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Stephen E. G. Lea 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 Stephen E. G. Lea sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 209 publications — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Stephen E. G. Lea 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 Stephen E. G. Lea sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Stephen E. G. Lea is affiliated with the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom. Their research encompasses multiple interdisciplinary fields, including social psychology, accounting, economics and econometrics, genetics, and cognitive neuroscience.

Their publication record includes recent papers such as:

  • Behavioral flexibility: A review, a model, and some exploratory tests (2020, Learning & Behavior)
  • Debt and Overindebtedness: Psychological Evidence and its Policy Implications (2020, Social Issues and Policy Review)
  • Predictors of psychological stress and behavioural diversity among captive red panda in Indian zoos and their implications for global captive management (2022, Scientific Reports)
  • Measuring response inhibition with a continuous inhibitory-control task (2020, Learning & Behavior)
  • Animal cognition, past present and future, a 25th anniversary special issue (2022, Animal Cognition)

Their research topics cover a range of areas, including:

  • Primate Behavior and Ecology
  • Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis
  • Housing Market and Economics
  • Human-Animal Interaction Studies
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction

They have published frequently in venues such as:

  • Learning & Behavior
  • Social Issues and Policy Review
  • Scientific Reports
  • Animal Cognition
  • Wetlands

Stephen E. G. Lea has collaborated with several coauthors repeatedly, including Ian P. L. McLaren, Pizza Ka Yee Chow, Lisa A. Leaver, Aamer Sohel Khan, and Piar Chand.

Their work intersects various subfields, particularly social psychology with five publications, accounting and economics two each, as well as genetics and cognitive neuroscience with two publications each.

Stephen E. G. Lea has been recognized as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in the United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • Perception of emotion from dynamic point-light displays represented in dance

    Winand H Dittrich;Tom Troscianko;Stephen E G Lea;Dawn Morgan

  • The Individual in the Economy: A Textbook of Economic Psychology

    Stephen E. G. Lea;Roger M. Tarpy;Paul Webley

  • Psychological factors in consumer debt: Money management, economic socialization, and credit use

    Stephen E.G. Lea;Paul Webley;Catherine M. Walker

  • Money as tool, money as drug: The biological psychology of a strong incentive

    Stephen E. G. Lea;Paul Webley

  • The psychology and economics of demand.

    S. E. Lea

  • The economic psychology of consumer debt

    Stephen E.G. Lea;Paul Webley;R.Mark Levine

  • Foraging and reinforcement schedules in the pigeon: Optimal and non-optimal aspects of choice

    S.E.G. Lea

  • The effects of captive experience on reintroduction survival in carnivores: A review and analysis

    Kristen R. Jule;Lisa A. Leaver;Stephen E.G. Lea

  • STUDENT ATTITUDES TO STUDENT DEBT

    Emma Davies;Stephen E.G. Lea

  • The Descent of Mind: Psychological Perspectives on Hominid Evolution

    Michael C. Corballis;Stephen E. G. Lea

  • Seeking the real spain? Authenticity in Motivation

    Jo Waller;Stephen E.G. Lea

  • DEMAND FOR FOOD ON FIXED-RATIO SCHEDULES AS A FUNCTION OF THE QUALITY OF CONCURRENTLY AVAILABLE REINFORCEMENT1

    S. E. G. Lea;S. E. G. Lea;T. J. Roper

  • Visual perception of intentional motion.

    Winand H Dittrich;Stephen E G Lea

  • Why Are Modern Families Small? Toward an Evolutionary and Cultural Explanation for the Demographic Transition

    Lesley Newson;Tom Postmes;S. E. G Lea;Paul Webley

  • The Economic Psychology of Everyday Life

    Paul Webley;Carole Burgoyne;Stephen E. G. Lea;Brian Young

  • Pride in economic psychology

    Stephen E.G. Lea;Paul Webley

  • Dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) fail to show understanding of means-end connections in a string-pulling task.

    Britta Osthaus;Stephen E. G. Lea;Alan M. Slater

  • The unacceptability of money as a gift

    P. Webley;S.E.G. Lea;R. Portalska

  • The repeatability of cognitive performance: a meta-analysis

    Maxime Cauchoix;P Chow;P Chow;J van Horik;C Atance

  • Perception of object unity in chicks: A comparison with the human infant☆

    Stephen E.G. Lea;Alan M. Slater;Catriona M.E. Ryan

  • Categorization of natural movements by pigeons: visual concept discrimination and biological motion.

    Winand H. Dittrich;Stephen E. G. Lea;Jacqueline Barrett;Philip R. Gurr

  • Adaptation by learning: its significance for farm animal husbandry

    Beat Wechsler;Stephen E.G. Lea

  • The psychology of animal learning: By N. J. Mackintosh London: Academic Press (1974). Price £8

    S.E.G. Lea

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul A. Webley
Paul A. Webley University of Melbourne
Alan Slater
Alan Slater University of Exeter
Peter Fischer
Peter Fischer Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Michael C. Corballis
Michael C. Corballis University of Auckland
Denis Mareschal
Denis Mareschal Birkbeck, University of London
Stephen J. Ceci
Stephen J. Ceci Cornell University
Tom Beckers
Tom Beckers KU Leuven
Michael J. Morgan
Michael J. Morgan City, University of London
Paul C. Quinn
Paul C. Quinn University of Delaware
Peter M. Kappeler
Peter M. Kappeler German Primate Center

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