Popular Press
2021
It's not stress that's killing us, it's hate: Maybe mindfulness can help.
The Conversation
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2021
Words of wisdom: 4 tips from experts on how to endure until the COVID-19 pandemic ends.
The Conversation
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2017
Can we foresee the future? Explaining and predicting cultural change.
SPSP Character & Context.
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Recent Publications
Dorfman, A., Moscovitch, D. A., Chopik, W. J., & Grossmann, I.
2021
None the wiser: How adversity type and self-distancing impact change in wisdom following adversity.
European Journal of Personality
[PsyArXiv]
Rotella, A., Varnum, M. E. W., Sng, O. & Grossmann, I.
2021
Increasing population densities predict decreasing fertility rates over time: A 174-nation investigation.
American Psychologist
[PsyArXiv]
Grossmann, I., Dorfman, A., Oakes, H., Santos, H. C., Vohs, K. D., & Scholer, A. A.
2021
Training for wisdom: The distanced self-reflection diary method.
Psychological Science
[PsyArXiv]
Grossmann, I., Dorfman, A., & Oakes, H.
2020
Wisdom is a social-ecological rather than person-centric phenomenon.
Current Opinion in Psychology
[PsyArXiv]
Grossmann, I., Eibach, R. P., Koyama, J., & Sahi, Q.
2020
Folk standards of sound judgment: Rationality versus reasonableness.
Science Advances
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Grossmann, I., Weststrate, N. M., Ardelt, M., Brienza, J. P., Dong, M., Ferrari, M., Fournier, M. A., Hu, C. S., Nusbaum, H. C. & Vervaeke, J.
2020
The science of wisdom in a polarized world: Knowns and unknowns.
Psychological Inquiry
[PsyArXiv]
Huynh, A. C. & Grossmann, I.
2020
Rising ethnic diversity in the United States accompanies shifts toward an individualistic culture.
Social Psychological and Personality Science
[PsyArXiv]
Na, J., Grossmann, I., Varnum, M. E.W., Karasawa, M., Cho, Y., Kitayama, S., & Nisbett, R. E.
2020
Culture and personality revisited: Behavioral profiles and within-person stability in interdependent (vs. independent) social orientation and holistic (vs. analytic) cognitive style.
Journal of Personality
[PsyArXiv]
Peetz, J. & Grossmann, I.
2020
Wise reasoning about the future is associated with adaptive interpersonal feelings after relational challenges.
Social Psychological and Personality Science.
[PsyArXiv]
Santos, H. C. & Grossmann, I.
2021
Cross-temporal exploration of the relationship between wisdom-related cognitive broadening and subjective well-being: Evidence from a cross-validated national longitudinal study.
Social Psychological and Personality Science
[PsyArXiv]
Dorfman, A., Oakes, H., Santos, H. C. & Grossmann, I.
2021
Self‐distancing promotes positive emotional change after adversity: Evidence from a micro‐longitudinal field experiment.
Journal of Personality
[PsyArXiv]
Grossmann, I., Oakes, H. & Santos, H. C.
2019
Wise reasoning benefits from emodiversity, irrespective of emotional intensity.
Journal of Experimental Psychology: General
[PsyArXiv]
Huh, M., Grossmann, I., & Friedman, O.
2019
Children show reduced trust in confident advisors who are partially-informed.
Cognitive Development
[PsyArXiv]
Brienza, J. P., Kung, F., Santos, H. C., Bobocel, D. R, & Grossmann, I.
2018
Wisdom, bias, and balance: Toward a process-sensitive measurement of wisdom-related cognition.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
[PsyArXiv]
Brienza, J. P. & Grossmann, I.
2017
Social class and wise reasoning about interpersonal conflicts across regions, persons and situations.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
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Grossmann, I., Brienza, J. P., & Bobocel. D.R.
2017
Wise deliberation sustains cooperation
Nature Human Behaviour.
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Santos, H. C., Varnum, M. E. W., Grossmann, I.
2017
Global increases in individualism.
Psychological Science
[PsyArXiv]
Varnum, M. E. W. & Grossmann, I.
2017
Cultural change: The how and the why.
Perspectives on Psychological Science
Varnum, M. E. W. & Grossmann, I.
2017
Pathogen prevalence is associated with cultural changes in gender equality.
Nature Human Behaviour