A. Waytz

Most-cited papers

The mind in the machine: Anthropomorphism increases trust in an autonomous vehicle
A. Waytz, Joy Heafner, Nicholas Epley
20141,342 citations
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The ascent of man: Theoretical and empirical evidence for blatant dehumanization.
Nour S. Kteily, Emile G. Bruneau, A. Waytz, S. Cotterill
2015Journal of Personality and Social Psychology570 citations Open access
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The whistleblower's dilemma and the fairness–loyalty tradeoff
A. Waytz, J. Dungan, L. Young
2013241 citations
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Ideological differences in the expanse of the moral circle
A. Waytz, Ravi Iyer, L. Young, J. Haidt +1 more
2019Nature Communications169 citations Open access
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Algorithmic discrimination causes less moral outrage than human discrimination.
Yochanan E. Bigman, Desman Wilson, M. N. Arnestad, A. Waytz +1 more
2022Journal of experimental psychology. General165 citations Open access
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Neural and Behavioral Evidence for the Role of Mental Simulation in Meaning in Life
A. Waytz, Hal E. Hershfield, Diana I. Tamir
2015Journal of Personality and Social Psychology164 citations Open access
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Botsourcing and outsourcing: Robot, British, Chinese, and German workers are for thinking--not feeling--jobs.
A. Waytz, M. Norton
2014Emotion163 citations Open access
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Holding Robots Responsible: The Elements of Machine Morality.
Yochanan E. Bigman, A. Waytz, R. Alterovitz, Kurt Gray
2019Trends in Cognitive Sciences157 citations Open access
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A Superhumanization Bias in Whites’ Perceptions of Blacks
A. Waytz, K. Hoffman, Sophie Trawalter
2015150 citations
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Does Online Technology Make Us More or Less Sociable? A Preliminary Review and Call for Research
A. Waytz, Kurt Gray
2018Perspectives on Psychological Science134 citations
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The psychology of whistleblowing
J. Dungan, A. Waytz, L. Young
2015113 citations
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Mind Attribution is for Morality
L. Young, A. Waytz
2013110 citations Open access
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Motive attribution asymmetry for love vs. hate drives intractable conflict
A. Waytz, L. Young, Jeremy Ginges
2014Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America106 citations Open access
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The power of moral concerns in predicting whistleblowing decisions
J. Dungan, L. Young, A. Waytz
2019Journal of Experimental Social Psychology97 citations
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How children and adults represent God's mind
Larisa Heiphetz, Jonathan D. Lane, A. Waytz, L. Young
2015Cognitive Sciences88 citations Open access
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RUNNING HEAD : Power and Loneliness Not So Lonely at the Top : The Relationship between Power and Loneliness
A. Waytz, Eileen Y. Chou, Joe C. Magee, Adam D. Galinsky
201581 citations
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Corruption in the Context of Moral Trade-offs
J. Dungan, A. Waytz, L. Young
201475 citations
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Centripetal and centrifugal forces in the moral circle: Competing constraints on moral learning.
J. Graham, A. Waytz, P. Meindl, Ravi Iyer +1 more
2017Cognition66 citations
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The Link Between Self-Dehumanization and Immoral Behavior
Maryam Kouchaki, Kyle Dobson, A. Waytz, Nour S. Kteily
2018Psychology Science64 citations
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Distinct neural patterns of social cognition for cooperation versus competition
Lily Tsoi, J. Dungan, A. Waytz, L. Young
2016NeuroImage55 citations Open access
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Endorsing Help For Others That You Oppose For Yourself: Mind Perception Alters the Perceived Effectiveness of Paternalism
J. Schroeder, A. Waytz, Nicholas Epley
2017Journal of experimental psychology. General48 citations Open access
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The Lesser Minds Problem
A. Waytz, J. Schroeder, Nicholas Epley
201347 citations
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Motivated mind perception: treating pets as people and people as animals.
Nicholas Epley, J. Schroeder, A. Waytz
2013Nebraska Symposium on Motivation. Nebraska Symposium on Motivation46 citations
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Creative Expertise Is Associated With Transcending the Here and Now
M. Meyer, Hal E. Hershfield, A. Waytz, Judith N. Mildner +1 more
2019Journal of Personality and Social Psychology44 citations
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Dying Is Unexpectedly Positive
Amelia Goranson, Ryan S. Ritter, A. Waytz, M. Norton +1 more
2017Psychology Science44 citations Open access
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Concerns About Automation and Negative Sentiment Toward Immigration
M. Gamez-Djokic, A. Waytz
2020Psychology Science42 citations
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Overlooking others: Dehumanization by comission and omission.
A. Waytz, J. Schroeder
201441 citations
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Ideological differences in the expanse of empathy.
A. Waytz, Ravi Iyer, L. Young, J. Graham
201640 citations
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Two motivations for two dimensions of mind
A. Waytz, L. Young
201436 citations
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Language as a window into mind perception: How mental state language differentiates body and mind, human and nonhuman, and the self from others.
Shane Schweitzer, A. Waytz
2020Journal of experimental psychology. General34 citations
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Aversion to playing God and moral condemnation of technology and science
A. Waytz, L. Young
2019Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences27 citations Open access
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My mind, your mind, and God's mind: How children and adults conceive of different agents’ moral beliefs
Larisa Heiphetz, Jonathan D. Lane, A. Waytz, L. Young
2018British Journal of Developmental Psychology26 citations Open access
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Exposure to automation explains religious declines
J. Jackson, Kai-Chi Yam, Pok-Man Tang, C. Sibley +1 more
2023Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America24 citations Open access
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Examining Overlap in Behavioral and Neural Representations of Morals, Facts, and Preferences
Jordan E. Theriault, A. Waytz, Larisa Heiphetz, L. Young
2017Journal of experimental psychology. General20 citations Open access
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Imagining Other Minds: Anthropomorphism Is Hair-Triggered but Not Hare-Brained
A. Waytz, Nadav Klein, Nicholas Epley
201320 citations
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Theory of mind network activity is associated with metaethical judgment: An item analysis.
Jordan E. Theriault, A. Waytz, Larisa Heiphetz, L. Young
2020Neuropsychologia19 citations Open access
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Nudging the better angels of our nature: A field experiment on morality and well-being.
A. Waytz, W. Hofmann
2020Emotion15 citations
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Morality for us versus them.
A. Waytz, L. Young
201813 citations
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Anthropomorphizing without Social Cues Requires the Basolateral Amygdala
A. Waytz, J. Cacioppo, R. Hurlemann, F. Castelli +2 more
2019Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience12 citations Open access
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Virtuous Startups: The Credentialing Power of the Startup Label
M. Gamez-Djokic, Maryam Kouchaki, A. Waytz
2022Academy of Management Discoveries10 citations
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The Ascent of Man: A Theoretical and Empirical Case for Blatant Dehumanization
Emile G. Bruneau, Nour S. Kteily, A. Waytz, S. Cotterill
201510 citations
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The relationship between power and secrecy
Shane Schweitzer, R. Ruttan, A. Waytz
2022Journal of Experimental Social Psychology9 citations
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Correction: Racial Bias in Perceptions of Others' Pain
Sophie Trawalter, K. Hoffman, A. Waytz
2016PLoS ONE9 citations Open access
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Social Connection and Seeing Human
A. Waytz
20138 citations
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Political Bot Bias in the Perception of Online Discourse
Shane Schweitzer, Kyle S. H. Dobson, A. Waytz
2023Social Psychology and Personality Science7 citations
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A Cooperation Advantage for Theory of Mind in Children and Adults
Lily Tsoi, J. Hamlin, A. Waytz, A. Baron +1 more
20217 citations
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Making Meaning by Seeing Human
A. Waytz
20137 citations
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Morally questionable actors' meta-perceptions are accurate but overly positive
Jeffrey Lees, L. Young, A. Waytz
2022Journal of Experimental Social Psychology6 citations Open access
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The limits of empathy
A. Waytz
20166 citations
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Proceedings of the Seventh Workshop on Computational Linguistics and Clinical Psychology: Improving Access
Glorianna Jagfeld, Fiona Lobban, Paul Rayson, S. Jones +496 more
20215 citations Open access
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