Zara Ambadar

7.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Zara Ambadar is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. According to data from OpenAlex, Zara Ambadar has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 14 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 12 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Recurrent topics in Zara Ambadar's work include Face Recognition and Perception (12 papers), Face recognition and analysis (10 papers) and Emotion and Mood Recognition (9 papers). Zara Ambadar is often cited by papers focused on Face Recognition and Perception (12 papers), Face recognition and analysis (10 papers) and Emotion and Mood Recognition (9 papers). Zara Ambadar collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Zara Ambadar's co-authors include Jeffrey F. Cohn, Iain Matthews, Takeo Kanade, Patrick Lucey, Jason Saragih, Jonathan W. Schooler, Lawrence Ian Reed, Simon Lucey, Karen L. Schmidt and Ahmed Ashraf and has published in prestigious journals such as Psychological Science, Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance and Emotion.

In The Last Decade

Zara Ambadar

24 papers receiving 4.4k 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.

The Extended Cohn-Kanade Dataset (CK+): A complete dataset for action unit and emotion-specified expression

2010 2.8k citations Patrick Lucey, Jeffrey F. Cohn et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zara Ambadar United States	19	3.1k	2.9k	1.1k	682	421	24	4.6k
Gwen Littlewort United States	23	2.2k 0.7×	2.1k 0.7×	881 0.8×	555 0.8×	334 0.8×	38	3.6k
Roland Goecke Australia	37	3.0k 1.0×	2.5k 0.9×	786 0.7×	686 1.0×	254 0.6×	173	4.9k
Michel Valstar United Kingdom	35	4.4k 1.4×	3.7k 1.3×	1.0k 0.9×	1.1k 1.6×	505 1.2×	116	6.5k
Ian Fasel United States	19	1.7k 0.5×	1.9k 0.7×	505 0.4×	498 0.7×	325 0.8×	42	3.0k
Patrick Lucey United States	23	2.6k 0.9×	3.3k 1.1×	577 0.5×	316 0.5×	360 0.9×	71	4.7k
Jiro Gyoba Japan	21	1.5k 0.5×	1.5k 0.5×	1.2k 1.0×	498 0.7×	188 0.4×	122	3.1k
Abhinav Dhall Australia	29	2.4k 0.8×	2.3k 0.8×	498 0.4×	343 0.5×	241 0.6×	102	3.5k
Miyuki Kamachi Japan	13	1.3k 0.4×	1.5k 0.5×	688 0.6×	330 0.5×	148 0.4×	32	2.6k
Hatice Güneş United Kingdom	29	2.0k 0.6×	1.6k 0.6×	744 0.6×	1.0k 1.5×	344 0.8×	173	3.8k
Mohammad Soleymani United States	25	4.8k 1.5×	1.6k 0.6×	4.5k 3.9×	953 1.4×	868 2.1×	98	7.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Zara Ambadar

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zara Ambadar

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Schmidt, Karen L., et al.. (2012). Intensity of Smiling and Attractiveness as Facial Signals of Trustworthiness in Women. Perceptual and Motor Skills. 114(3). 964–978. 25 indexed citations

Boker, Steven M., Jeffrey F. Cohn, Barry-John Theobald, et al.. (2011). Something in the way we move: Motion dynamics, not perceived sex, influence head movements in conversation.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance. 37(3). 874–891. 30 indexed citations

Lucey, Patrick, Jeffrey F. Cohn, Takeo Kanade, et al.. (2010). The Extended Cohn-Kanade Dataset (CK+): A complete dataset for action unit and emotion-specified expression. 94–101. 2758 indexed citations breakdown →

Lucey, Patrick, et al.. (2008). Improving Pain Recognition Through Better Utilisation of Temporal Information.. PubMed. 2008. 167–172. 17 indexed citations

Ambadar, Zara, Jeffrey F. Cohn, & Lawrence Ian Reed. (2008). All Smiles are Not Created Equal: Morphology and Timing of Smiles Perceived as Amused, Polite, and Embarrassed/Nervous. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior. 33(1). 17–34. 241 indexed citations

Messinger, Daniel S., et al.. (2008). Infant Smiling Dynamics and Perceived Positive Emotion. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior. 32(3). 133–155. 47 indexed citations

Ashraf, Ahmed, Simon Lucey, Jeffrey F. Cohn, et al.. (2007). The painful face. National University of Singapore. 9–14. 84 indexed citations

Geraerts, Elke, Jonathan W. Schooler, Harald Merckelbach, et al.. (2007). The Reality of Recovered Memories. Psychological Science. 18(7). 564–568. 44 indexed citations

Torre, Fernando De la, et al.. (2007). Temporal Segmentation of Facial Behavior. 1–8. 48 indexed citations

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Valstar, Michel, Maja Pantić, Zara Ambadar, & Jeffrey F. Cohn. (2006). Spontaneous vs. posed facial behavior. Spiral (Imperial College London). 162–170. 113 indexed citations

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Schmidt, Karen L., Zara Ambadar, Jeffrey F. Cohn, & Lawrence Ian Reed. (2006). Movement Differences between Deliberate and Spontaneous Facial Expressions: Zygomaticus Major Action in Smiling. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior. 30(1). 37–52. 137 indexed citations

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Slifer, Keith J., et al.. (2006). Social Acceptance and Facial Behavior in Children with Oral Clefts. The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal. 43(2). 226–236. 17 indexed citations

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Cohn, Jeffrey F., Lawrence Ian Reed, Zara Ambadar, Jing Xiao, & Takahiro Moriyama. (2005). Automatic analysis and recognition of brow actions and head motion in spontaneous facial behavior. 1. 610–616. 57 indexed citations

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Breugelmans, Seger M., et al.. (2005). Body Sensations Associated With Emotions in Rarámuri Indians, Rural Javanese, and Three Student Samples.. Emotion. 5(2). 166–174. 25 indexed citations

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Dinehart, Laura H., et al.. (2005). Adult Perceptions of Positive and Negative Infant Emotional Expressions. Infancy. 8(3). 279–303. 42 indexed citations

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Ambadar, Zara, Jonathan W. Schooler, & Jeffrey F. Cohn. (2005). Deciphering the Enigmatic Face. Psychological Science. 16(5). 403–410. 475 indexed citations

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Cohn, Jeffrey F., Lawrence Ian Reed, Takahiro Moriyama, et al.. (2004). Multimodal coordination of facial action, head rotation, and eye motion during spontaneous smiles. 129–135. 42 indexed citations

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Cohn, Jeffrey F., et al.. (2003). Automatic recognition of eye blinking in spontaneously occurring behavior. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers. 35(3). 420–428. 27 indexed citations

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Moriyama, Takahiro, Takeo Kanade, Jeffrey F. Cohn, et al.. (2003). Automatic recognition of eye blinking in spontaneously occurring behavior. 4. 78–81. 49 indexed citations

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Ambadar, Zara. (2002). THE EFFECTS OF MOTION AND ORIENTATION ON PERCEPTION OF FACIAL EXPRESSIONS AND FACE RECOGNITION. D-Scholarship@Pitt (University of Pittsburgh). 4 indexed citations

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