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Kappes, A. ORCID: 0000-0003-0867-6630, Yan, X., Crockett, M. J. & Ma, Y.view all authors (2025). Cultural Differences in Vicarious Optimism. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, p. 1461672251319566. doi: 10.1177/01461672251319566

Reinecke, M. G., Kappes, A. ORCID: 0000-0003-0867-6630, Porsdam Mann, S. , Savulescu, J. & Earp, B. D.view all authors (2025). The need for an empirical research program regarding human–AI relational norms. AI and Ethics, 5(1), pp. 71-80. doi: 10.1007/s43681-024-00631-2

Kappes, A. ORCID: 0000-0003-0867-6630, Zohny, H., Savulescu, J. , Singh, I., Sinnott-Armstrong, W. & Wilkinson, D.view all authors (2022). Race and resource allocation: an online survey of US and UK adults' attitudes toward COVID-19 ventilator and vaccine distribution. BMJ Open, 12(11), article number e062561. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-062561

Takaguchi, K., Kappes, A. ORCID: 0000-0003-0867-6630, Yearsley, J. ORCID: 0000-0003-4604-1839 , Sawai, T., Wilkinson, D. J. C. & Savulescu, J.view all authors (2022). Personal ethical settings for driverless cars and the utility paradox: An ethical analysis of public attitudes in UK and Japan. PLoS One, 17(11), article number e0275812. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0275812

Gross, J., Faber, N. S., Kappes, A. ORCID: 0000-0003-0867-6630 , Nussberger, A-M., Cowen, P. J., Browning, M., Kahane, G., Savulescu, J., Crockett, M. J. & De Dreu, C.view all authors (2021). When Helping Is Risky: The Behavioral and Neurobiological Trade-off of Social and Risk Preferences. Psychological Science, 32(11), pp. 1842-1855. doi: 10.1177/09567976211015942

Takla, A., Savulescu, J., Kappes, A. ORCID: 0000-0003-0867-6630 & Wilkinson, D. J. C.view all authors (2021). British laypeople's attitudes towards gradual sedation, sedation to unconsciousness and euthanasia at the end of life. PLoS One, 16(3), article number e0247193. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0247193

Wilkinson, D., Zohny, H., Kappes, A. ORCID: 0000-0003-0867-6630 , Sinnott-Armstrong, W. & Savulescu, J.view all authors (2020). Which factors should be included in triage? An online survey of the attitudes of the UK general public to pandemic triage dilemmas.. BMJ Open, 10(12), article number e045593. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-045593

Kappes, A. ORCID: 0000-0003-0867-6630, Harvey, A. H., Lohrenz, T. , Montague, P. R. & Sharot, T.view all authors (2020). Confirmation bias in the utilization of others' opinion strength. Nature Neuroscience, 23(1), pp. 130-137. doi: 10.1038/s41593-019-0549-2

Kappes, A. ORCID: 0000-0003-0867-6630, Nussberger, A-M., Siegel, J. Z. , Rutledge, R.B. & Crockett, M. J.view all authors (2019). Social uncertainty is heterogeneous and sometimes valuable. Nature Human Behaviour, 3(8), article number 764. doi: 10.1038/s41562-019-0662-y

Wittleder, S., Kappes, A., Krott, N. R. , Jay, M. & Oettingen, G.view all authors (2019). Mental contrasting spurs energy by changing implicit evaluations of obstacles. Motivation Science, 6(2), pp. 133-155. doi: 10.1037/mot0000140

Wittleder, S., Kappes, A. ORCID: 0000-0003-0867-6630, Oettingen, G. , Gollwitzer, P. M., Jay, M. & Morgenstern, J.view all authors (2019). Mental Contrasting With Implementation Intentions Reduces Drinking When Drinking Is Hazardous: An Online Self-Regulation Intervention. Health Education & Behavior, 46(4), pp. 666-676. doi: 10.1177/1090198119826284

Kappes, A., Nussberger, A-M., Nadira, S. F. , Kahane, G., Savulescu, J. & Crockett, M. J.view all authors (2018). Uncertainty about the impact of social decisions increases prosocial behaviour. Nature Human Behaviour, 2(8), pp. 573-580. doi: 10.1038/s41562-018-0372-x

Kappes, A., Faber, N. S., Kahane, G. , Savulescu, J. & Crockett, M. J.view all authors (2018). Concern for others leads to vicarious optimism. Psychological Science, 29(3), pp. 379-389. doi: 10.1177/0956797617737129

Kappes, A., Kahane, G. & Crockett, M. J. (2016). From risk to fairness. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) ISSN 1091-6490, 113(42), pp. 11651-11653. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1614111113

Park, G., Kappes, A., Rho, Y. & Van Bavel, J. J.view all authors (2016). At the heart of morality lies neuro-visceral integration: lower cardiac vagal tone predicts utilitarian moral judgment. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 11(10), pp. 1588-1596. doi: 10.1093/scan/nsw077

Kappes, A. & Crockett, M. (2016). The Benefits and Costs of a Rose-Colored Hindsight. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 20(9), pp. 644-646. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2016.06.009

Kappes, A. & Oettingen, G. (2014). The emergence of goal pursuit: Mental contrasting connects future and reality. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 54, pp. 25-39. doi: 10.1016/j.jesp.2014.03.014

Merkt, J., Singmann, H., Bodenburg, S. , Goossens-Merkt, H., Kappes, A., Wendt, M. & Gawrilow, C.view all authors (2013). Flanker performance in female college students with ADHD: a diffusion model analysis. ADHD Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorders, 5(4), pp. 321-341. doi: 10.1007/s12402-013-0110-1

Kappes, A., Wendt, M., Reinelt, T. & Oettingen, G.view all authors (2013). Mental contrasting changes the meaning of reality. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 49(5), pp. 797-810. doi: 10.1016/j.jesp.2013.03.010

Kappes, A. & Schikowski, A. (2013). Implicit theories of emotion shape regulation of negative affect. Cognition & Emotion, 27(5), pp. 952-960. doi: 10.1080/02699931.2012.753415