Today's SJDM Featured Paper is: Su, Y.-H., & Shenhav, A. (2026). Rejection-based choices discourage people from opting out of voting. Nature Communications, 17(1), 1768.
doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-6…
Today's SJDM Featured Paper is: Park, A. B., Leng, Y., Gonzalez, F. J., Watson, J., Valsesia, F., & Cryder, C. (2026). Consumers Prefer that Corporations Donate Periodically. Journal of Marketing Research. doi.org/10.1177/002224372614…
Today's SJDM Featured Paper is: Maimone, G., & McKenzie, C. (2026). Whoever is Not With Me is Against Me: The “Moderate as Out-Group” Effect. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/vgjs…
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This issue contains SJDM Featured Research Papers, announcements, jobs, and conferences!
Today's SJDM Featured Paper is: Connolly, D. J., & Loewenstein, G. (2026). How Memory Crystallizes the Past: Memories Become More Consistent Over Time Due to Differential, Nonconstant Change. SSRN. doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.6030316
What we love about this paper is that it begins with uncontroversial premises and builds a simple explanation for key features of human memory. Preregistration and open practices enhance credibility.
Today's SJDM Featured Paper is: Sun, C., Cryder, C., & Rick, S. (2025). A Co-Branding Conundrum: Consumers Underuse Co-Branded Credit Cards Outside of Their Featured Brands. SSRN. papers.ssrn.com/abstract=449…
What we love about this paper is that it identifies a novel error in consumer choice and offers a compelling explanation to account for it. Preregistration and open practices enhance credibility.
Today's SJDM Featured Paper is: Strueder, J. D., Looi, T., Clark, P. M., Cockburn, J., & Windschitl, P. D. (2026). Optimistic Predictions Under Uncertainty: Active Information Search Both Supports and Constrains Motivated Bias [Preprint]. PsyArXiv. osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/pm…
What we love about this paper is how it digs down into the processes that enable and constrain desirability biases and wishful thinking. Preregistration and open practices enhance credibility.