Peter W. Sheehan

4.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
138 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Peter W. Sheehan is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, General Psychology and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter W. Sheehan has authored 138 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 98 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 52 papers in General Psychology and 27 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Peter W. Sheehan's work include Pain Management and Placebo Effect (80 papers), Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology (52 papers) and Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function (21 papers). Peter W. Sheehan is often cited by papers focused on Pain Management and Placebo Effect (80 papers), Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology (52 papers) and Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function (21 papers). Peter W. Sheehan collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Canada. Peter W. Sheehan's co-authors include Kevin M. McConkey, John S. Antrobus, Graham Jamieson, Colin M. MacLeod, Darryl G. Cross, Martin T. Orne, Dixie J. Statham, Campbell Perry, Ulric Neisser and J. P. Sutcliffe and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychological Bulletin and American Psychologist.

In The Last Decade

Peter W. Sheehan

133 papers receiving 3.3k citations

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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.

A shortened form of Betts' questionnaire upon mental imagery

1967 671 citations Peter W. Sheehan profile →
The function and nature of imagery

1972 445 citations Peter W. Sheehan et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter W. Sheehan Australia	32	2.5k	918	744	718	655	138	3.7k
John J. Furedy Canada	30	1.3k 0.5×	612 0.7×	114 0.2×	472 0.7×	1.1k 1.7×	204	3.1k
Serge Nicolas France	19	690 0.3×	306 0.3×	429 0.6×	222 0.3×	455 0.7×	164	1.6k
David S. Palermo United States	25	839 0.3×	741 0.8×	76 0.1×	517 0.7×	393 0.6×	80	3.1k
Giuliana Mazzoni Italy	33	2.7k 1.1×	745 0.8×	78 0.1×	305 0.4×	709 1.1×	151	3.4k
John I. Lacey United States	18	1.3k 0.5×	1.0k 1.1×	77 0.1×	571 0.8×	738 1.1×	26	3.4k
Howard Shevrin United States	24	1.4k 0.6×	513 0.6×	155 0.2×	502 0.7×	437 0.7×	87	2.1k
Oliver Turnbull United Kingdom	29	1.5k 0.6×	565 0.6×	39 0.1×	506 0.7×	355 0.5×	125	2.5k
Anthony J. Marcel United Kingdom	18	2.5k 1.0×	986 1.1×	54 0.1×	211 0.3×	860 1.3×	25	3.5k
Bill Jones Canada	23	1.4k 0.6×	583 0.6×	117 0.2×	134 0.2×	227 0.3×	89	1.9k
Alexander R. Luria Japan	9	1.4k 0.6×	504 0.5×	38 0.1×	331 0.5×	363 0.6×	12	2.8k

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Noller, Patricia, et al.. (2008). The Hypnotist in the Hypnosis Interaction:The Impact of First Impressions on Perceptions of Hypnotizability. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis. 56(4). 394–424. 5 indexed citations

Jamieson, Graham & Peter W. Sheehan. (2004). An empirical test of Woody and Bowers’s dissociated-control theory of hypnosis. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis. 52(3). 232–249. 64 indexed citations

McConkey, Kevin M. & Peter W. Sheehan. (2004). Cam Perry, Heraclitus, and Hypnosis: An Appreciative Understanding. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis. 52(2). 92–112.

Butcher, Jude, Peter Howard, Elizabeth Labone, Mark McFadden, & Peter W. Sheehan. (2003). Developing Just Citizens in Australia. Research Bank (Australian Catholic University). 7(2). 188–193. 3 indexed citations

MacLeod, Colin M. & Peter W. Sheehan. (2003). Hypnotic control of attention in the Stroop task: A historical footnote. Consciousness and Cognition. 12(3). 347–353. 29 indexed citations

Sheehan, Peter W., et al.. (1993). The Effects of Cue Level, Hypnotizability, and State Instruction on Responses to Leading Questions. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis. 41(4). 287–304. 8 indexed citations

Sheehan, Peter W., et al.. (1992). Influence of rapport on hypnotically induced pseudomemory.. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 101(4). 690–700. 1 indexed citations

Sheehan, Peter W., Dixie J. Statham, & Graham Jamieson. (1991). Pseudomemory effects over time in the hypnotic setting.. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 100(1). 39–44. 22 indexed citations

Sheehan, Peter W., et al.. (1988). Hypnotically induced pseudomemories: Sampling their conditions among hypnotizable subjects.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 54(2). 339–346. 15 indexed citations

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Sheehan, Peter W., et al.. (1981). Role of the feedback signal in electromyograph biofeedback: The relevance of attention.. Journal of Experimental Psychology General. 110(2). 204–216. 43 indexed citations

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White, Keith D., et al.. (1980). The Australian Psychologist: The first 12 years. Australian Psychologist. 15(2). 227–239. 4 indexed citations

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McConkey, Kevin M., Peter W. Sheehan, & Keith D. White. (1979). Comparison of the creative imagination scale and the harvard group scale of hypnotic susceptibility, Form A. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis. 27(3). 265–277. 30 indexed citations

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Connors, John & Peter W. Sheehan. (1978). The Influence of Control Comparison Tasks and Betweenversus Within-Subjects Effects in Hypnotic Responsivity. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis. 26(2). 104–122. 7 indexed citations

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Perry, Campbell & Peter W. Sheehan. (1978). Aptitude for Trance and Situational Effects of Varying the Interpersonal Nature of the Hypnotic Setting. American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis. 20(4). 256–262. 6 indexed citations

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Sheehan, Peter W.. (1978). Psychology as a profession and the australian psychological society. Australian Psychologist. 13(3). 303–324. 7 indexed citations

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Sheehan, Peter W., Kevin M. McConkey, & Darryl G. Cross. (1978). Experiential analysis of hypnosis: Some new observations on hypnotic phenomena.. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 87(5). 570–573. 40 indexed citations

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Sheehan, Peter W., et al.. (1977). Cognitive processing and expectancy behavior in hypnosis.. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 86(4). 334–345. 10 indexed citations

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Connors, John & Peter W. Sheehan. (1976). Analysis of the cue characteristics of task motivational instructions. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis. 24(3-4). 287–299. 5 indexed citations

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Sheehan, Peter W., et al.. (1975). Hypnosis and the influence of most recently perceived events.. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 84(4). 331–345. 15 indexed citations

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Sheehan, Peter W.. (1971). Individual differences in vividness of imagery and the function of imagery in incidental learning. Australian Journal of Psychology. 23(3). 279–288. 6 indexed citations

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