Valerio Capraro

11.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
101 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Valerio Capraro is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Safety Research and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Valerio Capraro has authored 101 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 67 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 65 papers in Safety Research and 47 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Valerio Capraro's work include Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (65 papers), Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (47 papers) and Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (46 papers). Valerio Capraro is often cited by papers focused on Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (65 papers), Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (47 papers) and Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (46 papers). Valerio Capraro collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Italy and United States. Valerio Capraro's co-authors include Hélène Barcelo, David G. Rand, Matjaž Perc, Pablo Brañas‐Garza, Jillian Jordan, Ben M Tappin, Andrea Vanzo, Roberto Di Paolo, Giovanna D’Adda and Massimo Tavoni and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Valerio Capraro

98 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

Language-based game theory in the age of artificial intelligence

2024 47 citations Valerio Capraro, Roberto Di Paolo et al. Journal of The Royal Society Interface profile →
From Outcome-Based to Language-Based Preferences

2024 39 citations Valerio Capraro, Matjaž Perc et al. profile →

Peers

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Yoella Bereby‐Meyer Israel

Shahar Ayal Israel

Jillian Jordan United States

Alexander Peysakhovich United States

Julia A. Minson United States

Isabel Thielmann Germany

Hugo Mercier France

Susann Fiedler Germany

Emily Pronin United States

Tilmann Betsch Germany

Yoella Bereby‐Meyer Israel

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Countries citing papers authored by Valerio Capraro

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Fields of papers citing papers by Valerio Capraro

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Valerio Capraro

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Valerio Capraro. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Valerio Capraro based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Valerio Capraro. Valerio Capraro is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Han, The Anh, et al.. (2025). Cooperation versus social welfare. Physics of Life Reviews. 56. 33–60. 1 indexed citations

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Battiston, Federico, Valerio Capraro, Sune Lehmann, et al.. (2025). Higher-order interactions shape collective human behaviour. Nature Human Behaviour. 9(12). 2441–2457. 1 indexed citations

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Civai, Claudia, et al.. (2024). Why scarcity can both increase and decrease prosocial behaviour: A review and theoretical framework for the complex relationship between scarcity and prosociality. Current Opinion in Psychology. 60. 101931–101931. 1 indexed citations

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Capraro, Valerio & Matjaž Perc. (2024). In search of the most cooperative network. Nature Computational Science. 4(4). 257–258. 20 indexed citations

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Alper, Sinan, et al.. (2024). Stronger Conspiracy Beliefs Are Associated With a Stronger Tendency to Act Dishonestly and an Overestimation of Others’ Dishonesty. Social Psychological and Personality Science. 16(8). 963–974. 3 indexed citations

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Capraro, Valerio, et al.. (2024). Language-based game theory in the age of artificial intelligence. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 21(212). 20230720–20230720. 47 indexed citations breakdown →

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Paolo, Roberto Di, et al.. (2023). Political ideology and generosity around the globe. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(15). e2219676120–e2219676120. 9 indexed citations

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Capraro, Valerio, et al.. (2022). Playing with words: Do people exploit loaded language to affect others’ decisions for their own benefit?. Judgment and Decision Making. 17(1). 50–69. 5 indexed citations

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Capraro, Valerio, Matjaž Perc, & Daniele Vilone. (2020). Lying on networks: The role of structure and topology in promoting honesty. Physical review. E. 101(3). 32305–32305. 23 indexed citations

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Capraro, Valerio, et al.. (2020). Preferences for efficiency, rather than preferences for morality, drive cooperation in the one-shot Stag-Hunt Game. BOA (University of Milano-Bicocca). 17 indexed citations

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Capraro, Valerio & Hélène Barcelo. (2020). The effect of messaging and gender on intentions to wear a face covering to slow down COVID-19 transmission. BOA (University of Milano-Bicocca). 168 indexed citations

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Capraro, Valerio & Andrea Vanzo. (2019). The power of moral words: Loaded language generates framing effects in the extreme dictator game. BOA (University of Milano-Bicocca). 46 indexed citations

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Capraro, Valerio & Andrea Vanzo. (2019). The power of moral words: Understanding framing effects in extreme Dictator games using sentiment analysis and moral judgments.. arXiv (Cornell University). 3 indexed citations

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Capraro, Valerio. (2017). Does the truth come naturally? Time pressure increases honesty in deception games. BOA (University of Milano-Bicocca). 57 indexed citations

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Capraro, Valerio. (2017). The effect of sex, age, and education on honesty in sender-receiver games: A meta-analysis. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations

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Capraro, Valerio. (2017). Who lies? A meta-analysis of the effect of sex, age, and education on honesty. arXiv (Cornell University). 2 indexed citations

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Capraro, Valerio, et al.. (2016). To know or not to know? Looking at payoffs signals selfish behavior, but it does not actually mean so. BOA (University of Milano-Bicocca). 16 indexed citations

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Capraro, Valerio, et al.. (2016). Rethinking spontaneous giving: Extreme time pressure and ego-depletion favor self-regarding reactions. BOA (University of Milano-Bicocca). 68 indexed citations

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Capraro, Valerio. (2015). The emergence of hyper-altruistic behaviour in conflictual situation. BOA (University of Milano-Bicocca). 21 indexed citations

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Capraro, Valerio, Jillian Jordan, & David G. Rand. (2014). Heuristics guide the implementation of social preferences in one-shot Prisoner's Dilemma experiments. BOA (University of Milano-Bicocca). 124 indexed citations

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