Publications

I study how we understand ourselves and others, combining social cognition research with global collaborations in Big Team Science.

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My work focuses on social cognition, self-other distinction, and the dynamics of stress and mood in both everyday life and challenging contexts, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. I am deeply committed to big team science, actively participating in large-scale, multinational collaborations that tackle topics like climate psychology, moral judgment, and the replicability of psychological research. By combining insights into individual psychological processes with collaborative scientific efforts, I strive to advance interdisciplinary approaches and global perspectives to deepen our understanding of human behavior.

Featured Work

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Comparing Self-Other Distinction Across Motor, Cognitive, and Affective Domains

Results showed no correlation among SOD domains, suggesting three distinct types. Recognized as a transdiagnostic mechanism, SOD is a promising target for interventions, especially given its impairment in psychiatric conditions.

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Everyday Helping during COVID-19

We demonstrated that everyday helping during two COVID-19 national lockdowns was associated with improved mood but increased stress when effortful.

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RT Pre-processing Checklist

This paper highlights the lack of transparency in reporting reaction time data analyses in behavioral sciences and introduces a checklist to improve reproducibility, supported by expert consensus and a multiverse analysis.



2025

Cologna V., Meiler, S., Kropf, C., Lüthi, S., Mede, N., Bresch, D., Lecuona, O., Berger, S., Besley, J., Brick, C., Joubert, M., Maibach, E.W., Mihelj, S., Orekes, N., Schäfer, M., van der Linden, S., TISP Consortium (... Pronizius E., ...). (2025). The Relationship Between Extreme Weather Events and Support for Climate Policies Across 68 Countries. Nature Climate Change (accepted).
Stijovic, A., Forbes, P.A.G., Pronizius, E., Feneberg, A., Piperno, G., Nater, U. M., Lamm, C., & Silani, G. (2025). Affective and Social Predictors of Food Consumption During the COVID-19 Lockdown. Biological Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2025.02.007
Mede*, N.G., Cologna*, V., Berger, S. ... Pronizius, E. ... & Zwaan, R. (2025). Perceptions of Science, Science Communication, and Climate Change Attitudes in 68 Countries – The TISP Dataset. Scientific Data, 12, 114. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-04100-7
Cologna*, V., Mede*, N.G., Berger, S., ... Pronizius, E. ... & Zwaan, R.A. (2025). Trust in Scientists and Their Role in Society across 68 Countries. Nature Human Behaviour. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-024-02090-5

Höfler, M., Pronizius, E., & Buchanan, E.M. (2024). How Large Must an Associational Mean Difference Be to Support a Causal Effect? Methodology, 20(4), 318-335. https://doi.org/10.5964/meth.14579
Alessandroni, N., Altschul*, D., Baumgartner*, H.A. ... Pronizius*, E. ... & Prétôt, L. (2024). Challenges and Promises of Big Team Comparative Cognition. Nature Human Behvior, a comment. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-024-02081-6
Hall, B.F., Schmidt, K., Wagge, J.R. ... Pronizius, E. ... & Buchanan, E.M. (2024). Registered Replication Report: A Large Multilab Cross-Cultural Conceptual Replication of Turri, Buckwalter, & Blouw (2015). Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 7(4). https://doi.org/10.1177/25152459241267902
Pronizius*, E., Forbes*, P.A.G., Feneberg, A.C., Miculescu, B., Nater, U.M., Piperno, G., Silani, G., Stijovic, A., & Lamm, C. (2024). Everyday Helping is Associated with Enhanced Mood But Greater Stress When it is More Effortful. Scientific Reports, 14, 24120. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-75261-z
Pronizius, E., Bukowski, H., & Lamm, C. (2024). Comparing Self-Other Distinction Across Motor, Cognitive, and Affective Domains. Royal Society Open Science, 11, 240662. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.240662
Doell*, K.C., Todorova*, B., Vlasceanu*, M., Bak-Coleman, J., Pronizius, E. ... & Van Bavel, J.J. (2024). The International Climate Psychology Collaboration: Climate change-related data collected from 63 countries. Scientific Data, 11, 1066. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03865-1
Röseler, L., Kaiser, L., Doetsch, C.A. ... Pronizius, E. ... & Zhang, Y. (2024). The Replication Database: Documenting the Replicability of Psychological Science. Journal of Open Psychology Data, 12(8), 1-23. https://doi.org/10.5334/jopd.101
Alessandroni, N., Altschul*, D., Bazhydai*, M. ... Pronizius*, E. ... & Prétôt, L. (2024). Comparative Cognition Needs Big Team Science: How Large-Scale Collaborations Will Unlock the Future of the Field. Comparative Cognition & Behavior Reviews, 19, 67–72. https://doi.org/10.3819/CCBR.2024.190001
Vlasceanu*, M., Doell*, K.C., Bak-Coleman*, J. ... Pronizius, E. ... & Van Bavel, J.J. (2024). Addressing Climate Change with Behavioral Science: A Global Intervention Tournament in 63 Countries. Science Advances, 10, eadj5778. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adj5778
Loenneker, H., Buchanan*, E.M., Martinovici*, A., Primbs*, M. ... Kührt#, C., & Pronizius#, E. (2024). We Don’t Know What You Did Last Summer. On The Importance of Transparent Reporting of Reaction Time Data Pre-Processing. Cortex, 172, 14-37 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2023.11.012


Kohlenberger, J., Buber-Ennser, I., Pędziwiatr, K. ... Pronizius, E. (2023). High Self-Selection of Ukrainian Refugees into Europe: Evidence from Kraków and Vienna. PLoS ONE, 18(12): e0279783. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0279783
Riva*, F., Pronizius*, E., Lenger, M., Kronbichler, M., Silani†, G., & Lamm†, C. (2023). Age-Related Differences in Interference Control in The Context of a Finger-Lifting Task: An fMRI Study. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 18(1), nsad034. https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsad034
Forbes, P.A.G., Pronizius, E., Feneberg, A.C., Nater, U.M., Piperno, G., Silani, G., Stijovic, A., & Lamm, C. (2023). The Effects of Social Interactions on Momentary Stress and Mood During COVID-19 Lockdowns. British Journal of Health Psychology, 28, 306–319. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjhp.12626
Stijovic*, A., Forbes*, P.A.G., Tomova, L., Skoluda, N., Feneberg, A.C., Piperno, G., Pronizius, E., Nater, U.M., Lamm, C., & Silani, G. (2023). Homeostatic Regulation of Energetic Arousal During Acute Social Isolation: Evidence From the Lab and the Field. Psychological Science, 34(5), 537-551. https://doi.org/10.1177/09567976231156413
Buchanan, E.M., Lewis, S. ... Pronizius, E. ... & Primbs, M. (2023). PSACR: The Psychological Science Accelerator's COVID-19 Rapid-Response Dataset. Scientific Data, 10, 87. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01811-7
Feneberg, A.C., Stijovic A., Forbes P.A.G., Lamm C., Piperno G., Pronizius E., Silani G., & Nater U.M. (2023). Perceptions of Stress and Mood Associated With Listening to Music in Daily Life During the COVID-19 Lockdown. JAMA Network Open, 6(1), e2250382. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.50382


Müllner-Huber, A., Anton-Boicuk, L., Pronizius, E., Lengersdorff, L., Olsson, A., & Lamm, C. (2022). The Causal Role of Affect Sharing in Driving Vicarious Fear Learning. PLoS ONE, 17(11), e0277793. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0277793
Dorison, C., Lerner, J., Heller, B.H. ... Pronizius, E. ... & Coles, N.A. (2022). In COVID-19 Health Messaging, Loss Framing Increases Anxiety without Concomitant Benefits: Experimental Evidence from 84 Countries. Affective Science, 3, 577-602. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42761-022-00128-3
Psychological Science Accelerator Self-Determination Theory Collaboration [... Pronizius, E. ... ]. (2022). A Global Experiment on Motivating Social Distancing during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(22), e2111091119. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2111091119
Feneberg*, A.C., Forbes*, P.A.G., Piperno*, G., Pronizius*, E., Skoluda, N., Stijovic*, A., Lamm#, C., Nater#, U.M., & Silani#, G. (2022). Diurnal Dynamics of Stress and Mood during Covid-19 Lockdown - A Large Multinational Ecological Momentary Assessment Study. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 289(1975), 20212480. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.2480
Bago, B., Kovacs, M., Protzko, J. ... Pronizius, E. ... & Matibag, C.J. (2022). Situational Factors Shape Moral Judgments in the Trolley Dilemma in Eastern, Southern, and Western Countries in a Culturally Diverse Sample. Nature Human Behaviour, 6, 880–895. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-022-01319-5


Wang, K., Goldenberg, A., Dorison, C.A. ... Pronizius, E. ... & Moshontz, H. (2021). A Multi-Country Test of Brief Reappraisal Interventions on Emotions during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Nature Human Behaviour, 5, 1089–1110. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-021-01173-x
Jones, B.C., DeBruine, L.M., ... Pronizius, E. ... & Sirota, M. (2021). To Which World Regions Does the Valence–Dominance Model of Social Perception Apply? Nature Human Behaviour, 5(1), 159-169. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-020-01007-2


Pronizius, E. & Voracek, M. (2020). Dermatologists’ Perceptions of Suicidality in Dermatological Practice: a Survey of Prevalence Estimates and Attitudes in Austria. BMC Dermatology, 20(10), 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12895-020-00107-w