| Happiness unpacked: positive emotions increase life satisfaction by building resilience. MA Cohn, BL Fredrickson, SL Brown, JA Mikels, AM Conway Emotion 9 (3), 361, 2009 | 2732 | 2009 |
| Reinterpreting the empathy–altruism relationship: When one into one equals oneness. RB Cialdini, SL Brown, BP Lewis, C Luce, SL Neuberg Journal of personality and social psychology 73 (3), 481, 1997 | 2350 | 1997 |
| Providing social support may be more beneficial than receiving it: Results from a prospective study of mortality SL Brown, RM Nesse, AD Vinokur, DM Smith Psychological science 14 (4), 320-327, 2003 | 2015 | 2003 |
| The effects of perspective taking on motivations for helping: Still no evidence for altruism JK Maner, CL Luce, SL Neuberg, RB Cialdini, S Brown, BJ Sagarin Personality and social psychology bulletin 28 (11), 1601-1610, 2002 | 480 | 2002 |
| Motives for volunteering are associated with mortality risk in older adults. S Konrath, A Fuhrel-Forbis, A Lou, S Brown Health Psychology 31 (1), 87, 2012 | 447 | 2012 |
| Selective investment theory: Recasting the functional significance of close relationships SL Brown, RM Brown Psychological inquiry 17 (1), 1-29, 2006 | 421 | 2006 |
| Caregiving behavior is associated with decreased mortality risk SL Brown, DM Smith, R Schulz, MU Kabeto, PA Ubel, M Poulin, J Yi, ... Psychological science 20 (4), 488-494, 2009 | 355 | 2009 |
| Does empathy lead to anything more than superficial helping? Comment on Batson et al.(1997). SL Neuberg, RB Cialdini, SL Brown, C Luce, BJ Sagarin, BP Lewis American Psychological Association 73 (3), 510, 1997 | 350 | 1997 |
| Connecting prosocial behavior to improved physical health: Contributions from the neurobiology of parenting SL Brown, RM Brown Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 55, 1-17, 2015 | 302 | 2015 |
| Giving to others and the association between stress and mortality MJ Poulin, SL Brown, AJ Dillard, DM Smith American journal of public health 103 (9), 1649-1655, 2013 | 288 | 2013 |
| The Oxford handbook of compassion science EM Seppälä, E Simon-Thomas, SL Brown, MC Worline, CD Cameron, ... Oxford University Press, 2017 | 276 | 2017 |
| Volunteering by older adults and risk of mortality: a meta-analysis. MA Okun, EWH Yeung, S Brown Psychology and aging 28 (2), 564, 2013 | 269 | 2013 |
| Informal caregiving: A reappraisal of effects on caregivers RM Brown, SL Brown Sage Publications, 2014 | 257 | 2014 |
| Age preferences and mate choice among homosexuals and heterosexuals: A case for modular psychological mechanisms. DT Kenrick, RC Keefe, A Bryan, A Barr, S Brown Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 69 (6), 1166, 1995 | 252 | 1995 |
| Patient suffering and caregiver compassion: new opportunities for research, practice, and policy R Schulz, RS Hebert, MA Dew, SL Brown, MF Scheier, SR Beach, ... The Gerontologist 47 (1), 4-13, 2007 | 246 | 2007 |
| Parenting and beyond: Common neurocircuits underlying parental and altruistic caregiving JE Swain, S Konrath, SL Brown, ED Finegood, LB Akce, CJ Dayton, ... Parenting 12 (2-3), 115-123, 2012 | 236 | 2012 |
| Does a helping hand mean a heavy heart? Helping behavior and well-being among spouse caregivers. MJ Poulin, SL Brown, PA Ubel, DM Smith, A Jankovic, KM Langa Psychology and aging 25 (1), 108, 2010 | 219 | 2010 |
| Religion and emotional compensation: Results from a prospective study of widowhood SL Brown, RM Nesse, JS House, RL Utz Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 30 (9), 1165-1174, 2004 | 214 | 2004 |
| Coping with spousal loss: Potential buffering effects of self-reported helping behavior SL Brown, RM Brown, JS House, DM Smith Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 34 (6), 849-861, 2008 | 209 | 2008 |
| Social closeness increases salivary progesterone in humans SL Brown, BL Fredrickson, MM Wirth, MJ Poulin, EA Meier, ED Heaphy, ... Hormones and behavior 56 (1), 108-111, 2009 | 205 | 2009 |
