Jane L. Risen

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Jane L. Risen is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology and General Decision Sciences. According to data from OpenAlex, Jane L. Risen has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 17 papers in Social Psychology and 11 papers in General Decision Sciences. Recurrent topics in Jane L. Risen's work include Social and Intergroup Psychology (14 papers), Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (11 papers) and Cultural Differences and Values (11 papers). Jane L. Risen is often cited by papers focused on Social and Intergroup Psychology (14 papers), Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (11 papers) and Cultural Differences and Values (11 papers). Jane L. Risen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Singapore. Jane L. Risen's co-authors include Michael J. Hove, Thomas Gilovich, M. Keith Chen, Juliana Schroeder, Clayton R. Critcher, Timothy D. Wilson, Daniel T. Gilbert, Carey K. Morewedge, Nicholas Hobson and Michael Inzlicht and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychological Review and Journal of Consumer Research.

In The Last Decade

Jane L. Risen

35 papers receiving 2.2k citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jane L. Risen United States	19	1.1k	820	675	347	338	41	2.3k
Kai Epstude Netherlands	21	822 0.7×	674 0.8×	699 1.0×	632 1.8×	282 0.8×	50	2.3k
Oriel FeldmanHall United States	26	734 0.6×	1.3k 1.6×	665 1.0×	510 1.5×	167 0.5×	60	2.3k
Geoffrey P. Goodwin United States	24	1.1k 1.0×	1.5k 1.9×	1.0k 1.5×	336 1.0×	118 0.3×	66	2.7k
Thorsten Meiser Germany	24	640 0.6×	860 1.0×	560 0.8×	525 1.5×	231 0.7×	83	2.2k
Yoav Bar‐Anan Israel	22	1.0k 0.9×	607 0.7×	1.3k 2.0×	425 1.2×	142 0.4×	56	2.6k
Theresa E. Robertson United States	18	1.0k 0.9×	661 0.8×	944 1.4×	1.1k 3.2×	141 0.4×	28	2.6k
Annette Y. Lee-Chai United States	7	989 0.9×	521 0.6×	1.1k 1.6×	365 1.1×	134 0.4×	11	2.1k
Roger Giner‐Sorolla United Kingdom	34	1.7k 1.5×	1.4k 1.7×	1.7k 2.6×	493 1.4×	145 0.4×	72	3.7k
Steven J. Stroessner United States	21	1.3k 1.1×	498 0.6×	1.2k 1.8×	472 1.4×	101 0.3×	40	2.5k
Hans IJzerman Netherlands	21	1.1k 0.9×	526 0.6×	573 0.8×	698 2.0×	104 0.3×	66	2.3k

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Risen, Jane L., et al.. (2025). Becoming an Ostrich: The Development of Information Avoidance. Psychological Science. 36(7). 528–544.

Chaudhry, Shereen J., et al.. (2024). The credibility dilemma: When acknowledging a (perceived) lack of credibility can make a boast more believable. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. 183. 104351–104351.

Risen, Jane L., et al.. (2024). The paradox of explaining: When feeling unknowledgeable prevents learners from engaging in effective learning strategies.. Journal of Experimental Psychology General. 154(1). 228–248.

Roberts, Russell & Jane L. Risen. (2022). Introducing conspiracy intuitions to better understand conspiracy beliefs. Current Opinion in Psychology. 47. 101395–101395. 9 indexed citations

White, Shannon M., Juliana Schroeder, & Jane L. Risen. (2020). When “enemies” become close: Relationship formation among Palestinians and Jewish Israelis at a youth camp.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 121(1). 76–94. 9 indexed citations

Schroeder, Juliana, Jane L. Risen, Francesca Gino, & Michael I. Norton. (2018). Handshaking Promotes Deal-Making By Signaling Cooperative Intent. ACR North American Advances. 1 indexed citations

Risen, Jane L., et al.. (2018). Sudden-death aversion: Avoiding superior options because they feel riskier.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 115(3). 363–378. 9 indexed citations

Risen, Jane L. & Thomas Gilovich. (2018). Understanding People’s Fear of Tempting Fate. Journal of the Association for Consumer Research. 3(4). 599–611. 2 indexed citations

Schroeder, Juliana, Jane L. Risen, Francesca Gino, & Michael I. Norton. (2018). Handshaking promotes deal-making by signaling cooperative intent.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 116(5). 743–768. 38 indexed citations

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Woolley, Kaitlin & Jane L. Risen. (2017). Avoiding Information to Protect a Strong Intuitive Preference. ACR North American Advances.

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Woolley, Kaitlin & Jane L. Risen. (2017). Closing your eyes to follow your heart: Avoiding information to protect a strong intuitive preference.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 114(2). 230–245. 41 indexed citations

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Risen, Jane L.. (2015). Believing what we do not believe: Acquiescence to superstitious beliefs and other powerful intuitions.. Psychological Review. 123(2). 182–207. 134 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yan & Jane L. Risen. (2014). Embodied motivation: Using a goal systems framework to understand the preference for social and physical warmth.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 107(6). 965–977. 35 indexed citations

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Critcher, Clayton R. & Jane L. Risen. (2014). If he can do it, so can they: Exposure to counterstereotypically successful exemplars prompts automatic inferences.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 106(3). 359–379. 16 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yan, et al.. (2013). Reversing one’s fortune by pushing away bad luck.. Journal of Experimental Psychology General. 143(3). 1171–1184. 37 indexed citations

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Risen, Jane L. & Clayton R. Critcher. (2011). Visceral fit: While in a visceral state, associated states of the world seem more likely.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 100(5). 777–793. 104 indexed citations

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Kruger, Justin, et al.. (2009). Why Calling Attention to Success Seems to Invite Failure. ACR North American Advances.

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Risen, Jane L. & Thomas Gilovich. (2008). Why people are reluctant to tempt fate.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 95(2). 293–307. 98 indexed citations

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Risen, Jane L. & Thomas Gilovich. (2007). Another look at why people are reluctant to exchange lottery tickets.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 93(1). 12–22. 70 indexed citations

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Sternberg, Robert J., Diane F. Halpern, Henry L. Roediger, et al.. (2006). Critical Thinking in Psychology. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 39 indexed citations

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