Kyle Law | Psychology

Publications.

Note. *Denotes Joint First-Authorship and Equal Contribution.

PUBLICATIONS

35. Capozzoli, C.J., Law, K. F., & Syropoulos, S. (2025). Future generations hold the lowest moral standing, even below present-day marginalized human and non-human outgroups. In Press at Group Processes and Intergroup Relations.

34. Fowler, Z., Law, K. F., Bontkes, O., Wardell, V., Palombo, D.J., & O'Connor, B. B. (2026). Co-imagination fosters shared emotions of future experiences. In Press at Emotion.

33. Syropoulos, S., Law, K. F., Li, C., Leidner, B., & Young, K.L. (2026). Presidential candidate endorsements by scientific journals decrease trust in science especially for moderate and conservative Americans. In Press at Group Processes and Intergroup Relations.

32. Law, K. F., Syropoulos, S., Amormino, P., Marsh, A., Young, L., & O’Connor, B. B. (2026). Reasoning and empathy are not competing but complementary features of altruism. PNAS Nexus, 5(2), pgag015. https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgag015

Link(s) to Press Coverage: The Conversation

31. Wu, D. J., Law, K. F., Syropoulos, S., & Perry, S. P. (2026). The politics of well-being during democratic backsliding: How partisan affiliation and support for government actions relate to happiness and life satisfaction. Advances.in/Psychology, 1, e569295. https://doi.org/10.56296/aip00051

30. Capuano, K.*, Law, K. F.*, & Syropoulos, S. (2026). From tribe to humanity: How ingroup expansion can fuel distant altruism. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 20(1), e70117. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.70117

29. Law, K. F., Gittle, E., Young, L., & Syropoulos, S. (2025). Mapping and Increasing Americans’ Actual and Perceived Support for Initiatives Protecting Future Generations. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 0(0). https://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/G7HH5YN3BW2UAXQ7I3FG/full

Link(s) to Press Coverage: Character & Context

28. Law, K. F.*, Syropoulos, S.*, Young, L., & O’Connor, B. B. (2025). Mapping prescriptive beliefs on seventh generation stewardship and increasing the temporal scope of intergenerational concern. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 37618. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-21466-9

27. Law, K. F., Syropoulos, S., Amormino, P., Marsh, A., Young, L., & O’Connor, B. B. (2025). Mapping the moral architecture of effective and extraordinary altruism. PNAS Nexus, 4(10), pgaf326. https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgaf326

26. Law, K. F., Wylie, J., Kraft-Todd, G., Liang, N., Young, L., & Syropoulos, S. (2025). People are more Sceptical of others’ public virtue motivations than their own in separate (but not joint) evaluations. British Journal of Social Psychology, 64(4), e70014. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.70014

25. Law, K. F.*, Syropoulos, S.*, Crimston, C. R., Markowitz, E., Milfont, T. L., Claessens, S., Kyritsis, T., Atkinson, Q., Bastian, B., & Rottman, J. (2025). Cross-national insights into moral expansiveness: Selective valuation of nature versus humans. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 107, 102778. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102778

24. Markowitz, D. M., Mazzuchi, T., Syropoulos, S., Law, K. F., & Young, L. (2025). An exploration of basic human values in 38 million obituaries over 30 years. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(35), e2510318122. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.251031812

Link(s) to Press Coverage: NBC News; The Independent; Mirage News ; News Medical; Scienmag ; RealClearScience; The State News; The Conversation; Nice News; KJZZ 91.5

23. Manalili, M. M. C., Law, K. F., Signorini, A., Chukwudebe, A., Amormino, P., Goya-Tocchetto, D., Markowitz, E., Young, L., & Syropoulos, S. (2025). The Motivation to Protect Future Generations as a Source of Meaning and Mental Well-Being. Journal of Individual Differences. https://doi.org/10.1027/1614-0001/a000443

22. Law, K. F., Wang, Z., Elbaek, C. T., Fage-Butler, A., Mitkidis, P., Gkinopoulos, T., Szumowska, E., Czarnek, G., Wojcik, A. D., Fulgsang, S., Jurgiel, D., Dzimińska, M., Warwas, I., Parzuchowski, M., Bialobrzeska, O., Paruzel-Czachura, M., Pypno-Blajda, K., Pantazi, M., Lits, G., … Syropoulos, S. (2025). Responsibility for Future Generations and Climate Change Mitigation: A Cross-National Study of Predictors of Pro-environmentalism in Europe. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 102729. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102729

21. Law, K. F., Young, L., & Syropoulos, S. (2025). Cultivating multigenerational moral expansion: Interventions cultivate moral concern for future generations in boundless and zero-sum contexts. British Journal of Social Psychology, 64(2), e12892. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12892

Link(s) to Press Coverage: The Conversation; Greater Good

20. Syropoulos, S.*, Law, K. F.*, Kraft-Todd, G., & Young, L. (2025). Impartial intergenerational beneficence: The psychology of feeling (equal) intergenerational concern for all future generations. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 01461672241307800. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672241307800

19. Law, K. F., Colaizzi, G., & Syropoulos, S. (2025). Climate change is an intergenerational challenge that requires intergenerationally focused behavioral solutions. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 61, 101467. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cobeha.2024.101467

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18. Syropoulos, S., Law, K. F., Kraft-Todd, G., Mah, A., Markowitz, E., & Young, L. (2025). Responsibility to future generations: A strategy for combatting climate change across political divides. British Journal of Social Psychology, 64(1), e12775. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12775

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17. Law, K. F.*, Syropoulos, S.*, Coleman, M., & Young, L. (2025). A future beyond ourselves: Self-oriented prospection predicts increased intergenerational responsibility. Personality and Individual Differences, 233, 112915. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2024.112915

16. Law, K. F., Syropoulos, S., & Earp, B. D. (2024). Artificial intelligence, existential risk and equity: The need for multigenerational bioethics. Journal of Medical Ethics, 50(12), 799–801. https://doi.org/10.1136/jme-2024-110583

15. Law, K. F., Syropoulos, S., O’Connor, B. B., & Young, L. (2024). The probabilistic price of life across time: Generational and probabilistic distance render a life today worth more than ten tomorrow. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672241303993

14. Law, K. F., Syropoulos, S., Coleman, M., Gainsburg, I., & O’Connor, B. B. (2024). Moral future-thinking: Does the moral circle stand the test of time? Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 01461672241284324. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672241284324

13. Syropoulos, S., & Law, K. F. (2024). Cultural tightness and its association with national levels of peace: Evidence from a cross-national investigation. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, 30(3), 445–453. https://doi.org/10.1037/pac0000725

12. Syropoulos, S.* & Law, K. F.*, Amormino, P., & Young, L. (2024). Mapping the personality of (exceptional) intergenerational concern. Personality and Individual Differences, 231, 112814. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2024.112814

11. Syropoulos, S., Law, K. F., & Leidner, B. (2024). Increased perceived safety in day-to-day life relates to critical national identification. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 13684302241249057. https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302241249057

10. Syropoulos, S.* & Law, K. F.*, & Young, L. (2024). Caring for present and future generations alike: Longtermism and moral regard across temporal and social distance. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 13684302241242115. https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302241242115

9. Syropoulos, S.* & Law, K. F.*, & Young, L. (2024). The case for longtermism: Concern for the far future as a catalyst for pro-climate action. Npj Climate Action, 3(1), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44168-024-00110-8.

8. Syropoulos, S.* & Law, K. F.*, Mah, A., & Young, L. (2024). Intergenerational concern relates to constructive coping and emotional reactions to climate change via increased legacy concerns and environmental cognitive alternatives. BMC Psychology, 12(1), 182. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-024-01690-0

7. Syropoulos, S.* & Law, K. F.*, & Young, L. (2024). Longtermist education interventions increase concern for and action to protect future generations. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 19485506241228465. https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506241228465

6. Law, K. F.* & Amormino, P.*, Marsh, A. A., & O’Connor, B. B. (2024). Ethical reasoning versus empathic bias: A false dichotomy? Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 28(1), 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2023.10.006

5. Syropoulos, S.* & Law, K. F.*, & Young, L. (2024). National differences in age and future-oriented indicators relate to environmental performance. Sustainability, 16(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16010276

4. Law, K. F.*, Syropoulos, S.*, & Young, L. (2023). Why do longtermists care about protecting the environment? An investigation on the underlying mechanisms of pro-climate policy support. Sustainability, 15(24), Article 24. https://doi.org/10.3390/su152416732

3. Law, K. F., Campbell, D., & Gaesser, B. (2022). Biased benevolence: The perceived morality of effective altruism across social distance. Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin, 1461672211002773. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672211002773

2. Fowler, Z., Law, K. F., & Gaesser, B. (2021). Against empathy bias: The moral value of equitable empathy. Psychological Science, 32(5), 766–779. https://doi.org/10.1177/095679762097996

Link(s) to Press Coverage: The Conversation

1. Muraven, M., Buczny, J., & Law, K. F. (2019). Ego depletion: Theory and evidence. The Oxford Handbook of Human Motivation, 113-134.