Working Papers
In the spirit of open science, we are making our to-be-published manuscripts available here. Links to OSF projects, code, and public data can be found in manuscripts.
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Under Review + In Prep.
Szanton, E. C., Lei, R. F., Foster-Hanson, E., Kumar, V., & Young, L. (under review). Time to Abandon “Born This Way” Narratives? Moral Motivations Shape Sexual Orientation Essentialism.
Law, K. F., Syropoulos, S., O’Connor, B. B., & Young, L. (2024, March 12). The probabilistic price of life across time: Generational and probabilistic distance render a life today worth more than ten tomorrow.
Law, K. F., Syropoulos, S., Coleman, M., Gainsburg, I., & O’Connor B. B. Moral future-thinking: Does the moral circle stand the test of time?
Syropoulos, S., Ashraf, S., Yoeli, E., Gomez, O., Lowenstein, F., Tariq, A., Niles, T., Fischer, M., Young, L., & Yoeli, E. Changing community climate change attitudes: Evidence from a community exhibit intervention.
Syropoulos, S.,* & Law, K. F.,* Amorino, P., & Young, L. The Psychology of intergenerational concern: Mapping The personality profiles of longtermists.
Syropoulos, S.,* Law, K. F.,* & Young, L. National Differences in Age and Future-Oriented Indicators Relate to Environmental Performance.
Syropoulos, S.,* Law, K. F.,* & Young, L. Longtermist education interventions increase concern for and action to protect future generations.
Szanton, E., Martin, J. W., McAuliffe, K., & Young, L. (under review). Costliness and Favorability of Outside Options Shape Partner Choice and Punishment
Syropoulos, S., Kraft-Todd, G., Mah, A., Markowitz, E., & Young, L. (2023, September 6). Responsibility to future generations: A moral reframing strategy for combatting climate change.
Syropoulos, S., Law, K. F., Coleman, M. B., & Young, L. (2023, September 6). A future beyond ourselves: Can self-oriented prospection bridge responsibility for future generations?
Syropoulos, S., Law, K. F., Kraft-Todd, G., & Young, L. (2023, August 9). The Longtermism beliefs scale: Measuring lay beliefs for protecting humanity’s longterm future.
Loustau, T., McManus, R. M., Syropoulos, S., & Young, L. (under review) How morally good are donors? It depends on who knows about their donation.
Loustau, T., Dungan, J., & Young, L. (under review). Moral values and social emotions in people with autism.
Kodipady, A., Young, L., & Sparkman, G. (in prep.). The precursors to and consequences of threat-related motivations to perceive reputation signaling.
Martin, J. W., Young, L., & McAuliffe, K. (in prep.). The impact of group membership on punishment versus partner choice.
Tsoi, L., Hamlin, K., Waytz, A., Baron, A. S., & Young, L. (in prep.). False belief understanding for negative versus positive interactions in children and adults.
Tsoi, L., Lee, Y. S., & Young, L. (in prep.). Categorical perception of race is mediated by distributed patterns of activity in the brain.