Designation: Assistant Professor
Department: Humanities and Social Sciences
Email: SATHYA[at]iitism[dot]ac[dot]in
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Research Interest: Cognitive and Neurosciences, Behavioural Economics, Decision Making, Consciousness Studies, Indian Psychology.
1. HSO 510/HSO 408 Judgement and Decision Making. Winter 2022-23, Monsoon 2023-24, Monsoon 2025-26.
2. HSC 512 Quantitative Techniques for Social Sciences. Winter 2022-2023, Monsoon 2023-24.
3. HSC516 Quantitative Techniques Lab. Winter 2023-24.
4. HSO511 Brain and Behaviour. Winter 2023-24.
5. NHSC502 Statistics for Humanities and Social Sciences. Monsoon 2024-25.
6. NHSA103 Understanding Human Behaviour. Monsoon 2024-25, Winter 2024-25, Monsoon 2025-26, Winter 2025-26.
Ph.D., Psychology. Thesis Title: Cognitive, Contextual, and Neural Predictors of Intertemporal Choice: Behavioural and Electrophysiological Investigations. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, MH. November 2021.
M.A., Psychology. Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, AP. April 2014.
B.Sc., Physics. Loyola College, University of Madras, Chennai, TN. April 2011.
Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbad. April 2022 - Present.
Prof. Durganand Sinha Best Doctoral Dissertation Award. Awarded by National Academy of Psychology (NAOP) during the 31st Annual Convention organized by IIT Bombay, 4-6 March, 2022.
Siddiqi, S., & Sharma, S. N. (2026). Mind-Wandering Enhances Learning under Uncertainty: Insights from Iowa Gambling Task. Consciousness and Cognition, 139, 104021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2026.104021
Siddiqi, S., & Sharma, S. N. (2026). The Effect of Spontaneous and Deliberate Mind Wandering on Decision-Making Styles. The Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223980.2026.2626533
Shaw, N. & Sharma, S. N. (2025). An Exposition of Happiness in the Context of Positive Psychology and Indian Psychology. T. Dutta & A. J. George (Eds.), Beyond the Smile The Happiness Equation in Context, Work, and Practice. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-6759-8_1
Siddiqi, S., & Sharma, S. N. (2025). Impulsivity, approach and inhibition motivational systems and procrastination: the mediating role of mind-wandering. Current Psychology, 44, 16953-16965. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-025-08343-4
Maji, S., Sinha, S., Chaturmohta, A., & Sharma, S. N. (2024). Punishment sensitivity and depression: the serially mediating role of procrastination and academic satisfaction. Current Psychology, 43, 18552–18560. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-024-05660-y
Sharma, S. N. & Khan, A. (2022). Self-other differences in intertemporal decision making: An eye-tracking investigation. Consciousness and Cognition, 102, 103356. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2022.103356
Sharma, S. N. & Khan, A. (2021). Intertemporal preference reversals are associated with early activation of insula and sustained preferential processing of immediate rewards in visual cortex. Scientific Reports, 11, 22277. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-01579-7
Sharma, S. N. & Khan, A. (2018). Interval timing predicts impulsivity in intertemporal choice: combined behavioral and drift-diffusion model evidence. Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 30(8), 816-831. https://doi.org/10.1080/20445911.2018.1539002
A neurocognitive investigation of the role of altered reward processing in problematic use of social media. Funded by IIT (ISM) Dhanbad.
Social hierarchy and resource allocation decisions: The influence of status and power on delay, social, and probability discounting. Funded by ICSSR.
