Shahar Ayal

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Shahar Ayal is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Safety Research and General Decision Sciences. According to data from OpenAlex, Shahar Ayal has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 19 papers in Safety Research and 16 papers in General Decision Sciences. Recurrent topics in Shahar Ayal's work include Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (22 papers), Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (18 papers) and Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (16 papers). Shahar Ayal is often cited by papers focused on Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (22 papers), Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (18 papers) and Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (16 papers). Shahar Ayal collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and Germany. Shahar Ayal's co-authors include Francesca Gino, Dan Ariely, Rachel Barkan, Guy Hochman, Shaul Shalvi, Andreas Glöckner, Dan Zakay, Susann Fiedler, Moty Amar and Cynthia Cryder and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and Journal of Marketing Research.

In The Last Decade

Shahar Ayal

42 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

Contagion and Differentiation in Unethical Behavior

2009 654 citations Francesca Gino, Shahar Ayal et al. profile →

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Lisa D. Ordóñez United States

Yoella Bereby‐Meyer Israel

Julia A. Minson United States

Maryam Kouchaki United States

Simona Botti United Kingdom

Evan Polman United States

Ann L. McGill United States

Christian Schitter Austria

Stephen M. Garcia United States

Alexander Fedorikhin United States

Lisa D. Ordóñez United States

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Countries citing papers authored by Shahar Ayal

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Fields of papers citing papers by Shahar Ayal

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shahar Ayal

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Gur, Tamar, et al.. (2024). A group that grieves together stays together: Examining the impact of Holocaust Memorial Day in Israel on affective polarization. Political Psychology. 45(6). 1051–1068. 1 indexed citations

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Eyal, Tal, et al.. (2024). Proud to Be Dishonest: Emotional Consequences of Altruistic Versus Egoistic Dishonesty. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making. 37(3).

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Birnbaum, Gurit E., et al.. (2022). Is Infidelity Contagious? Online Exposure to Norms of Adultery and Its Effect on Expressions of Desire for Current and Alternative Partners. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 51(8). 3919–3930. 5 indexed citations

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Hochman, Guy, et al.. (2021). Revenge is not blind: Testing the ability of retribution to justify dishonesty. Judgment and Decision Making. 16(6). 1525–1548.

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Ayal, Shahar, et al.. (2021). Time Is Money: The Effect of Mode-of-Thought on Financial Decision-Making. Frontiers in Psychology. 12. 735823–735823. 7 indexed citations

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Hochman, Guy, et al.. (2021). Robin Hood meets Pinocchio: Justifications increase cheating behavior but decrease physiological tension. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics. 92. 101699–101699. 7 indexed citations

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Amar, Moty, et al.. (2020). The psychology of task management: The smaller tasks trap. Judgment and Decision Making. 15(4). 586–599. 2 indexed citations

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Ayal, Shahar, et al.. (2019). The Lie Deflator – The effect of polygraph test feedback on subsequent (dis)honesty. Judgment and Decision Making. 14(6). 728–738. 1 indexed citations

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Shreberk‐Hassidim, Rony, et al.. (2017). Prevalence of Sharing Access Credentials in Electronic Medical Records. Healthcare Informatics Research. 23(3). 176–176. 16 indexed citations

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Hoffman, Guy, et al.. (2016). Studying the Opposing Effects of Robot Presence on Human Corruption. Human-Robot Interaction. 501–502. 2 indexed citations

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Ayal, Shahar. (2015). Strategic Altruism: Cheating in Monetary Donations to Social Organizations. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Hochman, Guy, Shahar Ayal, & Dan Ariely. (2015). Fairness requires deliberation: the primacy of economic over social considerations. Frontiers in Psychology. 6. 747–747. 19 indexed citations

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Ayal, Shahar, Francesca Gino, Rachel Barkan, & Dan Ariely. (2015). Three Principles to REVISE People’s Unethical Behavior. Perspectives on Psychological Science. 10(6). 738–741. 94 indexed citations

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Ayal, Shahar & Tal Marom. (2014). The effects of mental steps and compatibility on Bayesian reasoning. Judgment and Decision Making. 9(3). 226–242. 21 indexed citations

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Barkan, Rachel, Shahar Ayal, Francesca Gino, & Dan Ariely. (2012). The pot calling the kettle black: Distancing response to ethical dissonance.. Journal of Experimental Psychology General. 141(4). 757–773. 122 indexed citations

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Glöckner, Andreas, Susann Fiedler, Guy Hochman, Shahar Ayal, & Benjamin E. Hilbig. (2012). Processing Differences between Descriptions and Experience: A Comparative Analysis Using Eye-Tracking and Physiological Measures. Frontiers in Psychology. 3. 173–173. 55 indexed citations

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Ayal, Shahar, Guy Hochman, & Dan Zakay. (2011). Two sides of the same coin: Information processing style and reverse biases. Judgment and Decision Making. 6(4). 295–305. 22 indexed citations

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Hochman, Guy, Shahar Ayal, & Andreas Glöckner. (2010). Processing recognition information and additional cognitive cues: Ignoring or integrating cognitive cues?. Judgment and Decision Making. 5(4). 285–299. 26 indexed citations

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Ayal, Shahar & Dan Zakay. (2009). The perceived diversity heuristic: The case of pseudodiversity.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 96(3). 559–573. 23 indexed citations

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Ayal, Shahar & Guy Hochman. (2009). Ignorance or integration: the cognitive processes underlying choice behavior. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making. 22(4). 455–474. 58 indexed citations

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