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D-Index
57
Citations
10695
World Ranking
11170
National Ranking
633

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1982 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science
  • 1974 - Corday–Morgan Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
  • 1971 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Laurance D. Hall was affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom and contributed extensively to the fields of neuroscience and psychology throughout their career.

Their research primarily focused on several interconnected areas, including cognitive neuroscience, social psychology, and applied psychology. Specific subfields of study included cognitive neuroscience, sociology and political science, social psychology, civil and structural engineering, and applied psychology.

Main topics of their work covered a range of psychological and behavioral issues:

  • Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Free Will and Agency
  • Action Observation and Synchronization
  • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations

Laurance D. Hall published their research in several notable journals and venues, with frequent publications including:

  • Consciousness and Cognition
  • Scientific Reports
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • PLoS ONE
  • Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance

Selected recent papers provide insight into the breadth of topics explored:

  • "Depolarizing American voters: Democrats and Republicans are equally susceptible to false attitude feedback" (2020) in PLoS ONE
  • "Speaking with an alien voice: Flexible sense of agency during vocal production." (2021) in Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance
  • "Psychosocial and Biological Outcomes of Immersive, Mindfulness-Based Treks in Nature for Groups of Young Adults and Caregivers Affected by Cancer: Results from a Single Arm Program Evaluation from 2016-2021" (2021) in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • "Asking about Social Circles Improves Election Predictions Even with Many Political Parties" (2022) in International Journal of Public Opinion Research
  • "How false feedback influences decision-makers' risk preferences" (2022) in Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

Throughout their career, Hall collaborated frequently with several researchers. Among the most notable were Petter Johansson, Thomas Strandberg, Jean-Julien Aucouturier, Matthias K. Franken, and Robert J. Hartsuiker.

Recognition for Hall's contributions included prestigious honors such as:

  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (1982), cited by the Academy of Science
  • Corday-Morgan Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) (1974)
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (1971)

Best Publications

  • Some chemical and analytical aspects of polysaccharide modifications. III. Formation of branched-chain, soluble chitosan derivatives

    Mansur Yalpani;Laurance D. Hall

  • Complete analysis of proton NMR spectra of complex natural products using a combination of one- and two-dimensional techniques. 1-Dehydrotestosterone

    Laurance D. Hall;Jeremy K. M. Sanders

  • A comparative study of acquisition schemes for diffusion tensor imaging using MRI.

    Nikolaos G. Papadakis;Da Xing;Christopher L.-H. Huang;Laurance D. Hall

  • A study of rotationally invariant and symmetric indices of diffusion anisotropy

    Nikolaos G Papadakis;Da Xing;Gavin C Houston;Justin M Smith

  • Optimised diffusion-weighting for measurement of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) in human brain.

    Da Xing;Nikolaos G. Papadakis;Christopher L.-H. Huang;Vee Meng Lee

  • Combination of NMR and MRI quantitation of moisture and structure changes for convection cooking of fresh chicken meat

    Sharifudin Md. Shaarani;Kevin P. Nott;Laurance D. Hall

  • Capillary water migration in rock: process and material properties examined by NMR imaging

    T A Carpenter;E S Davies;C Hall;L D Hall

  • Partially restricted diffusion in a permeable sandstone: observations by stimulated echo PFG NMR.

    E.J Fordham;S.J Gibbs;L.D Hall

  • Fluorinated carbohydrates : Part III. 2-deoxy-2-fluoro-D-glucose and 2-deoxy-2-fluoro-D-mannose☆

    J. Adamson;A.B. Foster;L.D. Hall;R.N. Johnson

  • Derivatives of chitins, chitosans and other polysaccharides

    Laurance D. Hall;Mansur Yalpani

  • Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging in the solid state

    P. Jezzard;J.J. Attard;T.A. Carpenter;L.D. Hall

  • The gelation of sodium alginate with calcium ions studied by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

    Kimberlee Potter;Bruce J. Balcom;T.Adrian Carpenter;Laurance D. Hall

  • Evolution of Photochemically Induced Focal Cerebral Ischemia in the Rat Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Histology

    Vee Meng Lee;Newman G. Burdett;T. Adrian Carpenter;Laurance D. Hall

  • NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE.

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  • Spin-lattice relaxation of protons. A general, quantitative evaluation of contributions from the intramolecular dipole-dipole mechanism

    Laurance D. Hall;Howard D. W. Hill

  • Studies of specifically fluorinated carbohydrates. Part VI. Some pentofuranosyl fluorides

    L. D. Hall;P. R. Steiner;C. Pedersen

  • RESOLUTION AND ASSIGNMENT OF THE 270-MHZ PROTON SPECTRUM OF CELLOBIOSE BY HOMO-NUCLEAR AND HETERONUCLEAR TWO-DIMENSIONAL NMR

    Laurance D. Hall;Gareth A. Morris;Subramaniam Sukumar

  • Mapping of pH and temperature distribution using chemical-shift-resolved tomography

    L.D Hall;S.L Talagala

  • Formation of branched-chain, soluble polysaccharides from chitosan

    Laurance D. Hall;Mansur Yalpani

  • Fluorinated carbohydrates: XII. 4-Deoxy-4-fluoro-D-glucose: an improved synthesis and the glycosyl fluoride derivatives.

    A.D. Barford;A.B. Foster;J.H. Westwood;L.D. Hall

  • Kinetics of the migration of lipids in composite chocolate measured by magnetic resonance imaging

    Marc E Miquel;Sophie Carli;Patrick J Couzens;Hans-J Wille

Frequent Co-Authors

William R. Cullen
William R. Cullen University of British Columbia
Christopher Hall
Christopher Hall University of Edinburgh
Timothy P.L. Roberts
Timothy P.L. Roberts Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Alan G. Marshall
Alan G. Marshall Florida State University
Peter Jezzard
Peter Jezzard University of Oxford
John D. Aplin
John D. Aplin University of Manchester
Jeremy K. M. Sanders
Jeremy K. M. Sanders University of Cambridge
Lynne E. Macaskie
Lynne E. Macaskie University of Birmingham
Keith Richards
Keith Richards University of Cambridge
Gareth A. Morris
Gareth A. Morris University of Manchester

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