Publications

Peer-reviewed work on moral cognition, neuroscience, statistics, and research software.

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2025

Static Code Analysis for R

Hester, J., Angly, F., Chirico, M., Hyde, R., Kun, R., Patil, I., & Rosenstock, A.

Journal of Open Source Software, 10(108), 7240

28 citations Software

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modelbased: An R package to make the most out of your statistical models

Makowski, D., Ben-Shachar, M.S., Wiernik, B.M., Thériault, R., Patil, I., & Lüdecke, D.

Journal of Open Source Software, 10(109), 7969

171 citations Software Statistics

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2024

Check your outliers! An introduction to identifying statistical outliers in R with easystats

Thériault, R., Ben-Shachar, M.S., Patil, I., Lüdecke, D., Wiernik, B.M., & Makowski, D.

Behavior Research Methods, 56, 4162–4172

61 citations Software Statistics

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2022

datawizard: An R Package for Easy Data Preparation and Statistical Transformations

Patil, I., Makowski, D., Ben-Shachar, M.S., Wiernik, B.M., Bacher, E., & Lüdecke, D.

Journal of Open Source Software, 7(78), 4684

131 citations Software Statistics

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2021

ggsignif: R Package for Displaying Significance Brackets for 'ggplot2'

Ahlmann-Eltze, C., & Patil, I.

PsyArxiv Preprint

671 citations Software Data Visualisation

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Reputational and cooperative benefits of third-party compensation

Dhaliwal, N.A.^*, Patil, I.^* , & Cushman, F.A.

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 164, 27–51

86 citations Moral Psychology

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performance: An R Package for Assessment, Comparison and Testing of Statistical Models

Lüdecke, D., Ben-Shachar, M.S., Patil, I., Waggoner, P., & Makowski, D.

Journal of Open Source Software, 6(60), 3139

6,525 citations Software Statistics

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see: An R Package for Visualizing Statistical Models

Lüdecke, D., Patil, I., Ben-Shachar, M.S., Wiernik, B.M., Waggoner, P., & Makowski, D.

Journal of Open Source Software, 6(64), 3393

191 citations Software Data Visualisation

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Reasoning supports forgiving accidental harms

Patil, I., & Tremolière, B.

Scientific Reports, 11:14418

14 citations Neuroscience Moral Psychology

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Visualizations with statistical details: The 'ggstatsplot' approach

Patil, I.

Journal of Open Source Software, 6(61), 3167

2,002 citations Software Data Visualisation

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Reasoning supports utilitarian resolutions to moral dilemmas across diverse measures

Patil, I.^* , Zucchelli, M.M.^*, Kool, W., Campbell, S., Fornasier, F., Calò, M., Silani, G., Cikara, M., & Cushman, F.A.

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 120(2), 443–460

180 citations Neuroscience Moral Psychology

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statsExpressions: R Package for Tidy Dataframes and Expressions with Statistical Details

Patil, I.

Journal of Open Source Software, 6(61), 3236

102 citations Software Statistics

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2020

Extracting, Computing and Exploring the Parameters of Statistical Models using R

Lüdecke, D., Ben-Shachar, M.S., Patil, I., & Makowski, D.

Journal of Open Source Software, 5(51), 2445

670 citations Software Statistics

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Methods and Algorithms for Correlation Analysis in R

Makowski, D., Ben-Shachar, M.S., Patil, I., & Lüdecke, D.

Journal of Open Source Software, 5(53), 2306

664 citations Software Statistics

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Moral cognition about harm in anxiety disorders: The Importance of Experienced Emotion

Patil, I.^* , Larsen, E.^*, Kichic, R., & Gleichgerrcht, E.

Psychological Reports, 124(6), 2501–2523

15 citations Neuroscience Moral Psychology

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2018

Neuroanatomical basis of concern-based altruism in virtual environment

Patil, I., Zanon, M.^*, Novembre, G.^*, Zangrando, N., Chittaro, L., & Silani, G.

Neuropsychologia, 116, 34–43

70 citations Neuroscience

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2017

The behavioral and neural basis of empathic blame

Patil, I., Calò, M., Fornasier, F., Cushman, F.^*, & Silani, G.^*

Scientific Reports, 7:5200

52 citations Neuroscience Moral Psychology

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Elevated moral condemnation of third-party violations in multiple sclerosis patients

Patil, I., Young, L., Sinay, V., & Gleichgerrcht, E.

Social Neuroscience, 12(3), 308–329

30 citations Neuroscience Moral Psychology

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Neuroanatomical correlates of forgiving unintentional harms

Patil, I., Calò, M.^*, Fornasier, F.^*, Young, L., & Silani, G.

Scientific Reports, 7:45967

33 citations Neuroscience Moral Psychology

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2016

Divergent roles of autistic and alexithymic traits in utilitarian moral judgments in adults with autism

Patil, I.^* , Melsbach, J.^*, Hennig-Fast, K., & Silani, G.

Scientific Reports, 6:23637

107 citations Neuroscience Moral Psychology

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2015

Trait psychopathy and utilitarian moral judgment: The mediating role of action aversion

Patil, I.

Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 27(3), 349–366

160 citations Neuroscience Moral Psychology

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2014

Alexithymia increases moral acceptability of accidental harms

Patil, I., & Silani, G.

Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 26(5), 597–614

89 citations Neuroscience Moral Psychology

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Reduced empathic concern leads to utilitarian moral judgments in trait alexithymia

Patil, I., & Silani, G.

Frontiers in Psychology, 5:501

243 citations Neuroscience Moral Psychology

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Affective basis of judgment-behavior discrepancy in virtual experiences of moral dilemmas

Patil, I., Cogoni, C., Zangrando, N., Chittaro, L., & Silani, G.

Social Neuroscience, 9(1), 94–107

263 citations Neuroscience Moral Psychology

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Theses

Ph.D. Dissertation

A multimodal investigation of moral decision-making in harmful contexts

Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA), Trieste, Italy, 2016

M.Sc. Thesis

Effect of hypergravity on amylase and total protein content in germinating rice seeds

University of Pune, Pune, India, 2010

B.Sc. Thesis

Theoretical studies of static friction at atomic scale for unlubricated BCC solids

Fergusson College, Pune, India, 2008

Reports

Mathematical Introduction to Special Theory of Relativity

Patil, I. (2008). Indian Academy of Sciences Summer Research Fellowship Programme. Under guidance of Prof. Jnanadeva Maharana, Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar.

Research News in Particle Physics

Ananthanarayan, B., Choudhary, K., Mohapatra, L., Patil, I., Rustagi, A., & Shivaraj, K. (2007). Two review articles published in Current Science, summarising recent discoveries in exotic heavy baryons and oscillation phenomena in heavy meson systems for a broad scientific audience.

Baryons arXiv:0707.4208

Mesons arXiv:0707.4209