Publications

Behavioral Interventions Motivate Action to Address Climate Change

Published in PNAS, 2025

Sinclair, A.H., Cosme, D., Lydic, K., Reinero, D.A., Carreras-Tartak, J., Mann, M.E., & Falk, E.B. Behavioral interventions motivate action to address climate change, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 122 (20) e2426768122, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2426768122 (2025).

Perceived Self and Social Relevance of Content Motivates News Sharing Across Cultures and Topics

Published in PNAS Nexus, 2025

Cosme, D., Chan, H.Y., Sinclair, A.H., Benitez, C., Lydic, K., Martin, R., Resnick, A., Carreras-Tartak, J., Cooper, N., Paul, A.M., Koelle, D., McVay, J., Falk, E.B., & Scholz, C. Perceived self and social relevance of content motivates news sharing across cultures and topics. PNAS Nexus, 4(2), pgaf019 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgaf019

First Impressions or Good Endings? Preferences Depend on When You Ask

Published in Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 2024

Sinclair, A.H., Wang, Y.C., & Adcock, R.A. First Impressions or Good Endings? Preferences Depend on When You Ask. J. Exp. Psych. General, 153, 10 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0001638

Memory and Belief Updating Following Complete and Partial Reminders of Fake News

Published in Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 2024

*Kemp, P.L., *Sinclair, A.H., Adcock, R.A., and Wahlheim, C.N. Memory and belief updating following complete and partial reminders of fake news. Cogn. Research 9, 28 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s41235-024-00546-w

Communicating COVID-19 Exposure Risk with an Interactive Website Counteracts Risk Misestimation

Published in PLOS ONE, 2023

Sinclair, A.H., Taylor, M.K., Brandel-Tanis, F., Davidson, A., Chande, A.T., Rishishwar, L., Andris, C., Adcock, R.A., Weitz, J.S., Samanez-Larkin, G.R., and Beckett, S.J. (2023). Communicating COVID-19 Exposure Risk with an Interactive Website Counteracts Risk Misestimation. PLOS ONE. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0290708

Instructed Motivational States Bias Reinforcement Learning and Memory Formation

Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 2023

Sinclair, A.H., Wang, Y.C., & Adcock, R.A. (2023). Instructed Motivational States Bias Reinforcement Learning and Memory Formation. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA, 120(31), e2304881120. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2304881120

Scenario-Based Messages on Social Media Motivate COVID-19 Information Seeking

Published in Journal of Applied Research in Memory & Cognition, 2023

Sinclair, A.H., Taylor, M.K., Davidson, A., Weitz, J.S., Beckett, S.J., & Samanez-Larkin, G.R. (2023). Scenario-Based Messages on Social Media Motivate COVID-19 Information Seeking. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/mac0000114

Reasons for Receiving or Not Receiving Bivalent COVID-19 Booster Vaccinations Among Adults — United States, November 1–December 10, 2022

Published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2023

Sinclair, A.H., Taylor, M.K., Weitz, J.S., Beckett, S.J., & Samanez-Larkin, G.R. (2023). Reasons for Receiving or Not Receiving Bivalent COVID-19 Booster Vaccinations Among Adults — United States, November 1–December 10, 2022. MMWR 72(3), 73-75. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7203a5

Prediction Errors Disrupt Hippocampal Representations and Update Episodic Memories

Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 2021

Sinclair, A.H., Manalili, G.M., Brunec, I.K., Adcock, R.A., & Barense, M.D. (2021). Prediction Errors Disrupt Hippocampal Representations and Update Episodic Memories. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA, 118(51), e2117625118. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2117625118

Pairing Facts with Imagined Consequences Improves Pandemic-Related Risk Perception

Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 2021

Sinclair, A.H.*, Hakimi, S.*, Stanley, M.L., Adcock, R.A., & Samanez-Larkin, G.R. (2021). Pairing Facts with Imagined Consequences Improves Pandemic-Related Risk Perception. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA, 118 (32) e2100970118. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2100970118

Imagining a Personalized Scenario Selectively Increases Perceived Risk of Viral Transmission for Older Adults

Published in Nature Aging, 2021

Sinclair, A.H., Stanley, M.L., Hakimi, S., Adcock, R.A., & Samanez-Larkin, G.R. (2021). Imagining a Personalized Scenario Selectively Increases Perceived Risk of Viral Transmission for Older Adults. Nature Aging. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43587-021-00095-7

Closed-Minded Cognition: Right-Wing Authoritarianism is Negatively Related to Belief Updating Following Prediction Error

Published in Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 2020

Sinclair, A.H., Stanley, M.L., & Seli, P. (2020). Closed-minded cognition: Right-wing authoritarianism is negatively related to belief updating following prediction error. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-020-01767-y

Intellectual Humility and Perceptions of Political Opponents

Published in Journal of Personality, 2020

Stanley, M.L., Sinclair, A.H., & Seli, P. (2020). Intellectual humility and perceptions of political opponents. Journal of Personality, 88(6), 1196–1216. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12566

Prediction Error and Memory Reactivation: How Incomplete Reminders Drive Reconsolidation

Published in Trends in Neurosciences, 2019

Sinclair, A.H., & Barense, M.D. (2019). Prediction Error and Memory Reactivation: How Incomplete Reminders Drive Reconsolidation. Trends in Neurosciences, 42(10), 727–739. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tins.2019.08.007

Surprise and Destabilize: Prediction Error Influences Episodic Memory Reconsolidation

Published in Learning & Memory, 2018

Sinclair, A.H., & Barense, M.D. (2018). Surprise and destabilize: Prediction error influences episodic memory reconsolidation. Learning and Memory, 25(8), 369–381. https://doi.org/10.1101/lm.046912.117

Alyssa H. Sinclair