Abstract Thinking is accompanied by metacognitive experiences of ease or difficulty. People
draw on these experiences as a source of information that can complement or challenge the …

In this article we address a number of important issues that arise in the analysis of
nonindependent data. Such data are common in studies in which predictors vary within …

There is no human activity that is risk free, including those most trivial and essential for
survival, such as eating. Various factors impact the risk perception of a population, such as …

Many argue that there is a reproducibility crisis in psychology. We investigated nine well-
known effects from the cognitive psychology literature—three each from the domains of …

A major obstacle for the design of rigorous, reproducible studies in moral psychology is the
lack of suitable stimulus sets. Here, we present the Socio-Moral Image Database (SMID), the …

Across languages, syllables more likely begin with consonants (vs. vowels) and end with
vowels (vs. consonants), so that words that follow (vs. do not follow) this pattern are more …

Purpose This research aims to examine the role of perceived threat (ie COVID-19) on
people's preferences for destination logo designs. In addition, it investigates the influence of …

The scale distortion theory of anchoring argues that people are influenced by a previously
considered numeric value, an anchor, because the anchor distorts the scale on which a …

The naming of diseases is a critical aspect of public health communication. In light of the
recent renaming of the 'Wuhan novel coronavirus' to COVID-19, the names of other health …

A range of spreads and dips as novel vegetarian ready-to-eat foods are being introduced on
the (European) retail market to response to an increasing number of vegetarian'/flexitarian' …