Maria Serena Panasiti
Biographic Data
| ID | 1930675 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maria Serena Panasiti |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maria Serena |
| FAMILY NAME | Panasiti |
| SIGNATURE | PANASITI M S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Sapienza University of Rome |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3149-8855 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 67 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The impact of shared sense of agency and moral dispositions on intergroup dishonesty
Despite the societal impact of inter-group dishonesty, the specific circumstances and moral dispositions that influence this (immoral) behavior remain elusive. In this study, we examined the effect of different levels of shared Sense of Agency (s-SoA) with own team members and the type of moral dispositions on the tendency to deceive outgroups. To this end, we developed an online version of the Tone Tapping Task (TTT) to modulate s-SoA through pa…
Addressing climate change with behavioral science: A global intervention tournament in 63 countries
Effectively reducing climate change requires marked, global behavior change. However, it is unclear which strategies are most likely to motivate people to change their climate beliefs and behaviors. Here, we tested 11 expert-crowdsourced interventions on four climate mitigation outcomes: beliefs, policy support, information sharing intention, and an effortful tree-planting behavioral task. Across 59,440 participants from 63 countries, the interve…
Conspiracy mentality differently shapes interpersonal trust when money or digital privacy is at stake
To believe in conspiracy theories is to suspect that (powerful) others are plotting behind one's back. Conspiracy beliefs might be therefore an issue of (dis)trust. In this study, we sought to explore whether this association is modulated by the way trust is operationalised and by the specific target to whom trust is directed. In doing so, we used two proxies of trust: (i) money investment within a hypothetical version of the trust game and (ii) …
The inside of me: Interoceptive constraints on the concept of self in neuroscience and clinical psychology
Humans are unique in their ability to think about themselves and carry a more or less clear notion of who they are in their mind. Here we review recent evidence suggesting that the birth, maintenance, and loss of the abstract concept of ‘self’ is deeply tied to interoception, the sense of internal physiological signals. Interoception influences multiple facets of the self-concept, cutting across its material, social, moral, and agentive component…
The Impact of Positivity and Parochial Altruism on Protective Behaviours during the First Covid-19 Lockdown in Italy
Implementation of COVID-19 protective behaviours, such as social distancing or frequent hand washing during the lockdown, was critical to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this cross-sectional study, we examined the effect of positivity and parochial altruism on implementing COVID-19 health-protective behaviours during the Italian lockdown. A sample of 460 participants completed an online questionnaire that included demographic meas…
Conspiracy mentality and political orientation across 26 countries
Investigating the Links Between Cultural Values and Belief in Conspiracy Theories: The Key Roles of Collectivism and Masculinity
Research suggests that belief in conspiracy theories (CT) stems from basic psychological mechanisms and is linked to other belief systems (e.g., religious beliefs). While previous research has extensively examined individual and contextual variables associated with CT beliefs, it has not yet investigated the role of culture. In the current research, we tested, based on a situated cultural cognition perspective, the extent to which culture predict…
Exploring the relationship between umbilical blood cord donation and the impact of social distance on altruism and trust
Allogeneic umbilical cord blood (UCB) donation is a pro‐social behaviour directed to strangers that has a certain cost for the donor. Although the promotion of such behaviour is an important goal for many countries' health systems, little is known about the reasons that would lead to it. With this study, we explored how the impact of social closeness on altruism and trust could be related to UCB donation in a sample of new‐mothers ( N = 167). Par…
Perceived warmth and competence of others shape voluntary deceptive behaviour in a morally relevant setting
The temptation to deceive others compares to a moral dilemma: it involves a conflict between the temptation to obtain some benefit and the desire to conform to personal and social moral norms or avoid aversive social consequences. Thus, people might feel different levels of emotional and moral conflict depending on the target of the deception. Here we explored, in a morally relevant setting, how social judgements based on two fundamental dimensio…
Conspiracy mentality and political orientation across 26 countries
Investigating the Links Between Cultural Values and Belief in Conspiracy Theories: The Key Roles of Collectivism and Masculinity
Research suggests that belief in conspiracy theories (CT) stems from basic psychological mechanisms and is linked to other belief systems (e.g., religious beliefs). While previous research has extensively examined individual and contextual variables associated with CT beliefs, it has not yet investigated the role of culture. In the current research, we tested, based on a situated cultural cognition perspective, the extent to which culture predict…
Conspiracy mentality differently shapes interpersonal trust when money or digital privacy is at stake
To believe in conspiracy theories is to suspect that (powerful) others are plotting behind one's back. Conspiracy beliefs might be therefore an issue of (dis)trust. In this study, we sought to explore whether this association is modulated by the way trust is operationalised and by the specific target to whom trust is directed. In doing so, we used two proxies of trust: (i) money investment within a hypothetical version of the trust game and (ii) …
Perceived warmth and competence of others shape voluntary deceptive behaviour in a morally relevant setting
The temptation to deceive others compares to a moral dilemma: it involves a conflict between the temptation to obtain some benefit and the desire to conform to personal and social moral norms or avoid aversive social consequences. Thus, people might feel different levels of emotional and moral conflict depending on the target of the deception. Here we explored, in a morally relevant setting, how social judgements based on two fundamental dimensio…
Exploring the relationship between umbilical blood cord donation and the impact of social distance on altruism and trust
Allogeneic umbilical cord blood (UCB) donation is a pro‐social behaviour directed to strangers that has a certain cost for the donor. Although the promotion of such behaviour is an important goal for many countries' health systems, little is known about the reasons that would lead to it. With this study, we explored how the impact of social closeness on altruism and trust could be related to UCB donation in a sample of new‐mothers ( N = 167). Par…
Investigating the Links Between Cultural Values and Belief in Conspiracy Theories: The Key Roles of Collectivism and Masculinity
Research suggests that belief in conspiracy theories (CT) stems from basic psychological mechanisms and is linked to other belief systems (e.g., religious beliefs). While previous research has extensively examined individual and contextual variables associated with CT beliefs, it has not yet investigated the role of culture. In the current research, we tested, based on a situated cultural cognition perspective, the extent to which culture predict…
The inside of me: Interoceptive constraints on the concept of self in neuroscience and clinical psychology
Humans are unique in their ability to think about themselves and carry a more or less clear notion of who they are in their mind. Here we review recent evidence suggesting that the birth, maintenance, and loss of the abstract concept of ‘self’ is deeply tied to interoception, the sense of internal physiological signals. Interoception influences multiple facets of the self-concept, cutting across its material, social, moral, and agentive component…
The Impact of Positivity and Parochial Altruism on Protective Behaviours during the First Covid-19 Lockdown in Italy
Implementation of COVID-19 protective behaviours, such as social distancing or frequent hand washing during the lockdown, was critical to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this cross-sectional study, we examined the effect of positivity and parochial altruism on implementing COVID-19 health-protective behaviours during the Italian lockdown. A sample of 460 participants completed an online questionnaire that included demographic meas…
Conspiracy mentality and political orientation across 26 countries
Conspiracy mentality differently shapes interpersonal trust when money or digital privacy is at stake
To believe in conspiracy theories is to suspect that (powerful) others are plotting behind one's back. Conspiracy beliefs might be therefore an issue of (dis)trust. In this study, we sought to explore whether this association is modulated by the way trust is operationalised and by the specific target to whom trust is directed. In doing so, we used two proxies of trust: (i) money investment within a hypothetical version of the trust game and (ii) …
Addressing climate change with behavioral science: A global intervention tournament in 63 countries
Effectively reducing climate change requires marked, global behavior change. However, it is unclear which strategies are most likely to motivate people to change their climate beliefs and behaviors. Here, we tested 11 expert-crowdsourced interventions on four climate mitigation outcomes: beliefs, policy support, information sharing intention, and an effortful tree-planting behavioral task. Across 59,440 participants from 63 countries, the interve…
The impact of shared sense of agency and moral dispositions on intergroup dishonesty
Despite the societal impact of inter-group dishonesty, the specific circumstances and moral dispositions that influence this (immoral) behavior remain elusive. In this study, we examined the effect of different levels of shared Sense of Agency (s-SoA) with own team members and the type of moral dispositions on the tendency to deceive outgroups. To this end, we developed an online version of the Tone Tapping Task (TTT) to modulate s-SoA through pa…
Psychology (8 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Misinformation and Its Impacts (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Closeness (2 works) · Cognition (2 works) · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion (2 works) · Dishonesty (2 works)