Eric J. Pedersen

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 788 citations indexed

About

Eric J. Pedersen is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Eric J. Pedersen has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 788 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 11 papers in Social Psychology and 10 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Eric J. Pedersen's work include Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (12 papers), Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (9 papers) and Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (8 papers). Eric J. Pedersen is often cited by papers focused on Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (12 papers), Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (9 papers) and Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (8 papers). Eric J. Pedersen collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Japan. Eric J. Pedersen's co-authors include Michael E. McCullough, Daniel E. Forster, Robert Kurzban, Benjamin A. Tabak, William H.B. McAuliffe, Evan C. Carter, Max M. Krasnow, Leda Cosmides, Debra Lieberman and John Tooby and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Eric J. Pedersen

28 papers receiving 762 citations

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Politicians polarize and experts depolarize public support for COVID-19 management policies across countries

2022 80 citations Stephan Dickert, Kimin Eom et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Eric J. Pedersen United States	16	395	310	268	198	156	28	788
Mark Sheskin United States	14	329 0.8×	317 1.0×	303 1.1×	156 0.8×	122 0.8×	24	972
Jin X. Goh United States	14	598 1.5×	450 1.5×	258 1.0×	229 1.2×	85 0.5×	26	1.2k
Catherine Molho Netherlands	15	475 1.2×	298 1.0×	316 1.2×	212 1.1×	177 1.1×	34	753
Michał Białek Poland	15	326 0.8×	329 1.1×	479 1.8×	109 0.6×	72 0.5×	64	866
Melissa M. McDonald United States	13	607 1.5×	474 1.5×	422 1.6×	403 2.0×	105 0.7×	33	1.2k
Christophe Heintz Austria	11	406 1.0×	235 0.8×	213 0.8×	254 1.3×	65 0.4×	33	1.1k
Victoria McGeer United States	16	262 0.7×	275 0.9×	501 1.9×	160 0.8×	77 0.5×	31	1.0k
Jessica D. Remedios United States	20	606 1.5×	359 1.2×	132 0.5×	119 0.6×	46 0.3×	40	1.1k
Rebecca Saxe United States	9	491 1.2×	534 1.7×	417 1.6×	123 0.6×	39 0.3×	11	960
Joanna Schug United States	17	683 1.7×	784 2.5×	296 1.1×	269 1.4×	148 0.9×	27	1.3k

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Dickert, Stephan, Kimin Eom, Gabriela M. Jiga‐Boy, et al.. (2022). Politicians polarize and experts depolarize public support for COVID-19 management policies across countries. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(3). 80 indexed citations breakdown →

Dickert, Stephan, Kimin Eom, Alex F. C. Flores, et al.. (2022). Structured reflection increases intentions to reduce other people’s health risks during COVID-19. PNAS Nexus. 1(5). pgac218–pgac218. 3 indexed citations

Pedersen, Eric J., et al.. (2022). Evaluating the efficacy of common humanity-enhanced exposure for socially anxious young adults. Journal of Anxiety Disorders. 87. 102542–102542. 5 indexed citations

Forster, Daniel E., Eric J. Pedersen, Michael E. McCullough, & Debra Lieberman. (2022). Evaluating Benefits, Costs, and Social Value as Predictors of Gratitude. Psychological Science. 33(4). 538–549. 11 indexed citations

Correll, Joshua, et al.. (2021). Flexible approaches for estimating partial eta squared in mixed-effects models with crossed random factors. Behavior Research Methods. 54(4). 1626–1642. 27 indexed citations

Pedersen, Eric J., et al.. (2021). When election expectations fail: Polarized perceptions of election legitimacy increase with accumulating evidence of election outcomes and with polarized media. PLoS ONE. 16(12). e0259473–e0259473. 13 indexed citations

Hone, Liana S. E., Thomas McCauley, Eric J. Pedersen, Evan C. Carter, & Michael E. McCullough. (2020). The sex premium in religiously motivated moral judgment.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 120(6). 1621–1633. 15 indexed citations

Pedersen, Eric J., Kathryn Bouskill, Stephanie Brooks Holliday, et al.. (2020). Strategies to Improve Treatment for Post-9/11 Veterans with Co-Occurring Substance Use Disorders. RAND Corporation eBooks. 2 indexed citations

Pedersen, Eric J., et al.. (2019). When and Why Do Third Parties Punish Outside of the Lab? A Cross-Cultural Recall Study. Social Psychological and Personality Science. 11(6). 846–853. 24 indexed citations

10.

Pedersen, Eric J., William H.B. McAuliffe, & Michael E. McCullough. (2018). The unresponsive avenger: More evidence that disinterested third parties do not punish altruistically.. Journal of Experimental Psychology General. 147(4). 514–544. 48 indexed citations

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McAuliffe, William H.B., Daniel E. Forster, Eric J. Pedersen, & Michael E. McCullough. (2018). Experience with anonymous interactions reduces intuitive cooperation. Nature Human Behaviour. 2(12). 909–914. 15 indexed citations

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McAuliffe, William H.B., Daniel E. Forster, Eric J. Pedersen, & Michael E. McCullough. (2018). Does Cooperation in the Laboratory Reflect the Operation of A Broad Trait?. European Journal of Personality. 33(1). 89–103. 21 indexed citations

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Paukner, Annika, Eric J. Pedersen, & Elizabeth A. Simpson. (2017). Testing the arousal hypothesis of neonatal imitation in infant rhesus macaques. PLoS ONE. 12(6). e0178864–e0178864. 7 indexed citations

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Meltzoff, Andrew N., Lynne Murray, Elizabeth A. Simpson, et al.. (2017). Re‐examination of Oostenbroek et al. (2016): evidence for neonatal imitation of tongue protrusion. Developmental Science. 21(4). e12609–e12609. 71 indexed citations

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Forster, Daniel E., Eric J. Pedersen, Adam Smith, Michael E. McCullough, & Debra Lieberman. (2016). Benefit valuation predicts gratitude. Evolution and Human Behavior. 38(1). 18–26. 37 indexed citations

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Carter, Evan C., Eric J. Pedersen, & Michael E. McCullough. (2015). Reassessing intertemporal choice: human decision-making is more optimal in a foraging task than in a self-control task. Frontiers in Psychology. 6. 95–95. 14 indexed citations

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McCullough, Michael E., Eric J. Pedersen, Benjamin A. Tabak, & Evan C. Carter. (2014). Conciliatory gestures promote forgiveness and reduce anger in humans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(30). 11211–11216. 60 indexed citations

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McCullough, Michael E. & Eric J. Pedersen. (2013). The Evolution of Generosity: How Natural Selection Builds Devices for Benefit Delivery. Social research. 80(2). 387–410. 2 indexed citations

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Krasnow, Max M., Leda Cosmides, Eric J. Pedersen, & John Tooby. (2012). What Are Punishment and Reputation for?. PLoS ONE. 7(9). e45662–e45662. 81 indexed citations

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Pedersen, Eric J.. (2012). The Roles of Empathy and Anger in the Regulation of Third-Party Punishment. 2 indexed citations

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