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., 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
Mede, N.G.*, Cologna, V.*, Berger, S. ... Pronizius, E. ... & Zwaan, R. (2024). Perceptions of Science, Science Communication, and Climate Change Attitudes in 67 Countries: The TISP Dataset. Scientific Data (accepted). Preprint: https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/jktsy
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