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

Software

32 citations

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

SoftwareStatistics

279 citations

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

SoftwareStatistics

134 citations

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

SoftwareStatistics

171 citations

2021

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

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

PsyArxivPreprint

SoftwareData Visualisation

749 citations

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

Moral Psychology

91 citations

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

SoftwareStatistics

7,766 citations

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

SoftwareData Visualisation

236 citations

Reasoning supports forgiving accidental harms

Patil, I., & Tremolière, B.

Scientific Reports, 11:14418

NeuroscienceMoral Psychology

16 citations

Visualizations with statistical details: The 'ggstatsplot' approach

Patil, I.

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

SoftwareData Visualisation

2,158 citations

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

NeuroscienceMoral Psychology

185 citations

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

Patil, I.

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

SoftwareStatistics

108 citations

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

SoftwareStatistics

765 citations

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

SoftwareStatistics

759 citations

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

NeuroscienceMoral Psychology

14 citations

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

Neuroscience

71 citations

2017

The behavioral and neural basis of empathic blame

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

Scientific Reports, 7:5200

NeuroscienceMoral Psychology

58 citations

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

NeuroscienceMoral Psychology

33 citations

Neuroanatomical correlates of forgiving unintentional harms

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

Scientific Reports, 7:45967

NeuroscienceMoral Psychology

33 citations

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

NeuroscienceMoral Psychology

112 citations

2015

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

Patil, I.

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

NeuroscienceMoral Psychology

161 citations

2014

Alexithymia increases moral acceptability of accidental harms

Patil, I., & Silani, G.

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

NeuroscienceMoral Psychology

90 citations

Reduced empathic concern leads to utilitarian moral judgments in trait alexithymia

Patil, I., & Silani, G.

Frontiers in Psychology, 5:501

NeuroscienceMoral Psychology

242 citations

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

NeuroscienceMoral Psychology

271 citations

Archive · Degrees

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

Archive · Early work

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.

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