Author

Amit Kumar

Observed name: Dr. Amit Kumar

Institution: Wildlife Institute of India

Observed institutions: Cornell University, Wildlife Institute of India, University of Chicago, The University of Texas at Austin

ORCID: 0000-0002-1025-1335

Observed ORCID: 0000-0002-1025-1335

OpenAlex ID: A5032312067

A wonderful life: experiential consumption and the pursuit of happiness

2014 · Thomas Gilovich, Amit Kumar, et al. · Journal of Consumer Psychology · 411

Some “Thing” to Talk About? Differential Story Utility From Experiential and Material Purchases

2015 · Amit Kumar, Thomas Gilovich · Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin · 175

Waiting for Merlot

2014 · Amit Kumar, Matthew A. Killingsworth, et al. · Psychological Science · 159

Undervaluing Gratitude: Expressers Misunderstand the Consequences of Showing Appreciation

2018 · Amit Kumar, Nicholas Epley · Psychological Science · 144

Overly shallow?: Miscalibrated expectations create a barrier to deeper conversation.

2021 · Michael Kardas, Amit Kumar, et al. · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 93

To do or to have, now or later? The preferred consumption profiles of material and experiential purchases

2015 · Amit Kumar, Thomas Gilovich · Journal of Consumer Psychology · 83

A little good goes an unexpectedly long way: Underestimating the positive impact of kindness on recipients.

2022 · Amit Kumar, Nicholas Epley · Journal of Experimental Psychology General · 76

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It’s surprisingly nice to hear you: Misunderstanding the impact of communication media can lead to suboptimal choices of how to connect with others.

2020 · Amit Kumar, Nicholas Epley · Journal of Experimental Psychology General · 72

We’ll Always Have Paris

2014 · Thomas Gilovich, Amit Kumar · Advances in experimental social psychology · 63

Cultivating gratitude and giving through experiential consumption.

2016 · Jesse Walker, Amit Kumar, et al. · Emotion · 56

Spending on doing promotes more moment-to-moment happiness than spending on having

2020 · Amit Kumar, Matthew A. Killingsworth, et al. · Journal of Experimental Social Psychology · 49

The beach, the bikini, and the best buy: Replies to Dunn and Weidman, and to Schmitt, Brakus, and Zarantonello

2014 · Thomas Gilovich, Amit Kumar, et al. · Journal of Consumer Psychology · 26

Some things aren't better left unsaid: Interpersonal barriers to gratitude expression and prosocial engagement

2021 · Amit Kumar · Current Opinion in Psychology · 21

Undersociality is unwise

2022 · Amit Kumar, Nicholas Epley · Journal of Consumer Psychology · 17

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Questioning the "I" in Experience: Experiential Purchases Foster Social Connection

2013 · Amit Kumar, Thomas C. Mann, et al. · PsycEXTRA Dataset · 16

A Prosociality Paradox: How Miscalibrated Social Cognition Creates a Misplaced Barrier to Prosocial Action

2023 · Nicholas Epley, Amit Kumar, et al. · Current Directions in Psychological Science · 15

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The unmatchable brightness of doing: Experiential consumption facilitates greater satisfaction than spending on material possessions

2022 · Amit Kumar · Current Opinion in Psychology · 10

The Aptly Buried “I” in Experience: Experiential Purchases Promote More Social Connection Than Material Purchases

2024 · Amit Kumar, Thomas C. Mann, et al. · Journal of Behavioral Decision Making · 9

Questioning the "I" in Experience: Experiential Purchases Foster Social Connection

2014 · Amit Kumar, Thomas Mann, et al. · PsycEXTRA Dataset · 7

Let it go: How exaggerating the reputational costs of revealing negative information encourages secrecy in relationships.

2023 · Michael Kardas, Amit Kumar, et al. · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 5

Love as a universal phenomenon: Data from nine non-WEIRD societies

2025 · Piotr Sorokowski, Marina Butovskaya, et al. · International Journal of Intercultural Relations · 4

Understanding undersociality: Intentions, impressions, and interactions

2022 · Amit Kumar, Nicholas Epley · Journal of Consumer Psychology · 3

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Realistic Acceptance of God: Impact of Intimacy and Passion with Mediating Effects of Commitment

2020 · Aruna Dhamija, Somesh Dhamija, et al. · The International Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Society · 2

Behavioral Finance and Gendered Patterns in Investment Choices

2024 · Surabhi Sugathan, Amit Kumar · ShodhKosh Journal of Visual and Performing Arts · 1

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Behavioural Finance Factors and Investment Decisions: Risk Perception of Gender as a Mediating Factor

2025 · Surabhi Sugathan, Amit Kumar · BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBLISHERS eBooks

Works count: 29

Citation count: 1,517

H-index: 15

I10-index: 17