Publications

Journal Articles

Moral or lawful? When legal constraints reverse the motivational benefits of moral considerations
Kundro, T.G., Croitoru, N.L., & Helgason, B.A.
Organization Science, 2024. [paper]

“It’s not literally true, but you get the gist”: How nuanced understandings of truth encourage people to condone and spread misinformation
Langdon, J.A.*, Helgason, B.A.*, Qiu, J., & Effron, D.A. (*equal contribution)
Current Opinion in Psychology, 2024. [paper]

Moral inconsistency
Effron, D.A., & Helgason, B.A.
Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, 2023. [paper]

It might become true: How prefactual thinking licenses dishonesty
Helgason, B.A., & Effron, D.A.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2022. [paper]

The moral psychology of misinformation: Why we excuse dishonesty in a post-truth world
Effron, D.A., & Helgason, B.A.
Current Opinion in Psychology, 2022. [paper]

Reflecting on identity change facilitates confession of past misdeeds
Helgason, B.A., & Berman, J.Z.
Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 2022. [paper]

From critical to hypocritical: Counterfactual thinking increases partisan disagreement about media hypocrisy
Helgason, B.A., & Effron, D.A.
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 2022. [paper]

Working Papers

Taking the ingroup seriously but the outgroup literally: Political polarization and flexible standards of honesty
Helgason, B.A., Langdon, J.A., Qiu, J., & Effron, D.A.
Working paper.

Advice as permission: Licensing self-interest by selectively seeking and taking advice
Helgason, B.A., & Effron, D.A.
Working paper.