2026 Sukhvinder S. Obhi: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	32	10979	10277	764	717	121	3738

Overview

Sukhvinder S. Obhi is affiliated with McMaster University in Canada. Their research spans multiple areas within psychology and neuroscience, with a significant emphasis on cognitive neuroscience and social psychology. The primary fields of study for their work include Psychology and Neuroscience, with 28 and 24 publications respectively.

The subfields of study in which they have contributed include:

Cognitive Neuroscience
Social Psychology
Sociology and Political Science
Psychiatry and Mental Health
Clinical Psychology

The main topics covered in their research include:

Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
Action Observation and Synchronization
Social and Intergroup Psychology
Free Will and Agency
Cultural Differences and Values
Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
Empathy and Medical Education

Frequent venues for their publications reveal a focus on journals related to brain research and psychological processes. These venues are:

Experimental Brain Research
Consciousness and Cognition
Journal of Applied Social Psychology
Social Cognition
Frontiers in Psychology

Among recent scientific papers, notable publications include:

"Exploring the Relationship Between Empathy, Self-Construal Style, and Self-Reported Social Distancing Tendencies During the COVID-19 Pandemic" (2021, Frontiers in Psychology)
"Defining key concepts for mental state attribution" (2024, Communications Psychology)
"An investigation of 'We' agency in co-operative joint actions" (2021, Psychological Research)
"Studying sense of agency online: Can intentional binding be observed in uncontrolled online settings?" (2021, Consciousness and Cognition)
"Exploring the relationship between social power and the ERP components of empathy for pain" (2021, Social Neuroscience)

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

Carl Michael Galang
Michael Jenkins
Devin L. Johnson
Sumeet Farwaha
Marcel Braß

This collaborative network and diverse range of topics indicate a research portfolio focused on understanding mechanisms of empathy, agency, social cognition, and emotional processing through experimental and cognitive neuroscience methodologies.

Best Publications

Intentional binding and the sense of agency: A review

James W. Moore;Sukhvinder S. Obhi;Sukhvinder S. Obhi

656
Citations
Power Changes How the Brain Responds to Others

Jeremy Hogeveen;Michael Inzlicht;Sukhvinder S. Obhi

203
Citations
Sense of agency and intentional binding in joint action

Sukhvinder S. Obhi;Preston Hall

174
Citations
Freedom, choice, and the sense of agency.

Zeynep Barlas;Sukhvinder S. Obhi

135
Citations
Task-dependent and distinct roles of the temporoparietal junction and inferior frontal cortex in the control of imitation

Jeremy Hogeveen;Sukhvinder S. Obhi;Michael J. Banissy;Idalmis Santiesteban

121
Citations
Sense of agency in joint action: influence of human and computer co-actors.

Sukhvinder S. Obhi;Sukhvinder S. Obhi;Preston Hall

120
Citations
Dissociating Arbitrary Stimulus-Response Mapping from Movement Planning during Preparatory Period: Evidence from Event-Related Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Cristiana Cavina-Pratesi;Kenneth F. Valyear;Jody C. Culham;Stefan Köhler

116
Citations
The Importance of Temporal Structure and Rhythm for the Optimum Performance of Motor Skills: A New Focus for Practitioners of Sport Psychology

Alan C. MacPherson;Dave Collins;Sukhvinder S. Obhi

98
Citations
Moving together: toward understanding the mechanisms of joint action

Sukhvinder S. Obhi;Natalie Sebanz

82
Citations
Subjective agency and awareness of shared actions.

Lars Strother;Lars Strother;Kristin A. House;Sukhvinder S. Obhi

81
Citations
Resonating with Others: The Effects of Self-Construal Type on Motor Cortical Output

Sukhvinder S. Obhi;Jeremy Hogeveen;Alvaro Pascual-Leone

79
Citations
Internally generated and externally triggered actions are physically distinct and independently controlled.

Sukhvinder S. Obhi;Sukhvinder S. Obhi;Patrick Haggard

76
Citations
Social Interaction Enhances Motor Resonance for Observed Human Actions

Jeremy Hogeveen;Sukhvinder S Obhi

73
Citations
Bimanual coordination: an unbalanced field of research.

Sukhvinder S. Obhi

68
Citations
Effects of free choice and outcome valence on the sense of agency: evidence from measures of intentional binding and feelings of control

Zeynep Barlas;William E. Hockley;Sukhvinder S. Obhi

66
Citations
Exploring the Relationship Between Empathy, Self-Construal Style, and Self-Reported Social Distancing Tendencies During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Carl Michael Galang;Devin Johnson;Sukhvinder S. Obhi

61
Citations
Defining key concepts for mental state attribution

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58
Citations
Action and perception in social contexts: Intentional binding for social action effects

Roland Pfister;Sukhvinder S. Obhi;Martina Rieger;Martina Rieger;Dorit Wenke;Dorit Wenke

56
Citations
rTMS to the supplementary motor area disrupts bimanual coordination.

Sukhvinder S Obhi;Patrick Haggard;John Taylor;Alvaro Pascual-Leone

55
Citations
Cultural background influences implicit but not explicit sense of agency for the production of musical tones

Zeynep Barlas;Sukhvinder S. Obhi

48
Citations
Induced power changes the sense of agency.

Sukhvinder S. Obhi;Kristina M. Swiderski;Sonja P. Brubacher

47
Citations
Power, Objectification, and Recognition of Sexualized Women and Men:

Ciro Civile;Sukhvinder S. Obhi

46
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Emily S. Cross University of Glasgow

Patrick Haggard University College London

William E. Hockley Wilfrid Laurier University

Hedy Kober Yale University

Caroline Catmur King's College London

Marjorie Solomon University of California, Davis

Natalie Sebanz Central European University

Julian Paul Keenan Montclair State University

Geoffrey Bird University of Oxford

Philip L. Jackson Université Laval

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