Megan Oaten

6.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
51 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Megan Oaten is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Psychology and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Megan Oaten has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 24 papers in Social Psychology and 14 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Megan Oaten's work include Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (25 papers), Behavioral Health and Interventions (14 papers) and Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies (9 papers). Megan Oaten is often cited by papers focused on Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (25 papers), Behavioral Health and Interventions (14 papers) and Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies (9 papers). Megan Oaten collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Megan Oaten's co-authors include Richard J. Stevenson, Trevor I. Case, Ken Cheng, C. Nathan DeWall, Matthew T. Gailliot, Roy F. Baumeister, Erica B. Slotter, Vangie A. Foshee, Eli J. Finkel and Heather Francis and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychological Bulletin and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Megan Oaten

50 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Disgust as a disease-avoidance mechanism.

2009 744 citations Megan Oaten, Richard J. Stevenson et al. Psychological Bulletin profile →
Self‐Regulation and Personality: How Interventions Increase Regulatory Success, and How Depletion Moderates the Effects of Traits on Behavior

2006 624 citations C. Nathan DeWall, Megan Oaten et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Megan Oaten Australia	27	1.7k	1.5k	1.2k	1.1k	922	51	4.3k
Roland Deutsch Germany	25	1.7k 1.0×	1.5k 1.0×	1.6k 1.4×	1.2k 1.1×	1.9k 2.0×	55	4.9k
Brian P. Meier United States	36	2.6k 1.5×	1.2k 0.8×	643 0.5×	2.2k 2.1×	988 1.1×	94	5.0k
Malte Friese Germany	37	1.9k 1.1×	1.1k 0.7×	2.9k 2.5×	1.6k 1.5×	2.0k 2.2×	112	6.3k
Olivier Luminet Belgium	54	3.6k 2.2×	2.0k 1.4×	638 0.5×	3.0k 2.8×	1.1k 1.2×	235	9.4k
Matthew T. Gailliot United States	25	2.1k 1.3×	903 0.6×	2.0k 1.8×	1.6k 1.5×	1.6k 1.7×	39	5.0k
Michaela Riediger Germany	31	1.3k 0.8×	1.0k 0.7×	518 0.4×	1.4k 1.4×	356 0.4×	84	3.5k
Gerty Lensvelt‐Mulders Netherlands	22	560 0.3×	523 0.4×	863 0.7×	606 0.6×	822 0.9×	42	3.5k
Olivier Corneille Belgium	41	2.2k 1.3×	2.0k 1.4×	481 0.4×	1.8k 1.7×	1.8k 1.9×	139	5.3k
Brian D. Ostafin Netherlands	26	886 0.5×	595 0.4×	846 0.7×	1.2k 1.1×	689 0.7×	84	3.6k
Debra A. Hope United States	48	1.7k 1.0×	1.1k 0.7×	840 0.7×	4.6k 4.3×	630 0.7×	151	7.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Megan Oaten

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20 of 20 papers shown

Oaten, Megan, et al.. (2022). Development and psychometric evaluation of the Aversion to Bowel Cancer Screening Scale. European Journal of Cancer Care. 31(6). e13661–e13661. 2 indexed citations

Occhipinti, Stefano, et al.. (2022). The affiliative power of others' pain online. Journal of Applied Social Psychology. 53(4). 308–328.

Stevenson, Richard J., et al.. (2019). Wanting and liking for sugar sweetened beverages and snacks differ following depletion and repletion with energy and fluids. Appetite. 137. 81–89. 11 indexed citations

Stevenson, Richard J., et al.. (2018). Hippocampal dependent neuropsychological tests and their relationship to measures of cardiac and self-report interoception. Brain and Cognition. 123. 23–29. 13 indexed citations

Francis, Heather, Richard J. Stevenson, Megan Oaten, Mehmet K. Mahmut, & Martin R. Yeomans. (2017). The Immediate and Delayed Effects of TV: Impacts of Gender and Processed-Food Intake History. Frontiers in Psychology. 8. 1616–1616. 17 indexed citations

Attuquayefio, Tuki, Richard J. Stevenson, Megan Oaten, & Heather Francis. (2017). A four-day Western-style dietary intervention causes reductions in hippocampal-dependent learning and memory and interoceptive sensitivity. PLoS ONE. 12(2). e0172645–e0172645. 106 indexed citations

Stevenson, Richard J., Robert A. Boakes, Megan Oaten, et al.. (2016). Chemosensory Abilities in Consumers of a Western-Style Diet. Chemical Senses. 41(6). 505–513. 40 indexed citations

Stevenson, Richard J., Megan Oaten, Trevor I. Case, & Betty M. Repacholi. (2014). Is Disgust Prepared? A Preliminary Examination in Young Children. The Journal of General Psychology. 141(4). 326–347. 5 indexed citations

Oaten, Megan, Richard J. Stevenson, & Trevor I. Case. (2014). The effect of disgust on pain sensitivity. Physiology & Behavior. 138. 107–112. 11 indexed citations

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Stevenson, Richard J., et al.. (2012). Disgust elevates core body temperature and up-regulates certain oral immune markers. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 26(7). 1160–1168. 63 indexed citations

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Stevenson, Richard J., et al.. (2011). Disease-avoidant behaviour and its consequences. Psychology and Health. 27(4). 491–506. 20 indexed citations

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Stevenson, Richard J. & Megan Oaten. (2010). Sweet odours and sweet tastes are conflated in memory. Acta Psychologica. 134(1). 105–109. 12 indexed citations

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Stevenson, Richard J., Mehmet K. Mahmut, & Megan Oaten. (2010). The role of attention in the localization of odors to the mouth. Attention Perception & Psychophysics. 73(1). 247–258. 28 indexed citations

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Stevenson, Richard J., Deborah M. Hodgson, Megan Oaten, Javad Barouei, & Trevor I. Case. (2010). The effect of disgust on oral immune function. Psychophysiology. 48(7). 900–907. 38 indexed citations

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Stevenson, Richard J., et al.. (2010). Children’s response to adult disgust elicitors: Development and acquisition.. Developmental Psychology. 46(1). 165–177. 111 indexed citations

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Finkel, Eli J., C. Nathan DeWall, Erica B. Slotter, Megan Oaten, & Vangie A. Foshee. (2009). Self-regulatory failure and intimate partner violence perpetration.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 97(3). 483–499. 316 indexed citations

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Stevenson, Richard J., et al.. (2009). A scale for measuring hygiene behavior: Development, reliability and validity. American Journal of Infection Control. 37(7). 557–564. 44 indexed citations

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Stevenson, Richard J., Trevor I. Case, & Megan Oaten. (2009). Effect of Self-Reported Sexual Arousal on Responses to Sex-Related and Non-Sex-Related Disgust Cues. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 40(1). 79–85. 71 indexed citations

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Oaten, Megan, Richard J. Stevenson, & Trevor I. Case. (2009). Disgust as a disease-avoidance mechanism.. Psychological Bulletin. 135(2). 303–321. 744 indexed citations breakdown →

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Oaten, Megan & Ken Cheng. (2006). Longitudinal gains in self‐regulation from regular physical exercise. British Journal of Health Psychology. 11(4). 717–733. 313 indexed citations

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