Recent Publications:
2023
Weber & Constantino. All hearts and minds on deck: Hope motivates climate action by linking the present and the future. Emotion Review.
Sisco et al. Examining evidence for the Finite Pool of Worry and Finite Pool of Attention hypotheses. Global Environmental Change.
Composto, Constantino, & Weber. Predictors and consequences of pro-environmental behavior at work. Current Reseach in Ecological and Social Psychology.
2022
Constantino, et al. Personal hardship narrows the partisan gap in COVID-19 and climate change responses. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Yang, et al. Sociocultural determinants of global mask-wearing behavior. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Constantino, et al. Scaling up change: A critical review and practical guide to harnessing social norms for climate action. Psychological Science in the Public Interest.
Ehret*, Constantino*, et al. Group identities can undermine social tipping after intervention. Nature Human Behaviour.
Qiu, et al. Understanding the coevolution of mask wearing and epidemics: A network perspective. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Kruger*, Constantino*, et al. Governing sustainable transformations of urban social-ecological-technological systems. Urban Sustainability.
2021
Vasconcelos, et al. Segregation and clustering of preferences erode socially beneficial coordination. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Constantino & Weber. Decision-making under the deep uncertainty of climate change: The psychological and political agency of narratives. Current Opinion in Psychology.
Constantino, Cooperman, & Moreira. Voting in a global pandemic: Assessing dueling influences of Covid-19 on turnout. Social Science Quarterly.
Constantino, et al. Cognition and behavior in context: A framework and theories to explain natural resource use decisions in social-ecological systems. Sustainability Science.
Constantino, et al. The source is the message: The impact of institutional signals on climate change-related norm perceptions and behaviors. Climatic Change.
Older Publications
Lenow, et al. (2017) Chronic and acute stress promote overexploitation in serial decision making. Journal of Neuroscience.
Constantino & Daw (2015). Learning the opportunity cost of time in a patch-foraging task. Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience.
Constantino & Daw (2010). A closer look at choice. Nature Neuroscience.
Cash Transfers & Poverty:
Roll et al. (2023) How would Americans respond to direct cash transfers? Results from two survey experiments. Social Science Review
Constantino & Zeifman (2021). Cash Transfers, UBI, and a changing political landscape. Ethical Perspectives.
Balakrishnan, Constantino, & Nunez (2020) Building a Helicopter: Pathways for targeting and distributing a US guaranteed income. The Jain Family Institute.
PrePrints:
Xiao, Sparkman, & Constantino. Like me or near me? Assessing which norm referents best promote energy conservation in a field study.
Sisco, et al. A finite pool of worry or a finite pool of attention? Evidence and qualifications.
Raio, et al. Suboptimal foraging decisions and involvement of the ventral tegmental area in human opioid addiction.
Roll, et al. How Would Americans Respond to Direct Cash Transfers? Results from Two Survey Experiments
Spaiser et al. Negative social tipping dynamics resulting from and reinforcing Earth System destabilization
Pereira et al. Risks, ethics and justice in the governance of positive tipping points
Caggiano et al. Community-Engaged Research is best positioned to catalyze systemic change. Behavioral and Brain Sciences Commentary.
Constantino, Cooperman, & Muñoz. Neighborhood-Based Organizations as political actors: Implications for political participation, inequality, and climate resilience.
Datasets and Code:
Sisco, Yao, Constantino, Tavoni, Weber, & Bosetti. The International Panel on Climate Change and Air Pollution (ICAPP) Dataset.
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