Publications

icon_weblink Wang, I. M., Roman, M. K., Goldstein, G., & Ackerman, J. M. (2024). Crowding at the ballot box: Germ aversion and voting methods in the 2020 U.S. general election. Political Psychology.

Ackerman, J. M., Merrell, W. M., & Williams, L. E. (in press). Consumer psychology. In D. Carlston, K. Johnson, & K. Hugenberg (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Social Cognition, 2ndedition. New York: Oxford University Press.

icon_weblink Merrell, W. M., Choi, S., & Ackerman, J. M. (2024). When and why people conceal infectious disease. Psychological Science, 32(3), 215-225.

icon_weblink Kitayama, S., Salvador, C., & Ackerman, J. M. (2023). The germ aversion paradox: When germ aversion predicts reduced alpha power suppression to norm violations. Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology, 5, 100150.

icon_weblink Choi, S., Merrell, W. N., & Ackerman, J. M. (2023). Safety first, but for whom? Shifts in risk perception for self and others following COVID-19 vaccination. Social Psychology and Personality Compass, 17, e12757.

file_pdf Ackerman, J. M., Borinstein, A., Kaji, J., Bekier, J., Wrinn, C., & Dockendorf, T. (2023). A dynamic segmentation of U.S. women during the COVID-19 pandemic. International Journal of Consumer Studies, 47, 1226-1240.

icon_weblink Hoover, L. V., Ackerman, J. M., Cummings, J. R., & Gearhardt, A. N. (2023). The association of perceived vulnerability to disease with cognitive restraint and compensatory behaviors. Nutrients, 15.

file_pdf Fessler, D. M. T., Merrell, W. N., Holbrook, C., & Ackerman, J. M. (2023). Beware the foe who feels no pain: Associations between relative formidability and pain sensitivity in three U.S. online studies. Evolution and Human Behavior, 44, 1-10.

file_pdf Choi, S., Merrell, W. N., & Ackerman, J. M. (2022). Keep your distance: Different roles for knowledge and affect in predicting social distancing behavior. Journal of Health Psychology, 27, 2847-2859.

file_pdf Liu, T., Ackerman, J. M., & Preston, S. D. (2021). Dissociating compulsive washing and hoarding tendencies through differences in comorbidities and the content of concerns. Journal of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy, 31, 291-308.

file_pdf Cummings, R., Ackerman, J. M., Wolfson, J. A., & Gearhardt, A. N. (2021). COVID-19 stress and eating and drinking behaviors in the United States during the early stages of the pandemic. Appetite, 162, 105163.

file_pdf Boehnke, K. F., McAfee, J., Ackerman, J. M., & Kruger, D. J. (2021). Medication and substance use increases among people using cannabis medically during the COVID-19 pandemic. International Journal of Drug Policy, 92, 103053.

file_pdf Kronrod, A., & Ackerman, J. M. (2021). Under-standing: How embodied states shape inference-making. Acta Psychologica, 215, 103276.

file_pdf Ackerman, J. M., Tybur, J. M., & Blackwell, A. D. (2021). What role does pathogen-avoidance psychology play in pandemics? Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 25(3), 177-186.

file_pdf Michalak, N., M., & Ackerman, J. M. (2021). A multi-method approach to measuring mental representations of threatening others. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 150(1), 114–134.

file_pdf Ackerman, J. M., Merrell, W. N., & Choi, S. (2020). What people believe about detecting infectious disease using the senses. Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology, 1, 100002.

file_pdf Salvador, C. E., Kraus, B. T., Ackerman, J. M., Gelfand, M. J., & Kitayama, S. (2020). Interdependent self-construal predicts reduced sensitivity to norms under pathogen threat: An electrocortical investigation. Biological Psychology, 157, 107970.

file_pdf Li, N. P., Yong, J. C., Tsai, M-H., Lai, M. H. C., Lim, A. J. Y., Ackerman, J. M. (2020). Confidence is sexy and it can be trained: Examining male social confidence in initial, opposite‐sex interactions. Journal of Personality, 88(6), 1235-1251.

file_pdf Tybur, J. M., Jones, B. C., DeBruine, L. M., Ackerman, J. M., & Fasolt, V. (2020). Preregistered replication of “Sick body, vigilant mind: The biological immune system activates the behavioral immune system.” Psychological Science, 31(11), 1461-1469.

file_pdf Michalak, N., M., Sng, O., Wang, I., & Ackerman, J. M. (2020). Sounds of sickness: Can people identify infectious disease using sounds of coughs and sneezes? Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 287, 20200944.

file_pdf Ackerman, J. M., Goesling, J., & Krishna, A. (2020). Pain scales as placebos: Can pain scales change reported pain across measurements? Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 88, 103961.

file_pdf Jaremka, L.M., Ackerman, J.M., Gawronski, B., Rule, N.O., Sweeny, K., Tropp, L.R., Metz, M.A., Molina, L., Ryan, W.S., & Vick, S.B. (2020). Common academic experiences no one talks about: Repeated rejection, imposter syndrome, and burnout. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 15, 519-543.

file_pdf Maner, J. K., & Ackerman, J. M. (2020). Ecological sex ratios and human mating. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 24(2), 98-100.

file_pdf Sng, O., & Ackerman, J. M. (2020). Too many people, women, men? The psychological effects of population density and sex ratio. Current Opinion in Psychology, 32, 38-42.

file_pdf Wang, I. M., & Ackerman, J. M. (2019). The infectiousness of crowds: Crowding experiences are amplified by pathogen threats. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 45, 120-132.

file_pdf Prokosch, M., Gassen, J., Ackerman, J. M., & Hill, S. E. (2019). Caution in the time of cholera: Pathogen threats decrease risk tolerance. Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, 13(4), 311-334.

file_pdf Kronrod, A., & Ackerman, J. M. (2019). I’m so touched! Self-touch increases attitude extremity via self-focused attention. Acta Psychologica, 195, 12-21.

file_pdf Ackerman, J. M. (2018). Best practices for interpreting large-scale replications. Nature Human Behavior, 2, 712.

file_pdf Ackerman, J. M. (2018). Persuasion by proxy: Effects of vicarious self-control use on reactions to persuasion attempts. Social Cognition, 36, 275-300.

file_pdf Wang, I. M., Michalak, N. M., & Ackerman, J. M. (2018). Threat of infectious disease. In Zeigler-Hill and Shackelford (Eds.), The SAGE Handbook of Personality and Individual Differences (pp. 321-345). London: Sage Publishing.

file_pdf Ackerman, J. M., Hill, S. E., & Murray, D. (2018). The behavioral immune system: Current concerns and future directions. Social and Personality Compass, 12(2), 57-70.

file_pdf Ackerman, J. M., Mortensen, C. R., & Tybur, J. M. (2018). Infectious disease and imperfections of self-image. Psychological Science, 29(2), 228-241.

file_pdf Huang, J. Y., Ackerman, J. M., & Newman, G. E. (2017). Catching (up with) magical contagion: A review of contagion effects in consumer contexts. Journal of the Association for Consumer Research, 2(4), 430-443.

file_pdf Bellezza, S., & Ackerman, J. M., Gino, F. (2017). “Be careless with that!” Availability of product upgrades increases cavalier behavior toward possessions. Journal of Marketing Research, 54, 768-784.

file_pdf Huang, J. Y., Ackerman, J. M., & Sedlovskaya, A. (2017). (De)contaminating product preferences: A multi-method investigation into pathogen threat’s influence on used product preferences. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology70, 143-152.

icon_weblink Wang, I. M., Michalak, N. M., & Ackerman, J. M. (2016). Life history strategies. In T.K. Shackelford & V.A. Weekes-Shackelford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer.

icon_weblink Ackerman, J. M. (2016). Disease avoidance hypothesis. In T.K. Shackelford & V.A. Weekes-Shackelford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer.

file_pdf Ackerman, J. M., Maner, J. K., & Carpenter, S. M. (2016). Going all-in: Unfavorable sex ratios attenuate choice diversification. Psychological Science, 27, 799-809.

file_pdf Maner, J. K., & Ackerman, J. M. (2015). Sexually selective cognition. Current Opinion in Psychology, 1, 52-56.

icon_weblink Griskevicius, V., Redden, J. P., & Ackerman, J. M. (2014). The fundamental motives for why we buy. In S. Preston, M. Kringelbach, and B. Knutson (Eds), Interdisciplinary Science of Consumption. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

file_pdf Griskevicius, V., Haselton, M. G., & Ackerman, J. M. (2014). Evolution and Relationships. In Jeffry A. Simpson and John Dovidio (Eds.), APA Handbook of Personality and Social Psychology: Vol. 3. Interpersonal Relations. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

file_pdf Earp, B. D., Dill, B., Harris, J., Ackerman, J. M., & Bargh, J. A. (2013). No sign of quitting: Incidental exposure to no-smoking signs ironically boosts cigarette-approach tendencies in smokers. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 43, 2158-2162.

file_pdf Huang, J. Y., Ackerman, J. M., & Bargh, J. A. (2013). Superman to the rescue: Simulating physical invulnerability attenuates exclusion-related interpersonal biases. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 49, 349-354.

file_pdf Griskevicius, V., Ackerman, J. M., Cantú, S. M., Simpson, J. A., Thompson, M. E., Delton, A. W., Robertson, T. E., & Tybur, J. M. (2013). When the Economy Falters Do People Spend or Save? Responses to Resource Scarcity Depend on Childhood Environments. Psychological Science, 24, 197-205.

icon_weblink Maner, J. K., & Ackerman, J. M. (2013). Love is a battlefield: Romantic Attraction, Intrasexual Competition, and Conflict between the Sexes. In J. A. Simpson and L. Campbell (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Close Relationships. Oxford University Press.

file_pdf Griskevicius, V., Tybur, J. M., Ackerman, J. M., Delton, A. W., & Robertson, T. E. (2012). The Financial Consequences of Too Many Men: Sex Ratio Effects on Saving, Borrowing, and Spending. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 102, 69-80. [lead article: IRGP section]

file_pdf Reimann, M., Feye, W., Malter, A. J., Ackerman, J. M., Castaño, R., Garg, N., et al. (2012). Embodiment in judgment and choice. Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Economics, 5, 104-123.

file_pdf Ackerman, J. M., Huang, J. Y., & Bargh, J. A. (2012). Evolutionary perspectives on social cognition. In S. T. Fiske & C. N. Macrae (Eds.), The Handbook of Social Cognition (pp. 451-473). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Williams, L., & Ackerman, J. (December 15, 2011). Please touch the merchandise. Harvard Business Review (HBR.org). http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/12/please_touch_the_merchandise.html

file_pdf Huang, J. Y., Sedlovskaya, A., Ackerman, J. M., & Bargh, J. A. (2011). Immunizing against prejudice: Effects of disease protection on outgroup attitudes. Psychological Science, 22, 1550-1556.

file_pdf Becker, D. V., Mortensen, C. R., Ackerman, J. M., Shapiro, J. R., Anderson, U. S., Sasaki, T., Maner, J. K., Neuberg S. L., & Kenrick, D. T. (2011). Signal detection on the battlefield: Priming self-protection vs. revenge-mindedness differentially modulates the detection of enemies and allies. PLoS ONE, 6, e23929.

file_pdf Ackerman, J. M., Griskevicius, V., & Li, N. P. (2011). Let’s get serious: Communicating commitment in romantic relationships. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 100, 1079-1094.

file_pdf Griskevicius, V., Ackerman, J. M., Van den Bergh, B., & Li, Y. J. (2011). Fundamental motives and business decisions. In G. Saad (Ed.), Evolutionary Psychology in the Business Sciences (pp. 17-40). Springer.

icon_weblink Griskevicius, V., Ackerman, J. M., & Redden, J. (2011). Why we buy: Evolution, marketing and consumer behavior (pp. 311-329). In S. C. Roberts (Ed.), Applied Evolutionary Psychology. Oxford University Press.

file_pdf Park, J. H., & Ackerman, J. M. (2011). Passion and compassion: Psychology of kin relations within and beyond the family. In C. Salmon and T. Shackelford (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Evolutionary Family Psychology (pp. 329-344). Oxford University Press.

file_pdf Ackerman, J. M., Nocera, C. C., & Bargh, J. A. (2010). Incidental haptic sensations influence social judgments and decisions. Science, 328, 1712-1715.

file_pdf Anderson, U. S., Perea, E. F., Becker, D. V., Ackerman, J. M., Shapiro, J. R., Neuberg, S. L., & Kenrick, D. T. (2010). I only have eyes for you: Ovulation redirects attention (but not memory) to attractive men. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 46, 804-808.

file_pdf Bargh, J. A., Williams, L. E., Huang, J. Y., Song. H., & Ackerman, J. M. (2010). From the Physical to the Psychological: Mundane Physical Experiences Influence Social Judgment and Interpersonal Behavior. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 33, 267-268.

file_pdf Ackerman, J. M., & Bargh, J. A. (2010). The Purpose-Driven Life. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 5, 323-326.

file_pdf Ackerman, J. M., & Bargh, J. A. (2010). Two to tango: Automatic social coordination and the role of felt effort. In B. J. Bruya (Ed.), Effortless Attention: A New Perspective in the Cognitive Science of Attention and Action (pp. 335-371). Cambridge: MIT Press.

file_pdf Mortensen, C. R., Becker, D. V., Ackerman, J. M., Neuberg, S. L., & Kenrick, D. T. (2010). Infection breeds reticence: The effects of disease salience on self-perceptions of personality and behavioral avoidance tendencies. Psychological Science, 21, 440-447.

file_pdf Becker, D. V., Neuberg, S. L., Maner, J. K., Shapiro, J. R., Ackerman, J. M., Schaller, M., & Kenrick, D. T. (2010). More Memory Bang for the Attentional Buck: Self-Protection Goals Enhance Encoding Efficiency for Potentially Threatening Males. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 1, 182-189.

file_pdf Ackerman, J. M., Shapiro, J. R., & Maner, J. K. (2009). When is it good to believe bad things? Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 32, 510-511.

file_pdf Ackerman, J. M., & Kenrick, D. T. (2009). Cooperative Courtship: Helping Friends Raise and Raze Relationship Barriers. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 35, 1285-1300.

file_pdf Shapiro, J. R., Ackerman, J. M., Neuberg, S. L., Maner, J. K., Becker, D. V., & Kenrick, D. T. (2009). Following in the Wake of Anger: When not Discriminating is Discriminating. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 35, 1356-1367.

file_pdf Ackerman, J. M., Goldstein, N. J., Shapiro, J. R., & Bargh, J. A. (2009). You Wear Me Out: The Vicarious Depletion of Self-Control. Psychological Science, 20, 326-332.

file_pdf Ackerman, J. M., Becker, D. V., Mortensen, C. R., Sasaki, T., Neuberg, S. L., & Kenrick, D. T. (2009). A pox on the mind: Disjunction of attention and memory in processing physical disfigurement. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 45, 478-485.

file_pdf Ackerman, J. M., & Kenrick, D. T. (2009). Selfishness and Sex or Cooperativeness and Family Values? Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 32, 21.

file_pdf Ackerman, J. M., & Kenrick, D. T. (2008). The costs of benefits: Help-refusals highlight key trade-offs of social life. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 12, 118-140.

file_pdf Ackerman, J. M., Kenrick, D. T., & Schaller, M. (2007). Is Friendship Akin to Kinship? Evolution & Human Behavior, 28, 365-374.

file_pdf Ackerman, J. M., Shapiro, J. R., Neuberg, S. L., Kenrick, D. T., Becker, D. V., Griskevicius, V., Maner, J. K., & Schaller, M. (2006). They all look the same to me (unless they’re angry): From out-group homogeneity to out-group heterogeneity. Psychological Science, 17, 836-840.

file_pdf Ackerman, J. , Barrett, D. W., Killeen, P. R., Maner, J. K., Rennaker, R., Sitomer, M. T., & Sundie, J. (2003). Oughts from Is’s [Review of the book Grounded ethics: The empirical bases of normative judgments]. Behavior and Philosophy, 31, 195-201.

file_pdf Kenrick, D. T., Ackerman, J. M., & Ledlow, S. (2003). Evolutionary social psychology: Adaptive predispositions and human culture. In J. DeLamater (Ed.), Handbook of social psychology (pp. 103-122). New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.

file_pdf Kenrick, D. T., Ledlow, S., & Ackerman, J. M. (2003). Mate choice. In J. Ponzetti, et al., (Eds.) International Encyclopedia of Marriage & Family Relationships, 2nd edition. New York: Macmillan Reference USA.

file_pdf Taylor, K. L., Shelby, R. A., Schwartz, M. D., Ackerman, J., LaSalle, V. H., Gelmann, E. P., & McGuire, C. (2002). The impact of item order on ratings of cancer risk perception. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention, 11, 654-659.

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