Daniela Moreau
Biographic Data
| ID | 680163 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Daniela Moreau |
| GIVEN NAMES | Daniela |
| FAMILY NAME | Moreau |
| SIGNATURE | MOREAU D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Auckland |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1957-1941 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Best Practices in Handling Missing Data in Psychological Research
Whether it stems from participant attrition, nonresponse, unwillingness to disclose information, technical errors, or flawed collection methods, incomplete data pose significant challenges to researchers in psychology. Although a rich methodological literature exists, applied researchers often lack clear guidance for aligning missing-data methods with study design, assumptions, and analytic goals. In this article, I provide a practical, assumptio…
Interventions as Probes of Cognitive Architecture: Commentary on Zhang et al. (2026)
Research on physical exercise and cognition in educational settings has largely emphasized practical questions of efficacy, asking whether interventions improve executive function or academic performance. Although valuable, this focus can obscure the potential of interventions to inform more fundamental questions about cognitive organization. In this commentary, we argue that structured interventions—such as brief bouts of physical exercise—can f…
Investigating object orientation effects across 18 languages
Mental simulation theories of language comprehension propose that people automatically create mental representations of objects mentioned in sentences. Mental representation is often measured with the sentence-picture verification task, wherein participants first read a sentence that implies the object property (i.e., shape and orientation). Participants then respond to an image of an object by indicating whether it was an object from the sentenc…
Acute effects of fasting on cognitive performance: A systematic review and meta-analysis
0.02, 95% CrI [-0.05, 0.10]), with low between-study heterogeneity (τ = 0.17). Notably, we observed modest reductions in cognitive performance for longer fasting intervals and for younger (vs. older) participants during fasts. Differences across cognitive domains (e.g., attention and inhibitory control) did not reliably explain the heterogeneity in effect sizes. These findings suggest that cognitive performance remains remarkably stable during sh…
Measuring the semantic priming effect across many languages
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…
Can the prosocial benefits of episodic simulation transfer to different people and situational contexts
Inhibition of Counterproductive Embodiment During Mental Rotation: The Role of Specific Sport Expertise
This study investigated whether elite athletes and nonathletes use embodied processes similarly in mental rotation tasks. To this aim, wrestlers, athletes practicing other combat sports, and nonathletes solved a mental rotation task of abstract objects on which body parts were added. This type of stimulus is thought to tap motor processes that facilitate mental rotation when the body configurations depicted are anatomically possible but impede pe…
Validation of an open source, remote web‐based eye‐tracking method (WebGazer) for research in early childhood
Measuring eye movements remotely via the participant's webcam promises to be an attractive methodological addition to in‐person eye‐tracking in the lab. However, there is a lack of systematic research comparing remote web‐based eye‐tracking with in‐lab eye‐tracking in young children. We report a multi‐lab study that compared these two measures in an anticipatory looking task with toddlers using WebGazer.js and jsPsych. Results of our remotely tes…
Challenges and promises of big team comparative cognition
A many-analysts approach to the relation between religiosity and well-being
The relation between religiosity and well-being is one of the most researched topics in the psychology of religion, yet the directionality and robustness of the effect remains debated. Here, we adopted a many-analysts approach to assess the robustness of this relation based on a new cross-cultural dataset (N=10,535 participants from 24 countries). We recruited 120 analysis teams to investigate (1) whether religious people self-report higher well-…
Being specific about generalisability
National identity predicts public health support during a global pandemic
Changing collective behaviour and supporting non-pharmaceutical interventions is an important component in mitigating virus transmission during a pandemic. In a large international collaboration (Study 1, N = 49,968 across 67 countries), we investigated self-reported factors associated with public health behaviours (e.g., spatial distancing and stricter hygiene) and endorsed public policy interventions (e.g., closing bars and restaurants) during …
Author Correction: A multi-country test of brief reappraisal interventions on emotions during the Covid-19 pandemic
A community-sourced glossary of open scholarship terms
Open scholarship has transformed research, and introduced a host of new terms in the lexicon of researchers. The ‘Framework for Open and Reproducible Research Teaching’ (FORRT) community presents a crowdsourced glossary of open scholarship terms to facilitate education and effective communication between experts and newcomers
Situational factors shape moral judgements in the trolley dilemma in Eastern, Southern and Western countries in a culturally diverse sample
Fotografia no Mali (desde 1930)
Resenha de: KELLER, Candace. Imaging Culture: Photography in Mali, West Africa. Indiana: Indiana University Press, 2021. 453 p
Shifting Minds: A Quantitative Reappraisal of Cognitive-Intervention Research
Recent popular areas of research in psychology suggest that behavioral interventions can have profound effects on our cognitive abilities. In particular, the study of brain training, video gaming, mindset, and stereotype threat all include claims that low-cost, noninvasive manipulations of the environment can greatly affect individual performance. Here, I provide a quantitative reappraisal of this literature, focusing on recent meta-analytic find…
How malleable are cognitive abilities? A critical perspective on popular brief interventions
A number of popular research areas suggest that cognitive performance can be manipulated via relatively brief interventions. These findings have generated a lot of traction, given their inherent appeal to individuals and society. However, recent evidence indicates that cognitive abilities might not be as malleable as preliminary findings implied and that other more stable factors play an important role. In this article, I provide a critical outlo…
A multi-country test of brief reappraisal interventions on emotions during the Covid-19 pandemic
Seven steps toward more transparency in statistical practice
Here, to promote such a practice, we recommend seven concrete statistical procedures: (1) visualizing data; (2) quantifying inferential uncertainty; (3) assessing data preprocessing choices; (4) reporting multiple models; (5) involving multiple analysts; (6) interpreting results modestly; and (7) sharing data and code. We discuss their benefits and limitations, and provide guidelines for adoption. Each of the seven procedures finds inspiration in…
Que fait-on quand on nomme ? Le handicap psychique face aux figures de la folie et de la maladie mentale
Coordination of Water and Sewer Extension Policy With Land Use Planning: Key Factors Influencing the State of Practice
City planners have argued for over 20 years that water and sewer extension decisions should be coordinated with comprehensive land use and growth management plans. It is shown that a modicum of coordination, in fact, is occurring among utilities in nine southeastern states. Key factors promoting coordination include rapid population growth, a highly educated utility director, and adoption of sophisticated internal capital programming techniques. …
A community-sourced glossary of open scholarship terms
Open scholarship has transformed research, and introduced a host of new terms in the lexicon of researchers. The ‘Framework for Open and Reproducible Research Teaching’ (FORRT) community presents a crowdsourced glossary of open scholarship terms to facilitate education and effective communication between experts and newcomers
A multi-country test of brief reappraisal interventions on emotions during the Covid-19 pandemic
Situational factors shape moral judgements in the trolley dilemma in Eastern, Southern and Western countries in a culturally diverse sample
How malleable are cognitive abilities? A critical perspective on popular brief interventions
A number of popular research areas suggest that cognitive performance can be manipulated via relatively brief interventions. These findings have generated a lot of traction, given their inherent appeal to individuals and society. However, recent evidence indicates that cognitive abilities might not be as malleable as preliminary findings implied and that other more stable factors play an important role. In this article, I provide a critical outlo…
Coordination of Water and Sewer Extension Policy With Land Use Planning: Key Factors Influencing the State of Practice
City planners have argued for over 20 years that water and sewer extension decisions should be coordinated with comprehensive land use and growth management plans. It is shown that a modicum of coordination, in fact, is occurring among utilities in nine southeastern states. Key factors promoting coordination include rapid population growth, a highly educated utility director, and adoption of sophisticated internal capital programming techniques. …
Seven steps toward more transparency in statistical practice
Here, to promote such a practice, we recommend seven concrete statistical procedures: (1) visualizing data; (2) quantifying inferential uncertainty; (3) assessing data preprocessing choices; (4) reporting multiple models; (5) involving multiple analysts; (6) interpreting results modestly; and (7) sharing data and code. We discuss their benefits and limitations, and provide guidelines for adoption. Each of the seven procedures finds inspiration in…
Coordination of Water and Sewer Extension Policy With Land Use Planning: Key Factors Influencing the State of Practice
City planners have argued for over 20 years that water and sewer extension decisions should be coordinated with comprehensive land use and growth management plans. It is shown that a modicum of coordination, in fact, is occurring among utilities in nine southeastern states. Key factors promoting coordination include rapid population growth, a highly educated utility director, and adoption of sophisticated internal capital programming techniques. …
Que fait-on quand on nomme ? Le handicap psychique face aux figures de la folie et de la maladie mentale
Shifting Minds: A Quantitative Reappraisal of Cognitive-Intervention Research
Recent popular areas of research in psychology suggest that behavioral interventions can have profound effects on our cognitive abilities. In particular, the study of brain training, video gaming, mindset, and stereotype threat all include claims that low-cost, noninvasive manipulations of the environment can greatly affect individual performance. Here, I provide a quantitative reappraisal of this literature, focusing on recent meta-analytic find…
How malleable are cognitive abilities? A critical perspective on popular brief interventions
A number of popular research areas suggest that cognitive performance can be manipulated via relatively brief interventions. These findings have generated a lot of traction, given their inherent appeal to individuals and society. However, recent evidence indicates that cognitive abilities might not be as malleable as preliminary findings implied and that other more stable factors play an important role. In this article, I provide a critical outlo…
A multi-country test of brief reappraisal interventions on emotions during the Covid-19 pandemic
Seven steps toward more transparency in statistical practice
Here, to promote such a practice, we recommend seven concrete statistical procedures: (1) visualizing data; (2) quantifying inferential uncertainty; (3) assessing data preprocessing choices; (4) reporting multiple models; (5) involving multiple analysts; (6) interpreting results modestly; and (7) sharing data and code. We discuss their benefits and limitations, and provide guidelines for adoption. Each of the seven procedures finds inspiration in…
National identity predicts public health support during a global pandemic
Changing collective behaviour and supporting non-pharmaceutical interventions is an important component in mitigating virus transmission during a pandemic. In a large international collaboration (Study 1, N = 49,968 across 67 countries), we investigated self-reported factors associated with public health behaviours (e.g., spatial distancing and stricter hygiene) and endorsed public policy interventions (e.g., closing bars and restaurants) during …
Author Correction: A multi-country test of brief reappraisal interventions on emotions during the Covid-19 pandemic
A community-sourced glossary of open scholarship terms
Open scholarship has transformed research, and introduced a host of new terms in the lexicon of researchers. The ‘Framework for Open and Reproducible Research Teaching’ (FORRT) community presents a crowdsourced glossary of open scholarship terms to facilitate education and effective communication between experts and newcomers
Situational factors shape moral judgements in the trolley dilemma in Eastern, Southern and Western countries in a culturally diverse sample
Fotografia no Mali (desde 1930)
Resenha de: KELLER, Candace. Imaging Culture: Photography in Mali, West Africa. Indiana: Indiana University Press, 2021. 453 p
A many-analysts approach to the relation between religiosity and well-being
The relation between religiosity and well-being is one of the most researched topics in the psychology of religion, yet the directionality and robustness of the effect remains debated. Here, we adopted a many-analysts approach to assess the robustness of this relation based on a new cross-cultural dataset (N=10,535 participants from 24 countries). We recruited 120 analysis teams to investigate (1) whether religious people self-report higher well-…
Being specific about generalisability
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…
Can the prosocial benefits of episodic simulation transfer to different people and situational contexts
Inhibition of Counterproductive Embodiment During Mental Rotation: The Role of Specific Sport Expertise
This study investigated whether elite athletes and nonathletes use embodied processes similarly in mental rotation tasks. To this aim, wrestlers, athletes practicing other combat sports, and nonathletes solved a mental rotation task of abstract objects on which body parts were added. This type of stimulus is thought to tap motor processes that facilitate mental rotation when the body configurations depicted are anatomically possible but impede pe…
Validation of an open source, remote web‐based eye‐tracking method (WebGazer) for research in early childhood
Measuring eye movements remotely via the participant's webcam promises to be an attractive methodological addition to in‐person eye‐tracking in the lab. However, there is a lack of systematic research comparing remote web‐based eye‐tracking with in‐lab eye‐tracking in young children. We report a multi‐lab study that compared these two measures in an anticipatory looking task with toddlers using WebGazer.js and jsPsych. Results of our remotely tes…
Challenges and promises of big team comparative cognition
Investigating object orientation effects across 18 languages
Mental simulation theories of language comprehension propose that people automatically create mental representations of objects mentioned in sentences. Mental representation is often measured with the sentence-picture verification task, wherein participants first read a sentence that implies the object property (i.e., shape and orientation). Participants then respond to an image of an object by indicating whether it was an object from the sentenc…
Acute effects of fasting on cognitive performance: A systematic review and meta-analysis
0.02, 95% CrI [-0.05, 0.10]), with low between-study heterogeneity (τ = 0.17). Notably, we observed modest reductions in cognitive performance for longer fasting intervals and for younger (vs. older) participants during fasts. Differences across cognitive domains (e.g., attention and inhibitory control) did not reliably explain the heterogeneity in effect sizes. These findings suggest that cognitive performance remains remarkably stable during sh…
Measuring the semantic priming effect across many languages
Best Practices in Handling Missing Data in Psychological Research
Whether it stems from participant attrition, nonresponse, unwillingness to disclose information, technical errors, or flawed collection methods, incomplete data pose significant challenges to researchers in psychology. Although a rich methodological literature exists, applied researchers often lack clear guidance for aligning missing-data methods with study design, assumptions, and analytic goals. In this article, I provide a practical, assumptio…
Interventions as Probes of Cognitive Architecture: Commentary on Zhang et al. (2026)
Research on physical exercise and cognition in educational settings has largely emphasized practical questions of efficacy, asking whether interventions improve executive function or academic performance. Although valuable, this focus can obscure the potential of interventions to inform more fundamental questions about cognitive organization. In this commentary, we argue that structured interventions—such as brief bouts of physical exercise—can f…
Psychology (12 works) · Computer Science (9 works) · Cognition (7 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Cognitive psychology (4 works) · Data science (4 works) · Psychological intervention (4 works) · Behavioral Health and Interventions (3 works) · Cognitive Abilities and Testing (3 works) · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (3 works)