Preprints | Papers in preparation.
Note. *Denotes Joint First-Authorship and Equal Contribution.
PREPRINTS
Bauer, G., Law, K. F., Young, L., Amormino, P., Marsh, A., O’Connor, B.B., & Syropoulos, S. (2025). Concern for future generations predicts present-day extraordinary altruistm: A case study of organ donorship. Under Revision.
Wu, D., Syropoulos, S., Mah, A., Law, K. F., Dixon-Gordon, K., Markowitz, E., Nteta, T., Reid, A., Ginn, J., Suh, S. M., Young, L., & Lickel, B. (2025). Shifting Demographics, Shifting Perceptions: How Race and Politics Shape Reactions to the Majority-Minority Future. Under Revision.
Law, K. F.*, Syropoulos, S.*, Signorini, A., Young, L., & O'Connor, B.B. (2025). Why poverty in the present matters for intergenerational concern and the future of humanity. Under Revision.
Law, K. F., Bae, S., Young, L., & Syropoulos S. (2025). Dispelling the myth of moral inversion: Liberal moral universalism coexists with, rather than replaces, concern for close others. Under Revision.
Tiwathia, A., Dodson, S., Law, K. F., Syropoulos, S., Ashraf, S., Thulin, E., & Watamanuk, E. (2025). TV medical dramas and social media content increase awareness, preparedness, and policy support for extreme heat. Under Review.
Syropoulos, S., Wu, D. J., & Law, K. F. (2025). Let the system burn: Need for chaos and political hostility in a divided america. Under Review.
Law, K. F., Wu, D. J., Capozzoli, C. J., & Syropoulos, S. (2025). Towards a context- and social-norm-sensitive theory of morality. Under Review.
Wang, Z., Law, K. F., Young, L., & Syropoulos, S. (2025). Investigating relationships between moral foundations and support for revenge. Under Review.
Jansen, M. A., Law, K. F., Prem, P., Syropoulos, S., & Siddiqui, A. (2025). Examining the meaning of sustainability on the moon. Under Review.
Lu, Y., Law, K. F., Löckenhoff, C. E., Caruso, E. M., Hershfield, H., Young, L., Gerstorf, D., & Syropoulos, S. (2025). Re-examining the temporal doppler effect: The future appears closer than the past for self-continuity but not for perceived temporal distance. Under Review.
Law, K. F.*, Wang, Z.*, Rogers, B., Young, L., Goya-Tocchetto, D., Amormino, P., & Syropoulos, S. (2025). Impartial intergenerational beneficence as a source of work meaningfulness. Under Review.
Tiwathia, A., Watamanuk, E., Syropoulos, S., Dodson, S., Law, K. F., & Thulin, E. (2025). A majority of Americans support climate-friendly content in entertainment. Under Review.
Law, K. F., Young, L., & Syropoulos, S. (2025). Toward a psychology of intergenerational futures thinking: Longitudinal evidence linking intergenerational dispositions to collective action for future humanity. Under Review.
Xiao, Z., Law, K. F., Wu, D., Mah, A., Dixon-Gordon, K., Markowitz, E., Nteta, T., Reid, A., Ginn, J., Suh, S. M., Lickel, B., Young, L., & Syropoulos, S. (2025). Perceived similarity and its consequences: Political misperceptions and intergroup attitudes in the U.S. Under Review.
Bae, S., Syropoulos, S., Law, K. F., O’Connor, B., Amormino, P., Crimston, C., Bastian, B., Marsh, A., & Young, L. (2025). Altruistic, not reputational concerns, drive human prosociality, values, and aspirations across the world. Under Review.
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Antoniadis, A., Law, K. F., Rogers, B., Young, L., Goya-Tochetto, D., Amormino, P., & Syropoulos, S. (2025). Impartial intergenerational beneficence predicts interest in high-impact, long-term oriented careers. Under Review.
McLamore, Q., Syropoulos, S., Law, K. F., Leidner, B., Bezouw, M. J. van, Paladino, P., Rovenpor, D., Baumert, A., Bilewicz, M., Bilgen, A., Chatard, A., Chekroun, P., Chinchilla, J., Choi, H.-S., Euh, H., Gomez, A., Kardos, P., Hooi, K. Y., Li, M., … Zein, R. A. (2025). Distrustful complacency and compliance with coronavirus prevention measures in the united states and across the world. Under Review.
Law, K. F., Young, L., & Syropoulos, S. (2025). Who cares about the future? A large scale investigation into the sociodemographic predictors of self- and other-oriented future concern. Under Review.
Fowler, Z., Stone, K., Law, K. F., Young, L., & Syropoulos, S. (2025). Uncovering and targeting individual differences predicting identification with all of humanity. Under Review.
Law, K. F., Young, L., & Syropoulos, S. (2025). Americans underestimate national levels of concern for future generations: Evidence across collective, governmental, and moral considerations. Under Review.
Law, K. F.* & Syropoulos, S.*, Young, L., & O'Connor, B. B. (2024). What we owe the present: The perceived morality of longtermism and helping distant future people. Under Review.
Fowler, Z., Law, K. F., Young, L., Schooler, J., & Syropoulos, S. (2024). Gratitude towards our past self and general gratitude enhance self-continuity. Under Review.
PAPERS IN PROGRESS
Law, K. F., Young, L., & Syropoulos S. (2025). A one-year longitudinal investigation of the association between self- and other-oriented future concern. In Preparation.