2026: Publication Year — Prolific Citations Library

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This page lists 12 peer-reviewed papers published in 2026 in the Prolific Citations Library, a curated collection of research powered by high-quality human data from Prolific.

Papers (12 of 12)

Bayesian teaching enables probabilistic reasoning in large language models

Authors: L Qiu, F Sha, K Allen, Y Kim, T Linzen, S van Steenkiste

Year: 2026

Published in: Nature …, 2026 - nature.com

Institution: Meta, Google DeepMind, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Google Research, Google

Research Area: Probabilistic reasoning, Bayesian cognition, Neural language models, Reasoning, AI Evaluations

Discipline: Machine learning, Artificial intelligence

This paper sits at the intersection of machine learning and computational cognitive science, showing that large language models can acquire generalized probabilistic reasoning by being trained to imitate Bayesian belief updating rather than relying on prompting or heuristics.

Citations: 8
Cognitive empathy and dehumanization co-vary with dark triad traits and agency detection sensitivity

Authors: K Rudnicki, O Borowiecki, K Poels, B Beersma

Year: 2026

Published in: Evolution and Human …, 2026 - Elsevier

Institution: University of Antwerp, University of Bialystok, VU University, Emory University

Research Area: Personality psychology, Social cognition, Cognitive neuroscience

Discipline: Evolutionary psychology, human behavioral ecology

In a preregistered study, psychopathy (more than the other Dark Triad traits) is linked to worse cognitive empathy and greater dehumanization, and this empathy–psychopathy link is especially strong among people who are less sensitive at detecting agency in others.
How does leader secure-base support affect hospitality employees’ service performance? Role of work engagement and role stressors

Authors: H Zhu, J Chen, N Liu

Year: 2026

Published in: International Journal of Hospitality Management, 2026 - Elsevier

Institution: Sun Yat-Sen University

Research Area: Leadership studies, Organizational psychology, hospitality research, Attachment theory

Discipline: Organizational Behavior, Management

Leader secure-base support improves hospitality employees’ service performance by boosting work engagement, but this benefit is weakened when employees experience high role ambiguity or role conflict.
Impacts of Effective Altruism on Donor Behaviour: A Randomised Discrete Choice Experiment

Authors: JW Berge, LIO Berge, W Chiu, I Kolstad

Year: 2026

Published in: The Journal of Development Studies, 2026•Taylor & Francis

Institution: Norwegian School of Economics

Effective altruism information treatment showed no effect on donations to advocacy organisations but increased support for international-focused NGOs, particularly among donors with less universalistic preferences and low trust in NGOs.

Methods: Randomised online discrete choice experiment with pre-registration and incentivised donation measurement.

Key Findings: Impact of effective altruism information treatment on donor behaviour and NGO support preferences.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2025.2601583
Moral Lenses, Political Coordinates: Towards Ideological Positioning of Morally Conditioned LLMs

Authors: C Yuan, B Ma, Z Zhang, B Prenkaj, F Kreuter, G Kasneci

Year: 2026

Published in: arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.08634, 2026•arxiv.org

Institution: Munich Center for Machine Learning, LMU Munich, Technical University of Munich

Research Area: Artificial Intelligence, AI Ethics, AI Alignment, Political Science, Computational Social Science

Discipline: Computer Science, Natural Language Processing (NLP)

This paper examines how large language models’ (LLMs) political outputs shift when you explicitly prime them with different moral values. Instead of just assigning fake personas (like “pretend to be liberal”), the authors condition models to endorse or reject specific moral values (e.g., utilitarianism, fairness, authority). They then measure how those moral primes move the models’ positions in...

DOI: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2601.08634
Once One Fails, All Are Suspect: Understanding Error Generalization in AI

Authors: L Dai, Z Wang, L Chen, J Jin

Year: 2026

Published in: 2026•scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu

Institution: Shanghai International Studies University

Research Area: Socio-Economic Impacts of AI, Algorithmic Systems

Discipline: Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence

AI errors lead to broader negative generalizations about other AI systems compared to human errors, largely due to perceptions of AI's inflexibility and inability to learn from mistakes.

Methods: Conducted four one-factor experiments across distinct contexts to compare human responses to AI errors and human errors.

Key Findings: Generalization of error perceptions from one AI system to others, and psychological mechanisms driving this process.
Self-image matters: Examining individual differences in resistance to loss framing messages

Authors: J He, C Calluso, C Donato, R Thouvarecq

Year: 2026

Published in: … - Journal of Retailing and …, 2026 - Elsevier

Institution: Luiss University, Roma Tre University, Univ Rouen Normandie, Le Mans Université

Research Area: Message framing, Psychological reactance, Self-image traits

Discipline: Consumer behavior

This paper looks at why some people get annoyed / push back (“psychological reactance”) when online grocery sites show healthy-eating PSAs, especially when the PSA is framed as a warning (“If you don’t eat well, you’ll suffer”) vs a benefit (“If you eat well, you’ll gain”).
The Artificial Intelligence Disclosure Penalty: Humans Persistently Devalue AI-Generated Creative Writing

Authors: M Raj, JM Berg, R Seamans

Year: 2026

Published in: Journal of Experimental Psychology …, 2026 - psycnet.apa.org

Institution: New York University, University of Michigan, Wharton

Research Area: Disclosure psychology, Biases in human–machine evaluation, AI Biases

Discipline: Experimental psychology

This paper sits at the intersection of experimental psychology, social cognition, and consumer judgment, examining how AI disclosure triggers persistent authenticity-based bias against creative work, revealing a robust form of algorithmic aversion in symbolic and expressive domains.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0001889
The Polarization of NFTs: Association between Personality Traits and Perceived Value

Authors: X Yang, N Xi, J Hamari

Year: 2026

Published in: 2026 - scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu

Institution: Tampere University

Research Area: NFT, Gamification, Virtual economies

Discipline: Human–Computer Interaction (HCI), Consumer behavior, Behavioral psychology

Using a Prolific survey of 805 people, the paper shows that Big Five personality traits predict why people “love vs. hate” NFT art—with agreeableness and conscientiousness linked to higher perceived value across most dimensions, and neuroticism linked to more skepticism (especially about transparency).
Toward Measuring Geographical Belongingness in a Mobile, Hybrid Globe – Development of a Place-Belongingness Scale Among Immigrants

Authors: H Mohseni, T Kujala, J Silvennoinen

Year: 2026

Published in: SPRINGER

Institution: University of Jyväskylä

Research Area: Migration studies, Social indicators, Psychometrics, Quantitative social science methods

Discipline: Social sciences

Developed and validated a multidimensional place-belongingness scale to assess immigrants' sense of belonging to geographic locations, identifying four factors: feeling at home, accepted, empowered, and secure.

Methods: Survey data from 270 immigrants worldwide analyzed using exploratory factor analysis.

Key Findings: The subjective sense of place-belongingness, decomposed into four factors: feeling at home, feeling accepted, feeling empowered, and feeling secure.

Sample Size: 270
Unlocking Cognitive Potential: How Working Memory Training Impacts Reading Skills in Aging Adults

Authors: S Assecondi

Year: 2026

Published in: SPRINGER

Institution: University of Trento

Research Area: Geropsychology, Cognitive intervention research, Psycholinguistics, Neuropsychology

Discipline: Psychology, Cognitive Science

Working memory training shows modest improvements in reading comprehension for younger adults but not older adults, highlighting the need for ecologically valid measures in cognitive training programs.

Methods: Participants underwent a 5-day cognitive training program targeting visuo-spatial working memory to evaluate effects on reading comprehension as a proxy for everyday functions.

Key Findings: The relationship between visuo-spatial working memory improvements and reading comprehension performance across age groups.

Sample Size: 175
Unpacking Human Preference for LLMs: Demographically Aware Evaluation with the HUMAINE Framework

Authors: N Petrova, A Gordon, E Blindow

Year: 2026

Published in: Open review

Institution: Prolific

Research Area: Human-centered AI evaluation, Bayesian statistics, Responsible AI, AI alignment, LLM Evaluation

Discipline: Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence

The study introduces HUMAINE, a multidimensional evaluation framework for LLMs, revealing demographic-specific preference variations and ranking google/gemini-2.5-pro as the top-performing model with a posterior probability of 95.6%.

Methods: Multi-turn naturalistic conversations analyzed using a hierarchical Bayesian Bradley-Terry-Davidson model with post-stratification to census data, stratified across 22 demographic groups.

Key Findings: Performance of 28 LLMs across five human-centric dimensions, accounting for demographic-specific preferences.

Sample Size: 23404