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L. Festinger

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L. Festinger — researcher profile on SciRah

h-index: 46
Works: 115
Citations: 38K

Most-cited papers

A Theory of Social Comparison Processes
L. Festinger
195421K citations
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Cognitive consequences of forced compliance.
L. Festinger, J. M. Carlsmith
2011Journal of Abnormal Psychology2,793 citations
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Informal social communication.
L. Festinger
1950Psychology Review2,016 citations
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Social pressures in informal groups : a study of human factors in housing / by Leon Festinger, Stanley Schachter and Kurt Back
L. Festinger, Stanley Schachter, K. Back
19501,358 citations
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When Prophecy Fails
Lewis M. Killian, L. Festinger, H. W. Riecken, S. Schachter
19561,133 citations
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Conflict, Decision, and Dissonance
L. Festinger
19641,040 citations
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Cognitive dissonance.
L. Festinger
1962Scientific American728 citations
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Social pressures in informal groups
L. Festinger, S. Schachter, K. Back
1950628 citations
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Some consequences of de-individuation in a group
L. Festinger, A. Pepitone, T. Newcomb
1952617 citations
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When prophecy fails: A social and psychological study of a modern group that predicted the destruction of the world.
L. Festinger, H. W. Riecken, S. Schachter
1964439 citations
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ON RESISTANCE TO PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATIONS.
L. Festinger, N. Maccoby
1964Journal of Abnormal Psychology406 citations
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BEHAVIORAL SUPPORT FOR OPINION CHANGE
L. Festinger
1964309 citations
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Research Methods in the Behavioral Sciences.
D. O. Price, L. Festinger, D. Katz
1954290 citations
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The Analysis of Sociograms using Matrix Algebra
L. Festinger
1949250 citations
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Book Review:A Study of Thinking. J. S. Bruner, J. J. Goodnow, G. A. Austin
L. Festinger
1957248 citations
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Contemporary approaches to cognition
E. Gibson, J. Bruner, E. Brunswik, L. Festinger +4 more
1958233 citations
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Interpersonal communication in small groups.
L. Festinger, J. Thibaut
1951Journal of Abnormal Psychology214 citations
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Some consequences of deindividuation in a group.
L. Festinger, A. Pepitone, T. Newcomb
1952Journal of Abnormal Psychology209 citations
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The Effectiveness of "Overheard" Persuasive Communications
E. Walster, L. Festinger
1962176 citations
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Explorations in Learning & Instruction: The Theory Into Practice Database
B. Weiner, L. Festinger, R. Spiro, J. Sweller +12 more
2003167 citations
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A Study of a Rumor: Its Origin and Spread
L. Festinger, D. Cartwright, Kathleen Barber, J. Fleischl +3 more
1948151 citations
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Tendencies toward Group Comparability in Competitive Bargaining
P. Hoffman, L. Festinger, D. H. Lawrence
1954140 citations
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The Influence Process in the Presence of Extreme Deviates
L. Festinger, H. Gerard, Bernard Hymovitch, H. Kelley +1 more
1952137 citations
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Information about spatial location based on knowledge about efference.
L. Festinger, Lance Kirkpatrick Canon
1965Psychology Review133 citations Open access
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The effectiveness of unanticipated persuasive communications.
J. Allyn, L. Festinger
1961Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology131 citations
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Back to the Future: Retrospective Review of Leon Festinger's "A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance"@@@A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance
E. Aronson, L. Festinger
1997130 citations
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Efference and the conscious experience of perception
L. Festinger, H. Ono, Clarke A. Burnham
1967127 citations Open access
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Cognitive Dissonance. (Book Reviews: Deterrents and Reinforcement. The psychology of insufficient reward)
D. H. Lawrence, L. Festinger
1965106 citations
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Eye movements and decrement in the Müller-Lyer illusion
L. Festinger, Charles W. White, Mark Allyn
1968Perception & Psychophysics102 citations
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Theory and experiment in social communication.
L. Festinger, K. Back, S. Schachter, H. Kelley +1 more
1950102 citations
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The psychological effects of insufficient rewards.
L. Festinger
1961100 citations
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The effect of attention on brightness contrast and assimilation.
L. Festinger, S. Coren, Geoffrey Rivers
1970American Journal of Psychology89 citations
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Visual perception during smooth pursuit eye movements.
L. Festinger, H. Sedgwick, J. D. Holtzman
1976Vision Research74 citations
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Self-Evaluation as a Function of Attraction to the Group
L. Festinger, Jane W. Torrey, B. Willerman
195464 citations Open access
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Changing attitudes through social contact
L. Festinger
195160 citations
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An experimental investigation of the effect of unstable interpersonal relations in a group.
L. Festinger, H. Hutte
1954Journal of Abnormal Psychology57 citations
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The Human Legacy
L. Festinger
198350 citations
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The treatment of qualitative data by scale analysis.
L. Festinger
1947Psychological bulletin50 citations
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Impact of oculomotor retraining on the visual perception of curvature.
Joel M. Miller, L. Festinger
1977Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance46 citations Open access
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Briefer Studies and Annotations
K. Back, L. Festinger, Bernard Hymovitch, H. Kelley +2 more
195043 citations
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EYE MOVEMENTS AND PERCEPTION
L. Festinger
197131 citations
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ARCHITECTURE AND GROUP MEMBERSHIP
L. Festinger
201028 citations
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Extending psychological frontiers : selected works of Leon Festinger
L. Festinger, S. Schachter, M. Gazzaniga
198927 citations
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Pressures Toward Uniformity of Performance in Groups
J. Brehm, L. Festinger
195723 citations
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A theory of congnitive dissonance
L. Festinger
196222 citations
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Emotional disruption and industrial productivity.
S. Schachter, L. Festinger, B. Willerman, R. Hyman
196121 citations
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Retinal image smear as a source of information about magnitude of eye movement.
L. Festinger, J. D. Holtzman
1978Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance17 citations Open access
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Some attitudinal consequences of forced decisions
L. Festinger
195917 citations
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Interaction of perceptually monitored and unmonitored efferent commands for smooth pursuit eye movements.
J. D. Holtzman, H. Sedgwick, L. Festinger
1978Vision Research16 citations Open access
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Contemporary approaches to cognition : a symposium held at the University of Colorado
J. Bruner, E. Brunswik, L. Festinger
196815 citations
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