2026 Laurie R. Santos: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	57	4065	3750	2276	2052	160	10809

Laurie R. Santos publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Laurie R. Santos sits on this spectrum.

31 publications 705+

This scientist: 160 publications — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Laurie R. Santos D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Laurie R. Santos sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Laurie R. Santos is affiliated with Yale University in the United States and specializes in psychology. Their work primarily focuses on various aspects of psychology, with notable contributions across subfields such as Social Psychology, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Genetics, and Clinical Psychology.

Their research covers a range of topics including Child and Animal Learning Development, Primate Behavior and Ecology, Human-Animal Interaction Studies, Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment, Memory and Neural Mechanisms, and COVID-19 and Mental Health.

Frequent collaborations feature several researchers with multiple joint publications, including Evan L. MacLean, Lindsey Drayton, Angie M. Johnston, Daniel J. Horschler, and Amanda Royka.

Laurie R. Santos has published research in several notable academic venues. These include:

Trends in Cognitive Sciences
PLoS ONE
Journal of Comparative Psychology
Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Among their recent papers are:

Knowledge before belief, 2020, Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Disentangling perceptual awareness from nonconscious processing in rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta), 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Benefits of a psychoeducational happiness course on university student mental well-being both before and during a COVID-19 lockdown, 2021, Health Psychology Open
Do Non-Human Primates Really Represent Others' Beliefs?, 2020, Trends in Cognitive Sciences
Macaque species with varying social tolerance show no differences in understanding what other agents perceive, 2021, Animal Cognition

Best Publications

The evolution of self-control

Evan L. MacLean;Brian Hare;Charles L. Nunn;Elsa Addessi

856
Citations
How Basic Are Behavioral Biases? Evidence from Capuchin Monkey Trading Behavior

M. Keith Chen;Venkat Lakshminarayanan;Laurie R. Santos

646
Citations
Rhesus Monkeys Attribute Perceptions to Others

Jonathan I. Flombaum;Laurie R. Santos

581
Citations
The Origins of Cognitive Dissonance Evidence From Children and Monkeys

Louisa C. Egan;Laurie R. Santos;Paul Bloom

478
Citations
Young children are more generous when others are aware of their actions.

Kristin L. Leimgruber;Alex Shaw;Laurie R. Santos;Kristina R. Olson

316
Citations
The Evolutionary Roots of Human Decision Making

Laurie R. Santos;Alexandra G. Rosati

294
Citations
Rhesus monkeys, Macaca mulatta, know what others can and cannot hear

Laurie R. Santos;Aaron G. Nissen;Jonathan A. Ferrugia

277
Citations
Choice-induced preferences in the absence of choice: Evidence from a blind two choice paradigm with young children and capuchin monkeys

Louisa C. Egan;Paul Bloom;Laurie R. Santos

258
Citations
Primate brains in the wild: the sensory bases for social interactions.

Asif A. Ghazanfar;Laurie R. Santos

252
Citations
Capuchin monkeys are sensitive to others' welfare.

Venkat R. Lakshminarayanan;Laurie R. Santos

243
Citations
Endowment effect in capuchin monkeys

Venkat Lakshminaryanan;M Keith Chen;Laurie R Santos

239
Citations
The evolution of decision-making under risk: Framing effects in monkey risk preferences

Venkat R. Lakshminarayanan;M. Keith Chen;Laurie R. Santos

206
Citations
Knowledge before belief

Jonathan Phillips;Wesley Buckwalter;Fiery Cushman;Ori Friedman

194
Citations
Monkeys represent others’ knowledge but not their beliefs

Drew C.W. Marticorena;April M. Ruiz;Cora Mukerji;Anna Goddu

181
Citations
The evolution of intergroup bias: perceptions and attitudes in rhesus macaques.

Neha Mahajan;Margaret A. Martinez;Natashya L. Gutierrez;Gil Diesendruck

167
Citations
Gravity biases in a non‐human primate?

Bruce M. Hood;Marc D. Hauser;Linda Anderson;Laurie Santos

162
Citations
What Cognitive Representations Support Primate Theory of Mind

Alia Martin;Laurie R. Santos

161
Citations
Understanding Other Minds

Josep Call;Laurie R. Santos

155
Citations
Psychopaths fail to automatically take the perspective of others.

Lindsey A. Drayton;Laurie R. Santos;Arielle Baskin-Sommers

145
Citations
How monkeys see the eyes: Cotton-top tamarins' reaction to changes in visual attention and action.

Laurie R. Santos;Marc D. Hauser

139
Citations
Probing the limits of tool competence: experiments with two non-tool-using species (Cercopithecus aethiops and Saguinus oedipus).

Laurie R. Santos;Heather M. Pearson;Geertrui M. Spaepen;Fritz Tsao

137
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Marc D. Hauser Harvard University

Alexandra G. Rosati University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Bruce M. Hood University of Bristol

Paul Bloom Columbia University

Brian J. Scholl Yale University

Michael L. Platt University of Pennsylvania

Elizabeth S. Spelke Harvard University

Josep Call University of St Andrews

Brian Hare Duke University

Kristina R. Olson University of Washington

External Links

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