Benjamin C. Ampel

Benjamin C. Ampel is a researcher and lecturer at the University at Albany, SUNY. His work examines how energy demands shape self-control, decision-making, and personality processes. He also explores the cultural psychology of emerging technologies, with a current focus on how large language models (LLMs) interact with emotional regulation and self-control in relation to healthy functioning

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bampel@albany.edu

Representative Publications

Mental Work Requires Physical Energy: Self-Control Is Neither Exception nor Exceptional

Ampel, B. C., Muraven M., McNay, E.C. (2018) Frontiers in Psychology, 9.

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Self-control and motivation: Integration and application

Ampel, B. C., O'Malley, E. E., & Muraven, M. (2016). In E. R. Hirt (Ed.), Self-Regulation and Ego-Control. San Diego, CA: Elsevier.

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Sibling Resemblance and the Effects of Gamete Formation, Independent Reassortment, Paternal Uncertainty

Gallup Jr, G. G., & Ampel, B. C. (2017). Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, 11, 99-101.

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In Preparation or Under Review

Ampel, B. C. (2025). Temporal Dynamics of Rumination, Depression, and AI Use Among Undergraduates. [Manuscript in Preparation]. Department of Psychology, State University of New York at Albany.

Dissertation (in progress)

Ampel, B. C. Can AI Decrease Death-Anxiety? Exploring the Interaction Between Value-Affirmation and Large Language Models. Doctoral dissertation, University at Albany, SUNY. Expected completion May 2026.

Continuing Education Courses (via Continued.com)

Benjamin Ampel also designs and delivers accredited continuing-education courses for licensed clinicians and behavioral health professionals. These online seminars focus on personality, trauma, emotional regulation, and clinical application. Topics include repressive coping, substance abuse pathways, the role of the self in marriage and divorce, emotional regulation and rumination, the Big Five, depression and the self, and childhood attachment.

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