Michael A. Olson

6.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
57 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

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Michael A. Olson is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael A. Olson has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 33 papers in Social Psychology and 15 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Michael A. Olson's work include Social and Intergroup Psychology (37 papers), Cultural Differences and Values (26 papers) and Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (11 papers). Michael A. Olson is often cited by papers focused on Social and Intergroup Psychology (37 papers), Cultural Differences and Values (26 papers) and Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (11 papers). Michael A. Olson collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and United Kingdom. Michael A. Olson's co-authors include Russell H. Fázio, Christopher Jones, James K. McNulty, Anna Han, David S. March, Andrea L. Meltzer, Lowell Gaertner, Anthony D. Hermann, Laura Widman and John B. Pryor and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and Psychological Review.

In The Last Decade

Michael A. Olson

57 papers receiving 4.2k citations

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Implicit Measures in Social Cognition Research: Their Meaning and Use

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael A. Olson United States	23	3.0k	2.3k	1.0k	900	752	57	4.5k
Kerry Kawakami Canada	29	4.8k 1.6×	3.2k 1.4×	1.3k 1.3×	727 0.8×	832 1.1×	61	6.7k
Melissa J. Ferguson United States	29	1.7k 0.6×	1.3k 0.6×	873 0.9×	773 0.9×	593 0.8×	70	3.3k
Bogdan Wojciszke Poland	25	2.7k 0.9×	2.2k 1.0×	1.2k 1.2×	341 0.4×	765 1.0×	73	4.2k
Diederik A. Stapel Netherlands	32	2.0k 0.7×	1.8k 0.8×	729 0.7×	638 0.7×	547 0.7×	95	3.5k
Rodolfo Mendoza‐Denton United States	31	2.9k 1.0×	2.5k 1.1×	546 0.5×	643 0.7×	777 1.0×	71	5.6k
Gráinne M. Fitzsimons United States	31	2.1k 0.7×	2.1k 0.9×	468 0.5×	1.1k 1.2×	709 0.9×	64	4.4k
Serena Chen United States	31	2.0k 0.7×	2.4k 1.0×	496 0.5×	598 0.7×	707 0.9×	66	4.4k
Roland Deutsch Germany	25	1.9k 0.6×	1.7k 0.7×	1.5k 1.5×	1.6k 1.8×	1.2k 1.6×	55	4.9k
Robert J. Rydell United States	27	1.7k 0.6×	1.4k 0.6×	609 0.6×	544 0.6×	654 0.9×	48	2.8k
Lowell Gaertner United States	32	2.1k 0.7×	2.1k 0.9×	669 0.7×	479 0.5×	416 0.6×	65	3.3k

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Keehn, R. Joanne Jao, Michael A. Olson, Lisa E. Mash, et al.. (2024). Increased heterogeneity and task-related reconfiguration of functional connectivity during a lexicosemantic task in autism. NeuroImage Clinical. 44. 103694–103694. 1 indexed citations

Olson, Michael A., et al.. (2023). A dual‐process framework for diversity training to reduce discrimination in organizational settings. 17(1). 79–103. 2 indexed citations

March, David S., Lowell Gaertner, & Michael A. Olson. (2022). On the Automatic Nature of Threat: Physiological and Evaluative Reactions to Survival-Threats Outside Conscious Perception. Affective Science. 3(1). 135–144. 7 indexed citations

Mash, Lisa E., et al.. (2021). Blood Oxygen Level-Dependent Lag Patterns Differ Between Rest and Task Conditions, but Are Largely Typical in Autism. Brain Connectivity. 12(3). 234–245. 1 indexed citations

Olson, Michael A., et al.. (2021). Automatic and controlled antecedents of suicidal ideation and action: A dual-process conceptualization of suicidality.. Psychological Review. 129(2). 388–414. 18 indexed citations

March, David S., Lowell Gaertner, & Michael A. Olson. (2021). Danger or dislike: Distinguishing threat from negative valence as sources of automatic anti-Black bias.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 121(5). 984–1004. 13 indexed citations

McNulty, James K., Michael A. Olson, & Thomas E. Joiner. (2019). Implicit interpersonal evaluations as a risk factor for suicidality: Automatic spousal attitudes predict changes in the probability of suicidal thoughts.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 117(5). 978–997. 17 indexed citations

March, David S., Lowell Gaertner, & Michael A. Olson. (2018). Clarifying the Explanatory Scope of the Dual Implicit Process Model. Psychological Inquiry. 29(1). 38–43. 7 indexed citations

McNulty, James K., et al.. (2017). Automatic Associations Between One’s Partner and One’s Affect as the Proximal Mechanism of Change in Relationship Satisfaction: Evidence From Evaluative Conditioning. Psychological Science. 28(8). 1031–1040. 40 indexed citations

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March, David S., Lowell Gaertner, & Michael A. Olson. (2017). In Harm’s Way: On Preferential Response to Threatening Stimuli. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 43(11). 1519–1529. 31 indexed citations

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Zabel, Keith L., et al.. (2016). Theoretical Applications of the MODE Model to Law Enforcement Training and Interventions. Industrial and Organizational Psychology. 9(3). 604–611. 2 indexed citations

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Olson, Michael A., et al.. (2015). What We Talk About Matters: Content Moderates Cognitive Depletion in Interracial Interactions. The Journal of Social Psychology. 155(6). 545–552. 2 indexed citations

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McNulty, James K. & Michael A. Olson. (2015). Integrating automatic processes into theories of relationships. Current Opinion in Psychology. 1. 107–112. 20 indexed citations

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McNulty, James K., Levi R. Baker, & Michael A. Olson. (2014). Implicit Self-Evaluations Predict Changes in Implicit Partner Evaluations. Psychological Science. 25(8). 1649–1657. 24 indexed citations

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McNulty, James K., et al.. (2013). Though They May Be Unaware, Newlyweds Implicitly Know Whether Their Marriage Will Be Satisfying. Science. 342(6162). 1119–1120. 75 indexed citations

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Widman, Laura & Michael A. Olson. (2012). On the Relationship Between Automatic Attitudes and Self-Reported Sexual Assault in Men. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 42(5). 813–823. 18 indexed citations

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Jones, Christopher, Michael A. Olson, & Russell H. Fázio. (2010). Evaluative Conditioning. PubMed. 43. 205–255. 98 indexed citations

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Johnson, Camille S., Michael A. Olson, & Russell H. Fázio. (2009). Getting Acquainted in Interracial Interactions: Avoiding Intimacy but Approaching Race. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 35(5). 557–571. 18 indexed citations

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Olson, Michael A.. (2009). Measures of Prejudice. 19 indexed citations

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Olson, Michael A. & Russell H. Fázio. (2004). Reducing the Influence of Extrapersonal Associations on the Implicit Association Test: Personalizing the IAT.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 86(5). 653–667. 382 indexed citations

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