interpersonal expectations is intrinsically rewarding" (2021), Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience
  • "Human Face-Selective Cortex Does Not Distinguish between Members of a Racial Outgroup" (2020), eNeuro
  • "Simulation: A strategy for mindreading similar but not dissimilar others?" (2020), Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
  • "Confirmation of interpersonal expectations is intrinsically rewarding" (2020), bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Frontotemporal contributions to social and non-social semantic judgements" (2023), Journal of Neuropsychology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Mitchell include:

  • Niv Reggev
  • Anoushka Chowdhary
  • Kirstan Brodie
  • Mina Cikara
  • Brandon Matthew Woo

Mitchell's research has been disseminated through a variety of publication venues, reflecting their interdisciplinary approach. These venues include:

  • Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience
  • eNeuro
  • Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Neuropsychology

Best Publications

  • Dissociable Medial Prefrontal Contributions to Judgments of Similar and Dissimilar Others

    Jason P. Mitchell;C. Neil Macrae;Mahzarin R. Banaji

  • Multiple routes to memory: Distinct medial temporal lobe processes build item and source memories

    Lila Davachi;Jason P. Mitchell;Anthony D. Wagner;Anthony D. Wagner

  • The Link between Social Cognition and Self-referential Thought in the Medial Prefrontal Cortex

    Jason P. Mitchell;Mahzarin R. Banaji;C. Neil MacRae

  • Disclosing information about the self is intrinsically rewarding

    Diana I. Tamir;Jason P. Mitchell

  • Activity in Right Temporo-Parietal Junction is Not Selective for Theory-of-Mind

    Jason P. Mitchell

  • Contextual variations in implicit evaluation.

    Jason P. Mitchell;Brian A. Nosek;Mahzarin R. Banaji

  • Distinct neural systems subserve person and object knowledge

    Jason P. Mitchell;Todd F. Heatherton;C. Neil Macrae

  • Inferences about mental states.

    Jason P. Mitchell

  • Social Influence Modulates the Neural Computation of Value

    Jamil Zaki;Jessica Schirmer;Jason P. Mitchell

  • Toward open sharing of task-based fMRI data: the OpenfMRI project

    Russell A. Poldrack;M Deanna;Jason P. Mitchell;Tor D. Wager

  • The Seven Sins of Memory

    Daniel L. Schacter;Joan Y. Chiao;Jason P. Mitchell

  • Encoding-Specific Effects of Social Cognition on the Neural Correlates of Subsequent Memory

    Jason Paul Mitchell;C. Neil Macrae;Mahzarin R. Banaji

  • Repetition suppression of ventromedial prefrontal activity during judgments of self and others.

    Adrianna C. Jenkins;C. Neil Macrae;Jason P. Mitchell

  • Intuitive Prosociality

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  • Forming impressions of people versus inanimate objects: social-cognitive processing in the medial prefrontal cortex.

    Jason P. Mitchell;T C. Neil Macrae;T C. Neil Macrae;Mahzarin R. Banaji

  • General and specific contributions of the medial prefrontal cortex to knowledge about mental states.

    Jason P. Mitchell;Jason P. Mitchell;Mahzarin R. Banaji;C. Neil Macrae;C. Neil Macrae

  • Reading fiction and reading minds: the role of simulation in the default network

    Diana I. Tamir;Andrew B. Bricker;David Dodell-Feder;Jason P. Mitchell

  • A neural mechanism of first impressions

    Daniela Schiller;Daniela Schiller;Jonathan B Freeman;Jonathan B Freeman;Jason P Mitchell;James S Uleman

  • Deflecting negative self-relevant stereotype activation: The effects of individuation ☆

    Nalini Ambady;Sue K Paik;Jennifer Steele;Ashli Owen-Smith

  • Social-cognitive deficits in normal aging

    Joseph M. Moran;Eshin Jolly;Jason P. Mitchell

  • Social psychology as a natural kind

    Jason P. Mitchell

Frequent Co-Authors

C. Neil Macrae
C. Neil Macrae University of Aberdeen
Mahzarin R. Banaji
Mahzarin R. Banaji Harvard University
Daniel L. Schacter
Daniel L. Schacter Harvard University
Jamil Zaki
Jamil Zaki Stanford University
Alfonso Caramazza
Alfonso Caramazza Harvard University
Adam Waytz
Adam Waytz Northwestern University
Mina Cikara
Mina Cikara Harvard University
Alan B. Milne
Alan B. Milne University of Aberdeen
Janet Metcalfe
Janet Metcalfe Columbia University
Daniela Schiller
Daniela Schiller Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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