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63
Citations
35835
World Ranking
3043
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1729

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award, Association for Psychological Science
  • 1992 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1978 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Phoebe C. Ellsworth is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within the social sciences, focusing notably on psychology, social psychology, sociology, political science, law, and cognitive neuroscience.

The scientist has contributed to key topics including emotions and moral behavior, cultural differences and values, social and intergroup psychology, legal education and practice innovations, jury decision-making processes, child and animal learning development, and face recognition and perception.

Frequent co-authors in their work include Daniel Dukes, Kathryn Abrams, Ralph Adolphs, Kent Berridge, and Susan Broomhall.

Publication venues where their work appears regularly include:

  • Nature Human Behaviour
  • Japanese Psychological Research
  • Perspectives on Psychological Science
  • University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
  • Archive ouverte UNIGE (University of Geneva)

Notable recent papers by Phoebe C. Ellsworth are:

  • "The rise of affectivism" (2021), published in Nature Human Behaviour
  • "A multi-lab test of the facial feedback hypothesis by the Many Smiles Collaboration" (2022), published in Nature Human Behaviour
  • "Sharing and Non-sharing Happiness: Evidence from Cross-Cultural Studies in the United States and Japan" (2021), published in Japanese Psychological Research
  • "Truth and Advocacy: Reducing Bias in Policy-Related Research" (2021), published in Perspectives on Psychological Science
  • "Jury Reform at the End of the Century: Real Agreement, Real Changes" (2025), published in University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

Awards received by Phoebe C. Ellsworth include the James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award from the Association for Psychological Science in 2016, Fellowship of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1992, and Fellowship of the American Psychological Association since 1978.

Best Publications

  • Emotion in the Human Face: Guidelines for Research and an Integration of Findings

    Paul Ekman;Wallace V. Friesen;Phoebe Ellsworth

  • Patterns of cognitive appraisal in emotion

    Craig A. Smith;Phoebe C. Ellsworth

  • Appraisal processes in emotion.

    Phoebe C. Ellsworth;Klaus R. Scherer

  • Appraisal Theories of Emotion: State of the Art and Future Development

    Agnes Moors;Phoebe C. Ellsworth;Klaus R. Scherer;Nico H. Frijda

  • The world of emotions is not two-dimensional.

    Johnny R.J. Fontaine;Klaus R. Scherer;Etienne B. Roesch;Phoebe C. Ellsworth

  • Beyond simple pessimism: effects of sadness and anger on social perception.

    Dacher Keltner;Phoebe C. Ellsworth;Kari Edwards

  • From appraisal to emotion: Differences among unpleasant feelings.

    Phoebe C. Ellsworth;Craig A. Smith

  • Placing the face in context: cultural differences in the perception of facial emotion.

    Takahiko Masuda;Phoebe C. Ellsworth;Batja Mesquita;Janxin Leu

  • Shades of Joy: Patterns of Appraisal Differentiating Pleasant Emotions

    Phoebe C. Ellsworth;Craig A. Smith

  • Patterns of appraisal and emotion related to taking an exam.

    Craig A. Smith;Phoebe C. Ellsworth

  • Evolution, emotions, and emotional disorders.

    Randolph M. Nesse;Phoebe C. Ellsworth

  • Sentimental Stereotypes: Emotional Expectations for High-and Low-Status Group Members:

    Larissa Z. Tiedens;Phoebe C. Ellsworth;Batja Mesquita

  • Hardening of the Attitudes: Americans' Views on the Death Penalty

    Phoebe C. Ellsworth;Samuel R. Gross

  • White Juror Bias: An Investigation of Prejudice Against Black Defendants in the American Courtroom

    Samuel R. Sommers;Phoebe C. Ellsworth

  • Race in the Courtroom: Perceptions of Guilt and Dispositional Attributions

    Samuel R. Sommers;Phoebe C. Ellsworth

  • Through the looking glass darkly? When self-doubts turn into relationship insecurities.

    Sandra L. Murray;John G. Holmes;Geoff MacDonald;Phoebe C. Ellsworth

  • The effects of death qualification on jurors' predisposition to convict and on the quality of deliberation

    Claudia L. Cowan;William C. Thompson;Phoebe C. Ellsworth

  • The "general acceptance" of psychological research on eyewitness testimony: A survey of the experts.

    Saul M. Kassin;Phoebe C. Ellsworth;Vicki L. Smith

  • Are Manipulation Checks Necessary

    David J. Hauser;Phoebe C. Ellsworth;Richard Gonzalez

  • Public Opinion and Capital Punishment: A Close Examination of the Views of Abolitionists and Retentionists:

    Phoebe C. Ellsworth;Lee Ross

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard Gonzalez
Richard Gonzalez University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Samuel R. Sommers
Samuel R. Sommers Tufts University
Norbert Schwarz
Norbert Schwarz University of Southern California
Klaus R. Scherer
Klaus R. Scherer University of Geneva
Craig A. Smith
Craig A. Smith Vanderbilt University
Wallace V. Friesen
Wallace V. Friesen University of California, San Francisco
Igor Grossmann
Igor Grossmann University of Waterloo
Paul Ekman
Paul Ekman University of California, San Francisco
Sandra L. Murray
Sandra L. Murray University at Buffalo, State University of New York

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