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Nira Liberman

Nira Liberman

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Psychology
Israel
2023

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Psychology

D-Index
69
Citations
42139
World Ranking
2317
National Ranking
14

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Psychology in Israel Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Psychology in Israel Leader Award

Overview

Nira Liberman is a researcher affiliated with Tel Aviv University in Israel, specializing primarily in psychology and neuroscience. Their work spans multiple subfields within psychology, including social psychology, cognitive neuroscience, applied psychology, clinical psychology, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

The scientist has made significant contributions to several main topics, such as behavioral health and interventions, cultural differences and values, obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders, social and intergroup psychology, neural and behavioral psychology studies, anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, cognitive processes, and child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development.

Liberman's recent publications reflect this diverse research portfolio. Key papers include:

  • "Regulatory Scope and Its Mental and Social Supports" (2020) published in Perspectives on Psychological Science
  • "Why do people increase effort near a deadline? An opportunity-cost model of goal gradients." (2022) published in Journal of Experimental Psychology General
  • "Cognitive performance is enhanced if one knows when the task will end" (2020) published in Cognition
  • "Seeking proxies for internal states (SPIS): Towards a novel model of obsessive-compulsive disorder" (2021) published in Behaviour Research and Therapy
  • "Attenuated Access to Emotions in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder" (2021) published in Behavior Therapy

Frequent coauthors in Liberman's collaborations include Reuven Dar, Yaacov Trope, Amit Lazarov, Guy Grinfeld, and Aviv Emanuel.

Their research has been published repeatedly in several notable journals such as the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Journal of Experimental Psychology General, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Behavioral and Brain Sciences, and Social Psychological and Personality Science.

Best Publications

  • Construal-Level Theory of Psychological Distance

    Yaacov Trope;Nira Liberman

  • The role of feasibility and desirability considerations in near and distant future decisions: A test of temporal construal theory.

    Nira Liberman;Yaacov Trope

  • Construal Levels and Psychological Distance: Effects on Representation, Prediction, Evaluation, and Behavior

    Yaacov Trope;Nira Liberman;Cheryl Wakslak

  • Construal Levels and Self-Control

    Kentaro Fujita;Yaacov Trope;Nira Liberman;Maya Levin-Sagi

  • The Psychology of Transcending the Here and Now

    Nira Liberman;Yaacov Trope

  • The effect of temporal distance on level of mental construal.

    Nira Liberman;Michael D Sagristano;Yaacov Trope

  • Temporal construal and time-dependent changes in preference

    Yaacov Trope;Nira Liberman

  • Spatial Distance and Mental Construal of Social Events

    Kentaro Fujita;Marlone D. Henderson;Juliana Eng;Yaacov Trope

  • Promotion and prevention choices between stability and change.

    N Liberman;L C Idson;C J Camacho;E T Higgins

  • Distinguishing Gains from Nonlosses and Losses from Nongains: A Regulatory Focus Perspective on Hedonic Intensity

    Lorraine Chen Idson;Nira Liberman;E.Tory Higgins

  • Approach and avoidance strength during goal attainment : Regulatory focus and the goal looms larger effect

    J Förster;E T Higgins;L C Idson

  • Temporal Construal Effects on Abstract and Concrete Thinking: Consequences for Insight and Creative Cognition.

    Jens Förster;Ronald S. Friedman;Nira Liberman

  • Interpersonal similarity as a social distance dimension : Implications for perception of others' actions

    Ido Liviatan;Yaacov Trope;Nira Liberman

  • The Association between Psychological Distance and Construal Level: Evidence from an Implicit Association Test.

    Yoav Bar-Anan;Nira Liberman;Yaacov Trope

  • Seeing the forest when entry is unlikely: probability and the mental representation of events.

    Cheryl J. Wakslak;Yaacov Trope;Nira Liberman;Rotem Alony

  • Construal level theory and consumer behavior.

    Nira Liberman;Yaacov Trope;Cheryl Wakslak

  • Accessibility from active and fulfilled goals

    Jens Förster;Nira Liberman;E. Tory Higgins

  • Seven Principles of Goal Activation: A Systematic Approach to Distinguishing Goal Priming From Priming of Non-Goal Constructs

    Jens Förster;Nira Liberman;Ronald S Friedman

  • Judging near and distant virtue and vice

    Tal Eyal;Nira Liberman;Yaacov Trope

  • The effect of level of construal on the temporal distance of activity enactment

    Nira Liberman;Yaacov Trope;Sean M. McCrea;Steven J. Sherman

  • Construal Levels and Self-Control

    Yaacov Trope;Kentaro Fujita;Nira Liberman;Maya Levin-Sagi

Frequent Co-Authors

Yaacov Trope
Yaacov Trope New York University
Jens Förster
Jens Förster RWTH Aachen University
Reuven Dar
Reuven Dar Tel Aviv University
E. Tory Higgins
E. Tory Higgins Columbia University
Daniel Algom
Daniel Algom Tel Aviv University
Steven J. Sherman
Steven J. Sherman Indiana University
Peter Salovey
Peter Salovey Yale University
Shelly Chaiken
Shelly Chaiken New York University
Bram Vervliet
Bram Vervliet KU Leuven
Haggai Hermesh
Haggai Hermesh Tel Aviv University

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