Nicholas D Evans
Biographic Data
| ID | 166683 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nicholas D Evans |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nicholas D |
| FAMILY NAME | Evans |
| SIGNATURE | EVANS N D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Manitoba |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4799-7218 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Nostalgia in virtual reality
Shedding light on public perceptions of scientists who engage in wrongness admission amidst a failed replication
Admitting that one’s research findings are wrong involves admitting a potential instance of incompetence, which can keep scientists from engaging in wrongness admission. However, wrongness admission can yield favorable perceptions. In five experiments ( N = 2420), we tested whether wrongness admission yields higher perceived trustworthiness in the scientist and trust in science and discipline-specific research as well as public funding support fo…
Comparing Justice-Involved and Community Adolescents’ Emotional Well-Being and Feelings of Social Connection During Covid-19
This study utilizes 6 weeks of electronic daily diary self-assessments across more than 1 year of the COVID-19 pandemic to examine associations between adolescents’ phone and video social contact with friends, family, and others over time. The sample includes justice-involved juveniles adjudicated to probation or incarceration and a comparison community sample of never-arrested adolescents. Findings reveal that community youth did not demonstrate…
The Topics of Nostalgic Recall
This research explores the intricate realm of nostalgia, employing advanced language analysis and the Event Reflection Task to systematically dissect the process of nostalgic recall. Through this methodological approach, distinct thematic elements are identified across 10 data sets ( N = 2,038). Eight recurrent topics in nostalgic content are unveiled, ranging from Family and Positive Affect to Longing and Place. The interplay of these thematic c…
It Doesn’t Apply to Me, So It Isn’t Real
When science contradicts people’s experiences, they often deny the science. Psychological science may be particularly prone to denialism because of its relatively high relevance to people’s lives. In two sets of studies ( N = 637 from university students and Mechanical Turk workers), we tested whether perceived and actual incongruence between one’s personality and scientific findings predict psychological discomfort and science denialism. Partici…
Romantic nostalgia as a resource for healthy relationships
Nostalgia is an emotion that confers psychological benefits. The literature has neglected romantic nostalgia-that is, nostalgia specifically for past experiences shared with one's partner-and its potential advantages for relationships. We examined romantic nostalgia in one correlational study, two experiments, and one daily diary study ( N = 638). Romantic nostalgia was positively associated with greater relationship commitment, satisfaction, and…
Mental transportation mediates nostalgia’s psychological benefits
Nostalgizing confers social, existential, and self-oriented psychological benefits or functions. But how does the experience of nostalgia conduce to these functions? We propose that it does so, in part, through mental transportation, which involves mentally leaving one’s current space and transporting oneself into a past event. We addressed the role of mental transportation in one daily diary study and two experiments (N = 514). By assessing dail…
On the Interpersonal Function of Metaphor Use
Empathy and perspective taking play important roles in interpersonal functioning. As prior research has linked metaphor use to emotional understanding, it is likely that metaphor use is also involved in empathy and perspective taking. In two daily diary studies ( N = 225; Obs. = 1,849), we predicted that on days in which empathy and perspective taking were high, participants would also report higher metaphor use. In Study 1, we found support for …
A Grammar of Kayardild
Romantic nostalgia as a resource for healthy relationships
Nostalgia is an emotion that confers psychological benefits. The literature has neglected romantic nostalgia-that is, nostalgia specifically for past experiences shared with one's partner-and its potential advantages for relationships. We examined romantic nostalgia in one correlational study, two experiments, and one daily diary study ( N = 638). Romantic nostalgia was positively associated with greater relationship commitment, satisfaction, and…
On the Interpersonal Function of Metaphor Use
Empathy and perspective taking play important roles in interpersonal functioning. As prior research has linked metaphor use to emotional understanding, it is likely that metaphor use is also involved in empathy and perspective taking. In two daily diary studies ( N = 225; Obs. = 1,849), we predicted that on days in which empathy and perspective taking were high, participants would also report higher metaphor use. In Study 1, we found support for …
A Grammar of Kayardild
Mental transportation mediates nostalgia’s psychological benefits
Nostalgizing confers social, existential, and self-oriented psychological benefits or functions. But how does the experience of nostalgia conduce to these functions? We propose that it does so, in part, through mental transportation, which involves mentally leaving one’s current space and transporting oneself into a past event. We addressed the role of mental transportation in one daily diary study and two experiments (N = 514). By assessing dail…
On the Interpersonal Function of Metaphor Use
Empathy and perspective taking play important roles in interpersonal functioning. As prior research has linked metaphor use to emotional understanding, it is likely that metaphor use is also involved in empathy and perspective taking. In two daily diary studies ( N = 225; Obs. = 1,849), we predicted that on days in which empathy and perspective taking were high, participants would also report higher metaphor use. In Study 1, we found support for …
It Doesn’t Apply to Me, So It Isn’t Real
When science contradicts people’s experiences, they often deny the science. Psychological science may be particularly prone to denialism because of its relatively high relevance to people’s lives. In two sets of studies ( N = 637 from university students and Mechanical Turk workers), we tested whether perceived and actual incongruence between one’s personality and scientific findings predict psychological discomfort and science denialism. Partici…
Romantic nostalgia as a resource for healthy relationships
Nostalgia is an emotion that confers psychological benefits. The literature has neglected romantic nostalgia-that is, nostalgia specifically for past experiences shared with one's partner-and its potential advantages for relationships. We examined romantic nostalgia in one correlational study, two experiments, and one daily diary study ( N = 638). Romantic nostalgia was positively associated with greater relationship commitment, satisfaction, and…
Comparing Justice-Involved and Community Adolescents’ Emotional Well-Being and Feelings of Social Connection During Covid-19
This study utilizes 6 weeks of electronic daily diary self-assessments across more than 1 year of the COVID-19 pandemic to examine associations between adolescents’ phone and video social contact with friends, family, and others over time. The sample includes justice-involved juveniles adjudicated to probation or incarceration and a comparison community sample of never-arrested adolescents. Findings reveal that community youth did not demonstrate…
The Topics of Nostalgic Recall
This research explores the intricate realm of nostalgia, employing advanced language analysis and the Event Reflection Task to systematically dissect the process of nostalgic recall. Through this methodological approach, distinct thematic elements are identified across 10 data sets ( N = 2,038). Eight recurrent topics in nostalgic content are unveiled, ranging from Family and Positive Affect to Longing and Place. The interplay of these thematic c…
Nostalgia in virtual reality
Shedding light on public perceptions of scientists who engage in wrongness admission amidst a failed replication
Admitting that one’s research findings are wrong involves admitting a potential instance of incompetence, which can keep scientists from engaging in wrongness admission. However, wrongness admission can yield favorable perceptions. In five experiments ( N = 2420), we tested whether wrongness admission yields higher perceived trustworthiness in the scientist and trust in science and discipline-specific research as well as public funding support fo…
Psychology (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Nostalgia and Consumer Behavior (4 works) · Cognitive psychology (3 works) · Media, Gender, and Advertising (3 works) · Psychological science (3 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Psychoanalysis (2 works) · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (2 works)