Sinan Alper
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Recent Articles
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Bayrak F, Sumer V, Dogruyol B, Saribay S, Alper S, Isler O, et al.
Cognition
. 2025 Feb;
258:106085.
PMID: 39965309
Recent research indicates a generally negative relationship between reflection and conspiracy beliefs. However, most of the existing research relies on correlational data on WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic) populations....
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Bayrak F, Aktar B, Aydas B, Yilmaz O, Alper S, Isler O
Psychol Health
. 2023 Nov;
39(13):1847-1876.
PMID: 37990468
Objective: Following the COVID-19 outbreak, authorities recommended preventive measures to reduce infection rates. However, adherence to calls varied between individuals and across cultures. To determine the characteristics of effective health...
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Alper S, Yelbuz B, Akkurt S, Yilmaz O
Public Underst Sci
. 2023 Jun;
33(1):2-19.
PMID: 37306012
One of the most prominent correlates of trust in science and scientists is education level, possibly because educated individuals have higher levels of science knowledge and thinking ability, suggesting that...
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Bago B, Kovacs M, Protzko J, Nagy T, Kekecs Z, Palfi B, et al.
Nat Hum Behav
. 2022 Jun;
6(6):897-898.
PMID: 35668099
No abstract available.
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Bago B, Kovacs M, Protzko J, Nagy T, Kekecs Z, Palfi B, et al.
Nat Hum Behav
. 2022 Apr;
6(6):880-895.
PMID: 35422529
The study of moral judgements often centres on moral dilemmas in which options consistent with deontological perspectives (that is, emphasizing rules, individual rights and duties) are in conflict with options...
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van Mulukom V, Pummerer L, Alper S, Bai H, cavojova V, Farias J, et al.
Soc Sci Med
. 2022 Mar;
301:114912.
PMID: 35354105
Rationale: Belief in COVID-19 conspiracy theories can have severe consequences; it is therefore crucial to understand this phenomenon, in its similarities with general conspiracy belief, but also in how it...
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Jones B, DeBruine L, Flake J, Liuzza M, Antfolk J, Arinze N, et al.
Nat Hum Behav
. 2021 Jan;
5(1):159-169.
PMID: 33398150
Over the past 10 years, Oosterhof and Todorov's valence-dominance model has emerged as the most prominent account of how people evaluate faces on social dimensions. In this model, two dimensions...
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Alper S, Bayrak F, Yilmaz O
Curr Psychol
. 2020 Aug;
40(11):5708-5717.
PMID: 32837129
COVID-19 pandemic has led to popular conspiracy theories regarding its origins and widespread concern over the level of compliance with preventive measures. In the current preregistered research, we recruited 1088...
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Alper S, Us E, Tasman D
Cogn Emot
. 2018 Nov;
33(6):1249-1260.
PMID: 30486750
Popular culture has many examples of evil characters having vertically pupilled eyes. Humans have a long evolutionary history of rivalry with snakes and their visual systems were evolved to rapidly...
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Buttrick N, Choi H, Wilson T, Oishi S, Boker S, Gilbert D, et al.
J Pers Soc Psychol
. 2018 Jul;
117(5):e71-e83.
PMID: 30035566
Which is more enjoyable: trying to think enjoyable thoughts or doing everyday solitary activities? Wilson et al. (2014) found that American participants much preferred solitary everyday activities, such as reading...