Publications

Bouton, S., Chevallier, C., Hallimat Cissé, A., Heude, B. & Jacquet, P. (2024). Metabolic trade-offs in childhood: Exploring the relationship between language development and body growth. Developmental science, 27(4), e13493. doi:10.1111/desc.13493

Dockendorff, M. & Mercier, H. (2024). Argument evaluation and production in the correction of political innumeracy. Thinking & Reasoning , 30(1), 195–217. doi:10.1080/13546783.2023.2259537

Dubourg, E. & Baumard, N. (2024). Does curiosity adaptively vary with ecological contexts? A correlational study with socioeconomic status. Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences. doi:10.1037/ebs0000355

Dubourg, E., Thouzeau, V. & Baumard, N. (2024). The psychological origins of science fiction. Poetics, 102(101862). doi:10.1016/j.poetic.2024.101862

Johnson, M. , Johnson, E. , Nettle, D. & (Et Al), . (2024). Can the ‘downward spiral’ of material conditions, mental health and faith in government be stopped? Evidence from surveys in ‘red wall’ constituencies. The British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 26(131-148). doi:10.1177/13691481221146886

Karabegovic , M., Boyer, P. & Mercier, H. (2024). Epistemic gratitude and the provision of information. Evolution and Human Behavior, 45(3), 252-260. doi:10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2024.04.010

Karabegovic , M., Blatt, T. , Boyer, P. & Mercier, H. (2024). Intuitive credit attribution and the priority rule. Philosophical Psychology, . doi:10.1080/09515089.2023.2299754

Karabegovic , M. & Mercier, H. (2024). The Reputational Benefits of Intellectual Humility. Rev.Phil.Psych, 15, 483–498. doi:10.1007/s13164-023-00679-9#

Morin, O. & Sobchuk, O. (2024). Why Monsters Are Dangerous . Poetics Today, 44(4), 647–664. doi:10.1215/03335372-10824226

Nettle, D., Chevallier, C., De Courson, B., A Johnson, E. , T Johnson, M. & E Pickett, K. (2024). Short-term changes in financial situation have immediate mental health consequences: implications for social policy. Social Policy & Administration, . doi:10.1111/spol.13065

Sijilmassi, A. , Safra, L. & Baumard, N. (2024). Cultural technologies for peace may have shaped our social cognition. The Behavioral and brain sciences, 47, e28. doi:10.1017/S0140525X23002637

Sijilmassi, A. , Safra, L. & Baumard, N. (2024). 'Our Roots Run Deep': Historical Myths as Culturally Evolved Technologies for Coalitional Recruitment. The Behavioral and brain sciences, ., 1-44. doi:10.1017/S0140525X24000013

Sijilmassi, A. , Safra, L. & Baumard, N. (2024). ‘Our Roots Run Deep’: Historical Myths as Culturally Evolved Technologies for Coalitional Recruitment. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 1-44. doi:10.1017/S0140525X24000013

Vlasceanu, M., Mercier, H. & (Et Al), . (2024). Addressing climate change with behavioral science: A global intervention tournament in 63 countries. Science Advances, 10(6). doi:10.1126/sciadv.adj5778

A Johnson, E. , Hardill, I. , Johnson, M. & Nettle, D. (2023). Breaking the Overton Window: on the need for adversarial co-production. Evidence & Policy, 20(3), 393-405. doi:10.1332/17442648Y2023D000000005

A Johnson, E. , Webster, H., Morrison, J., Thorold, R. , Mathers, A., Nettle, D. & (Et Al), . (2023). What role do young people believe Universal Basic Income can play in supporting their mental health? Journal of Youth Studies, 1-20. doi:10.1080/13676261.2023.2256236

Farrell, H. , Mercier, H. & Schwartzberg, M. (2023). Analytical Democratic Theory: A Microfoundational Approach. American Political Science Review, 117(2), 767-772. doi:10.1017/S0003055422000715

Frankenhuis, W. , Borsboom, D. , Nettle, D. & Roisman, G. (2023). Formalizing theories of child development: Introduction to the special section. Child Development, 94(6), 1425-1431. doi:10.1111/cdev.14020

Mckay, R. & Mercier, H. (2023). Delusions as Epistemic Hypervigilance. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 32(2), 125-130. doi:10.1177/09637214221128320

Morin, O. (2023). The puzzle of ideography. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 46(e233). doi:10.1017/S0140525X22002801

Mus, M., Mercier, H. & Chevallier, C. (2023). Designing an acceptable and fair carbon tax: The role of mental accounting. Plos Climate, 2(10), e0000227. doi:10.1371/journal.pclm.0000227

Neal, C. , Pepper, G. , Allen, C. & Nettle, D. (2023). No effect of hunger on attentional capture by food cues: Two replication studies. Appetite, 191(107065). doi:0.1016/j.appet.2023.107065

Nettle, D., Panchanathan, K. & Frankenhuis, W. (2023). Biology, Society, or Choice: How Do Non-Experts Interpret Explanations of Behaviour? Open Mind, 7, 625-651. doi:10.1162/opmi_a_00098

Radkani, S., Holton, E. , De Courson, B., Saxe, R. & Nettle, D. (2023). Desperation and inequality increase stealing: evidence from experimental microsocieties. Royal Society Open Science, 10(221385). doi:10.1098/rsos.221385

T. Ross, C. , Nettle, D. & (Et Al), . (2023). Reproductive inequality in humans and other mammals. PNAS, 120(22), e2220124120. doi:10.1073/pnas.2220124120

Youngblood, M., M. Stubbersfield, J. , Glassman, R. , Morin, O. & Acerbi , A. (2023). Negativity bias in the spread of voter fraud conspiracy theory tweets during the 2020 US election. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 10(573). doi:10.1057/s41599-023-02106-x

Youngblood, M., Miton, H. & Morin, O. (2023). Statistical signals of copying are robust to time- and space-averaging. , 5(e10). doi:10.1017/ehs.2023.5

Acerbi , A., Yesilaltay , S. & Mercier, H. (2022). Research note: Fighting misinformation or fighting for information? Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) Misinformation Review, 3(1), 1-15. doi:10.37016/mr-2020-87

Baumard, N., Huillery, E. , Hyafil, A. & Safra, L. (2022). The cultural evolution of love in literary history. Nature Human Behaviour, . doi:10.1038/s41562-022-01292-z

Boon-Falleur, M., Grandin, A. , Baumard, N. & Chevallier, C. (2022). Leveraging social cognition to promote effective climate change mitigation. Nature Climate Change. doi:10.1038/s41558-022-01312-w