Ed O'Brien

Ed O'Brien

University of Chicago

H-index: 25

North America-United States

About Ed O'Brien

Ed O'Brien, With an exceptional h-index of 25 and a recent h-index of 22 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of Chicago, specializes in the field of social cognition, judgment and decision making.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Judging change: A flexible threshold theory

What makes people happy? Decoupling the experiential‐material continuum

Ending on a familiar note: Perceived endings motivate repeat consumption.

“It could be better” can make it worse: When and why people mistakenly communicate upward counterfactual information

Threshold violations in social judgment.

A Flexible Threshold Theory of Change Perception in Self, Others, and The World

Things Change-But When? A Top-Down Approach to Understanding How People Judge Change Thresholds

A preference for revision absent objective improvement

Ed O'Brien Information

University

Position

Booth School of Business

Citations(all)

3838

Citations(since 2020)

2312

Cited By

2464

hIndex(all)

25

hIndex(since 2020)

22

i10Index(all)

30

i10Index(since 2020)

29

Email

University Profile Page

Google Scholar

Ed O'Brien Skills & Research Interests

social cognition

judgment and decision making

Top articles of Ed O'Brien

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Judging change: A flexible threshold theory

Ed O’Brien

2023/9/6

What makes people happy? Decoupling the experiential‐material continuum

Journal of Consumer Psychology

Evan Weingarten

Kristen Duke

Wendy Liu

Rebecca W Hamilton

On Amir

...

2023/1

Ending on a familiar note: Perceived endings motivate repeat consumption.

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Yuji K Winet

Ed O'Brien

2023/4

“It could be better” can make it worse: When and why people mistakenly communicate upward counterfactual information

Journal of Marketing Research

Xilin Li

Christopher K Hsee

Ed O’Brien

2023/4

Threshold violations in social judgment.

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Nadav Klein

Ed O'Brien

2023/2/27

A Flexible Threshold Theory of Change Perception in Self, Others, and The World

Others, and The World (January 25, 2023)

Ed O'Brien

2023/1/25

Things Change-But When? A Top-Down Approach to Understanding How People Judge Change Thresholds

Ed O'Brien

2023

A preference for revision absent objective improvement

Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper

Ximena Garcia-Rada

Leslie K John

Ed O'Brien

Michael I Norton

2022/2/1

Repeated exposure to success harshens reactions to failure

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Kristina A Wald

Ed O'Brien

2022/11/1

Keep talking:(Mis) understanding the hedonic trajectory of conversation.

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Michael Kardas

Juliana Schroeder

Ed O'Brien

2022/10

Losing sight of piecemeal progress: People lump and dismiss improvement efforts that fall short of categorical change—Despite improving

Psychological science

Ed O’Brien

2022/8

The “next” effect: When a better future worsens the present

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Ed O’Brien

2022/3

Identity integration in people with acquired disabilities: A qualitative study

Journal of Personality

Jonathan M Adler

Ava Lakmazaheri

Eamon O'Brien

Alison Palmer

Micah Reid

...

2021/2

A mind stretched: The psychology of repeat consumption

Ed O'Brien

2021/1

When small signs of change add up: The psychology of tipping points

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Ed O’Brien

2020/2

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