Recent LIFE-Related Publications

A Selection of Recent Articles, Books, and Chapters by LIFE Fellows and Alumni

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Publications 2024 and in press

Aikins, M. A. N., Willems, Y. E., Fraemke, D., & Raffington, L. (2024). Beyond a shared history: A biosocial perspective on sociogenomics and racism in Germany. Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11577-024-00934-6

Ajrouch, K. J., Hu, R. X., Webster, N. J., & Antonucci, T. C. (2024). Friendship trajectories and health across the lifespan. Developmental Psychology, 60(1), 94–107. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001589

Ascigil, E., Gunaydin, G., Selcuk, E., Sandstrom, G. M., & Aydin, E. (2023). Minimal social interactions and life satisfaction: The role of greeting, thanking, and conversing. Social Psychological and Personality Science. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506231209793

Bezek, J. L., Tillem, S., Suarez, G. L., Burt, S. A., Vazquez, A. Y., Michael, C., Sripada, C., Klump, K. L., & Hyde, L. W. (in press). Functional brain network organization in youth and multi-domain resilience to neighborhood disadvantage in youth. American Psychologist.

Boker, S. M., Daniel, K. E., & Orzek, J. H. (2023). Separating long-term equilibrium adaptation from short-term self-regulation dynamics using latent differential equations. Multivariate Behavioral Research. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/00273171.2023.2228302

Bolt, E., & Giroud, N. (2024). Auditory encoding of natural speech at subcortical and cortical levels is not indicative of cognitive decline. eNeuro, 11(5), Article ENEURO.0545-23.2024. https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0545-23.2024

Brehm, J., Hoti, L., Sander, M. C., Werkle-Bergner, M., Gampe, A., & Daum, M. M. (2024). Speaker competence affects prefrontal theta and occipital alpha power during selective word learning in preschoolers. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 36(7), 1523–1540. https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_02162

Brown, J. L., & Potter, S. (2024). Integrating the philosophy and psychology of well-being: An opinionated overview. Journal of Happiness Studies, 25(5), Article 50. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-024-00763-6

Buchberger, E. S., Brandmaier, A. M., Lindenberger, U., Werkle-Bergner, M., & Ngo, C. T. (in press). The process structure of memory abilities in early and middle childhood [Registered report]. Developmental Science.

Buchberger, E. S.*, Joechner, A.-K.*, Ngo, C. T., Lindenberger, U., & Werkle-Bergner, M. (2024). Age differences in generalization, memory specificity, and their overnight fate in childhood. Child Development, 95(4), e270–e286. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.14089

Buchberger, E. S., Ngo, C. T., Peikert, A., Brandmaier, A. M., & Werkle-Bergner, M. (2024). Estimating statistical power for structural equation models in developmental cognitive science: A tutorial in R. Behavior Research Methods, 56, 6862–6879. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-024-02396-2

Buchinger, L., Entringer, T. M., Richter, D., Wagner, G. G., Gerstorf, D., & Bleidorn, W. (2024). Codevelopment of life goals and the big five personality traits across adulthood and old age. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 126(2), 346–368. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000477

Chaku, N., Yan, R., Kelly, D. P., Zhang, Z. R., Lopez-Duran, N., Weigard, A. S., & Beltz, A. M. (2024). 100 days of adolescence: Elucidating externalizing behaviors through the daily assessment of inhibitory control. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 52, 93–110. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-023-01071-y

Daniel, K. E., Moulder, R. G., Southward, M. W., Cheavens, J. S., & Boker, S. M. (2024). Trait neuroticism is associated with how often people switch between emotion regulation strategies used to manage negative emotions in daily life. Cognitive Therapy and Research. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-024-10493-x

Diemerling, H., Stresemann, L., Braun, T., & von Oertzen, T. (2024). Implementing machine learning techniques for continuous emotion prediction from uniformly segmented voice recordings. Frontiers in Psychology, 15, Article 1300996. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1300996

Dolan, P., Krekel, C., & Swanke, S. (2024). Affective paternalism. Behavioural Public Policy. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1017/bpp.2024.24

Driebe, J. C., Stern, J., Penke, L., & Gerlach, T. M. (2024). Stability and change of individual differences in ideal partner preferences over 13 years. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 50(8), 1263–1279. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672231164757

Driver, C. C. (2024). Inference with cross-lagged effects—Problems in time. Psychological Methods. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/met0000665

Emmer, C., Dorn, J. & Mata, J. (2024). The immediate effect of discrimination on mental health: A meta-analytic review of the causal evidence. Psychological Bulletin, 150(3), 215–252. https://doi.org/10.1037/bul0000419

Geers, M., Fischer, H., Lewandowsky, S., & Herzog, S. M. (2024). The political (a)symmetry of metacognitive insight into detecting misinformation. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 153(8), 1961–1972. https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0001600

Geers, M., Swire-Thompson, B., Lorenz-Spreen, P., Herzog, S. M., Kozyreva, A., & Hertwig, R. (2024). The Online Misinformation Engagement Framework. Current Opinion in Psychology, 55, Article 101739. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2023.101739

Ger, E., Wermelinger, S., de Ven, M., & Daum, M. M. (2024). What's the point? Infants' and adults' perception of different pointing gestures. Infancy, 29(2), 251–270. https://doi.org/10.1111/infa.12579

Grabman, J. H., & Dodson, C. S. (2024). Unskilled, underperforming, or unaware? Testing three accounts of individual differences in metacognitive monitoring. Cognition, 242, Article 105659. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2023.105659

Grünthal, S., Kretschmann, J., & Brunner, M. (2024). Wo soll’s hingehen, kleiner Fisch? Eine konzeptuelle Replikation von Dumont et al. (2017) zu Schulformeffekten auf akademisches Selbstkonzept, schulische Motivation und die Einschätzung eigener Ausbildungschancen am Ende der Sekundarstufe I [Where to go, little fish? A conceptual replication of Dumont et al. (2017) on school type effects on students’ academic self-concept, motivation to learn and beliefs about apprenticeship opportunities at the end of secondary school]. Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft, 27, 1087–1116. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11618-024-01243-6

Hagel, M. L., Trutzenberg, F. & Eid, M. (2024). Applying the robust chi-square goodness-of-fit test to multilevel multitrait-multimethod models: A Monte Carlo simulation study on statistical performance. Psychology International, 6, 462–491. https://doi.org/10.3390/psycholint6020029

Hasl, A., Voelkle, M., Driver, C., Kretschmann, J., & Brunner, M. (2024). Leveraging observation timing variability to understand intervention effects in panel studies: An empirical illustration and simulation study. Structural Equation Modeling, 31(1), 48–63. https://doi.org/10.1080/10705511.2023.2224515

Hecht, M., Schulze, C., & Pachur, T. (in press). Models of social sampling. In T. Reimer, L. van Swol, & A. Florack (Eds.), The Routledge handbook of communication and social cognition. Routledge/Taylor and Francis.

Hille, M., Kühn, S., Kempermann, G., Bonhoeffer, T., & Lindenberger, U. (in press). From animal models to human individuality: Integrative approaches to the study of brain plasticity. Neuron.

Hyde, L., Bezek, J. L.* & Michael, C.* (2024). The future of neuroscience in developmental psychopathology. Development & Psychopathology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579424000233

Jamison, L., Christensen, A. P., & Golino, H. F. (2024). Metric invariance in exploratory graph analysis via permutation testing. Methodology, 20(2), 144–186. https://doi.org/10.5964/meth.12877

Koch, C., Zika, O., Bruckner, R., & Schuck, N. W. (2024). Influence of surprise on reinforcement learning in younger and older adults. PLoS Computational Biology, 20(8), Article e1012331. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1012331

Kozyreva, A., Lorenz-Spreen, P., Herzog, S. M., Ecker, U. K. H., Lewandowsky, S., Hertwig, R., Ayesha, A., Bak-Coleman, J., Barzilai, S., Basol, M., Berinsky, A. J., Betsch, C., Cook, J., Fazio, L. K., Geers, M., ... Wineburg, S. (2024). Toolbox of individual-level interventions against online misinformation. Nature Human Behaviour, 8, 1044–1052. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-024-01881-0

Kraal, A. Z., Zaheed, A. B., Krasnova, A., Vadari, H., Byrd, D. R., & Zahodne, L. B. (2024). Time-lagged associations between two adverse childhood experiences and later-life cognitive function through educational attainment and stroke. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society: JINS, 30(2), 107–116. https://doi.org/10.1017/S135561772300036X

Krämer, M. D., & Bleidorn, W. (2024). The well-being costs of informal caregiving. Psychological Science. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/09567976241279203

Krämer, M. D., Rohrer, J. M., Lucas, R. E., & Richter, D. (2024). Life events and life satisfaction: Estimating effects of multiple life events in combined models. European Journal of Personality. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070241231017

Krämer, M. D., Roos, Y., Schoedel, R., Wrzus, C., & Richter, D. (2024). Social dynamics and affect: Investigating within-person associations in daily life using experience sampling and mobile sensing. Emotion, 24(3), 878–893. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001309

Kretschmann, J., & Grünthal, S. (2024). Kooperative Lehr-Lern-Prozesse und diagnostische Kompetenz [Cooperative teaching and learning processes and teachers’ diagnostic competence]. In D. Niesta Kayser, W.-K. Giera, & C. Schmalenbach (Eds.), Gleichberechtigte Teilhabe durch kooperative Lehr-Lern-Prozesse in heterogenen Lerngruppen (pp. 109–124). Waxmann.

Lalwani, P., Polk, T. A., & Garrett, D. D. (in press). Modulation of neural variability: Age-related reduction, GABAergic basis, and behavioral implications. eLife. Preprint: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.09.14.507785

Lawes, M., Hetschko, C., Sakshaug, J. W., & Eid, M. (2024). Collecting hair samples in online panel surveys: Participation rates, selective participation, and effects on attrition. Survey Research Methods, 18(2). https://doi.org/10.18148/srm/2024.v18i2.8170

Lawes, M., Hetschko, C., Schöb, R., Stephan, G., & Eid, M. (2024). Examining interindividual differences in unemployment-related changes in subjective well-being: The role of psychological well-being and re-employment expectations. European Journal of Personality. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070241231315

LeBoeuf, L., Goldstein-Greenwood, J., & Lillard, A. S. (2024). Multilevel modeling resolves ambiguities in analyses of discipline disproportionality: A demonstration comparing Title 1 Montessori and non-Montessori schools. Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 17(2), 365–390. https://doi.org/10.1080/19345747.2023.2186991

Lin, J., MacCormack, J., Boker, S., Coan, J., & Stanton, S. (2024). The role of perceived negative partner behavior in daily snacking behavior: A dynamical systems approach. Journal of Appetite, 199, Article 107393. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2024.107393

Lin, J., Stern, J. A., Allen, J. P., & Coan, J. A. (2024). Does attachment in adolescence predict neural responses to handholding in adulthood? A functional magnetic resonance imaging study. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 41(8), 2276–2296. https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075241239604

Loher, M., Steinhoff, A., Bechtiger, L., Ribeaud, D., Eisner, M. P., Shanahan, L., & Quednow, B. B. (2024). Disentangling the effects of self-control and the use of tobacco and cannabis on violence perpetration from childhood to early adulthood. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-024-02536-1

Marzoratti, A., & Evans, T. M. (2024). Why and how to collect representative study samples in educational neuroscience research. Trends in Neuroscience and Education, 35, Article 100231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tine.2024.100231

Mascherek, A., Düzel, S., Eibich, P., Krekel, C., Goebel, J., Gallinat, J., Wagner, G. G., Lindenberger, U., & Kühn, S. (2024). Working memory and fluid intelligence are differentially related to categories of urban fabric in older adults: Results from the Berlin Aging Study. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 93, Article 102224. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2023.102224

Medvedev, D., Davenport, D., Talhelm, T., & Li, Y. (2024). The motivating effect of monetary over psychological incentives is stronger in WEIRD cultures. Nature Human Behaviour, 8, 456–470. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-023-01769-5

Meier, T., Mehl, M. R., Martin, M., & Horn, A. B. (2024). When I am sixty-four… Evaluating language markers of well-being in healthy aging narrative. PLoS ONE, 19(4), Article e0302103. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0302103

Meier, T., Stephens, J. E., & Haase, C. M. (2024). Feelings in words: Emotion word use and cardiovascular reactivity in marital interactions. Emotion, 24(3), 733–744. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001299

Merrell, W. N., Choi, S., & Ackerman, J. M. (2024). When and why people conceal infectious disease. Psychological Science, 35(3), 215–225. https://doi.org/10.1177/09567976231221990

Merrell, W. N., Vossoughi, N., Kteily, N. S., & Ho, A. K. (2024). Looking White but feeling Asian: The role of physical permeability and perceived discrimination in multiracial-monoracial alliances. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672241267332

Meyer, M. A., & Gonzalez, R. (2024). Detecting bias in traffic searches: Insights from false searches of innocent drivers. Journal of Quantitative Criminology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10940-024-09585-4

Moore, I. L., & Long, N. M. (2024). Semantic associations restore neural encoding mechanisms. Learning & Memory, 31, Article a053996. https://doi.org/10.1101/lm.053996.124

Naganuma, S., & Xu, R. (2024). Characterising high school students’ interest trajectory profiles. International Journal of Science Education. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/09500693.2024.2394706

Ngo, C. T., Buchberger, E. S., Nguyen, P. T. U., Newcombe, N. S., & Werkle-Bergner, M. (2024). Building a cumulative science of memory development. Developmental Review, 72, Article 101119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dr.2024.101119

Pavlíčková, K., Gärtner, J., Voulgaropoulou, S. D., Fraemke, D., Adams, E., Quaedflieg, C. W. E. M., Viechtbauer, W., & Hernaus, D. (2024). Acute stress promotes effort mobilization for safety-related goals. Communications Psychology, 2, Article 50. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44271-024-00103-7

Papenberg, G., Karalija, N., Johansson, J., Andersson, M., Axelsson, J., Riklund, K., Lindenberger, U., Nyberg, L., & Bäckman, L. (2024). The influence of hippocampal dopamine D2 receptor losses on episodic-memory decline across 5 years is moderated by BDNF and KIBRA polymorphisms. Cortex, 176, 53–61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2024.01.014

Pauley, C., Karlsson, A., & Sander, M. C. (2024). Early visual cortices reveal interrelated item and category representations in aging. eNeuro, 11(3), Article ENEURO.0337-23.2023. https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0337-23.2023

Pohlmann, K., Tawil, N., Brick, T. R., & Kühn, S. (2024). When houses wear faces: Reverse correlation applied to architectural design. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 98, Article 102401. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2024.102401

Rawlings, B. S., Davis, H. E., Anum, A., Burger, O., Chen, L., Morales, J. C. C., Dutra, N., Dzabatou, A., Dzokoto, V., Erut, A., Fong, F. T. K., Ghelardi, S., Goldwater, M., Ingram, G., Messer, E., Kingsford, J., Lew-Levy, S., Mendez, K., Newhouse, M., … Legare, C. H. (2024). Quantifying quality: The impact of measures of school quality on children's academic achievement across diverse societies. Developmental Science, 27(5), Article e13434. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.13434

Roos, Y., Krämer, M. D., Richter, D., & Wrzus, C. (2024). Persons in contexts: The role of social networks and social density for the dynamic regulation of face-to-face interactions in daily life. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000512

Ruggeri, K., Stock, F., Haslam, S. A., Capraro, V., Boggio, P., ...Kitayama, S., ... Hecht, M., ... Willer, R. (2024). A synthesis of evidence for policy from behavioural science during COVID-19. Nature, 625, 134–147. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06840-9

Savell, S. M., Lee, J., Stern, J. A., & Wilson, M. N. (2023). Exploring the benefits of psychoeducation on college students’ mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of American College Health. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2023.2180996

Schoenholzer, K., & Burger, K. (2024). Welfare state policy and educational inequality: A cross-national multicohort study. European Sociological Review. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcae003

Schwarze, S. A., Fandakova, Y., & Lindenberger, U. (2024). Cognitive flexibility across the lifespan: Developmental differences in the neural basis of sustained and transient control processes during task switching. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 58, Article 101395. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cobeha.2024.101395

Stallasch, S. E., Lüdtke, O., Artelt, C., Hedges, L. V., & Brunner, M. (2024). Single- and multilevel perspectives on covariate selection in randomized intervention studies on student achievement. Educational Psychology Review, 36, Article 112. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-024-09898-7

Stanciu, O., Jones, A., Metzner, N., Fandakova, Y., & Ruggeri, A. (2024). The differential impact of active learning on children’s memory. Developmental Psychology, 60(5), 904–915. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001714

Steinhoff, A., Johnson-Ferguson, L., Bechtiger, L., Murray, A., Hepp, U., Ribeaud, D., Eisner, M., & Shanahan, L. (2023). Early adolescent predictors of young adults’ distress and adaptive coping during the COVID-19 pandemic: Findings from a longitudinal cohort study. Journal of Early Adolescence. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/02724316231181660

Sudimac, S., & Kühn, S. (2024). Can a nature walk change your brain? Investigating hippocampal brain plasticity after one hour in a forest. Environmental Research, 262, Article 119813. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2024.119813

Taggart, J., Wheeler, L. B., & Dela Cruz, K. L. (2024). Supporting faculty with SoTL through an intensive SoTL Scholars program. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2024(177), 23–34. https://doi.org/10.1002/tl.20576

Tawil, N., Elias, J., Ascone, L., & Kühn, S. (2024). The curvature effect: Approach-avoidance tendencies in response to interior design stimuli. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 93, Article 102197. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2023.102197

Tighe, L. A., & Davis-Kean, P. E. (2024). Economic hardship trajectories of college-educated families living in or near poverty: Assessing predictors and outcomes. Family Relations, 73(2), 1201–1218. https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.12938

Tighe, L. A., Sommer, T. E., Sabol, T. J., & Chase-Lansdale, P. L. (2024). Improving the education and wellbeing of student parents. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1532(1), 10–17. https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.15094

Trauernicht, M., Anders, Y., Oppermann, E., & Klusmann, U. (2024). Emotional exhaustion in German preschool teachers: The role of personal, structural, and social conditions at the workplace. Journal of Research in Childhood Education. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/02568543.2024.2325466

Trauernicht, M., & Lazarides, R. (2024). The flip side of teacher enthusiasm? Relations between teaching enthusiasm and socio-emotional support under consideration of different perceptions of teachers and students. Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11618-024-01259-y

Trauernicht, M., Oppermann, E., Rubach, C., Simpkins, S., & Lazarides, R. (2024). The role of social categories and the social climate for the development of well-being in elementary school students. Zeitschrift für Entwicklungspsychologie und Pädagogische Psychologie, 56(1–2), 7–19. https://doi.org/10.1026/0049-8637/a000288

Ward-Seidel, A. R., Rimm-Kaufman, S. E., & Sandilos, L. E. (2024). Schoolwork with purpose: A mixed methods study on youths’ perspective on what makes learning meaningful. Journal of Adolescent Research. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/07435584241280266

Weber, E., Hopwood, C. J., Denissen, J. J. A., & Bleidorn, W. (2024). Self-esteem and sexual experiences. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672241257355

Wermelinger, S., Moersdorf, L., & Daum, M. M. (2024). Automatic imitation in school-aged children. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 238, Article 105797. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2023.105797

Willems, Y. E., deSteiguer, A., Tanksley, P. T., Vinnik, L., Fraemke, D., Okbay, A., Richter, D., Wagner, G. G., Hertwig, R., Koellinger, P., Tucker-Drob, E. M., Harden, K. P., & Raffington, L. (2024). Self-control is associated with health-relevant disparities in buccal DNA-methylation measures of biological aging in older adults. Clinical Epigenetics, 16, Article 22. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13148-024-01637-7

Womack, S. R., Beam, C. R., Giangrande, E. J., Tong, X., Scharf, R. J., Finkel, D., Davis, D. W., & Turkheimer, E. (2024). Co-recovery of physical size and cognitive ability from infancy to adolescence: A twin study. Child Development, 95(4), 1367–1383. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.14079

Xie, K. Y., & Reuter-Lorenz, P. A. (2024). The impact of working memory testing on long-term associative memory. Memory & Cognition. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-024-01568-x

Xu, R., & Soland, J. (2024). Beyond group comparisons: Accounting for intersectional sources of bias in international survey measures. International Journal of Testing, 24(3), 230–258. https://doi.org/10.1080/15305058.2024.2364168

Zocher, S., McCloskey, A., Karasinsky, A., Schulte, R., Friedrich, U., Lesche, M., Rund, N., Gage, F. H., Hetzer, M. W., & Toda, T. (2024). Lifelong persistence of nuclear RNAs in the mouse brain. Science, 384, 53–59. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adf3481

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