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publications
From critical to hypocritical: Counterfactual thinking increases partisan disagreement about media hypocrisy
Published in Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 2022
Recommended citation: Helgason, B.A., & Effron, D.A. (2022). From critical to hypocritical: Counterfactual thinking increases partisan disagreement about media hypocrisy. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 101, 104308.
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Reflecting on identity change facilitates confession of past misdeeds
Published in Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 2022
Recommended citation: Helgason, B.A., & Berman, J.Z. (2022). Reflecting on identity change facilitates confession of past misdeeds. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 151(9), 2259-2264.
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The moral psychology of misinformation: Why we excuse dishonesty in a post-truth world
Published in Current Opinion in Psychology, 2022
Recommended citation: Effron, D.A., & Helgason, B.A. (2022). The moral psychology of misinformation: Why we excuse dishonesty in a post-truth world. Current Opinion in Psychology, 47, 101375.
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It might become true: How prefactual thinking licenses dishonesty
Published in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2022
Recommended citation: Helgason, B.A., & Effron, D.A. (2022). It might become true: How prefactual thinking licenses dishonesty. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 123(5), 909-940.
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Moral inconsistency
Published in Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, 2023
Recommended citation: Effron, D.A., & Helgason, B.A. (2023). Moral inconsistency. Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, 67, 1-72.
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“It’s not literally true, but you get the gist”: How nuanced understandings of truth encourage people to condone and spread misinformation
Published in Current Opinion in Psychology, 2024
Recommended citation: Langdon, J.A.*, Helgason, B.A.*, Qiu, J., & Effron, D.A. (2024). “It’s not literally true, but you get the gist”: How nuanced understandings of truth encourage people to condone and spread misinformation. Current Opinion in Psychology, 57, 101788. *Equal contribution.
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Moral or lawful? When legal constraints reverse the motivational benefits of moral considerations
Published in Organization Science, 2024
Recommended citation: Kundro, T.G., Croitoru, N.L., & Helgason, B.A. (2024). Moral or lawful? When legal constraints reverse the motivational benefits of moral considerations. Organization Science, 35(5), 1849-1865.
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Advice as permission: Licensing self-interest by selectively seeking and taking advice
Published in Working paper, 2026
Recommended citation: Helgason, B.A., & Effron, D.A. Advice as permission: Licensing self-interest by selectively seeking and taking advice. Minor revision at Management Science.
Taking the ingroup seriously but the outgroup literally: Political polarization and flexible standards of honesty
Published in Working paper, 2026
Recommended citation: Helgason, B.A., Langdon, J.A., Qiu, J., & Effron, D.A. Taking the ingroup seriously but the outgroup literally: Political polarization and flexible standards of honesty. Major revision at Psychological Science.
talks
Talk 1 on Relevant Topic in Your Field
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Conference Proceeding talk 3 on Relevant Topic in Your Field
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teaching
Teaching experience 1
Undergraduate course, University 1, Department, 2014
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Teaching experience 2
Workshop, University 1, Department, 2015
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