Research
Our main innovation regarding the modeling of the emergence of prosociality is the joint consideration of the mode of cognition and the structure of social interactions, and in particular of how these two dimensions influence each other for prosociality.
If our hypothesis obtains an adequate theoretical foundation and a solid empirical support, it will greatly affect the vast multidisciplinary literature that is currently investigating the roots of prosocial behavior, possibly leading to the merging of two distinct strand of literature: one regarding the cognitive roots of prosociality, and the other regarding the relationship between social interactions and prosociality.
Article in Scientific Journal
Predicting attitudinal and behavioral responses to COVID-19 pandemic using machine learning (led by T. Pavlovic , F Azevedo et al.; a many lab study) 2022 PNAS nexus
National identity predicts public health support during a global pandemic (led by Van Bavel et al.; a many lab study) 2022 Nature Communications
E. Bilancini, L. Boncinelli, T. Celadin, 2022. Social value orientation and conditional cooperation in the online one-shot public goods game 2022 Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
E. Bilancini, L. Boncinelli, 2022. The evolution of conventions in the presence of social competition Games and Economic Behavior 2022
Situational factors shape moral judgements in the trolley dilemma in Eastern, Southern and Western countries in a culturally diverse sample (led by B. Bago et al.; a many lab study) 2022 Nature Human Behaviour
E. Bilancini, L. Boncinelli, N. Campigotto, 2021. Pairwise interact-and-imitate dynamics, Scientific Reports 11, 13221
F. Panizza, A. Vostroknutov, G. Coricelli, 2021. How Conformity Can Lead to Polarised Social Behaviour, PLoS Computational Biology 17(10), e1009530
E. Bilancini, L. Boncinelli, V. Capraro, T. Celadin, R. Di Paolo, 2020. Do the right thing" for whom? An experiment on ingroup favouritism, group assorting and moral suasion Judgment and Decision Making 15(2), 182-192
Draft and preprint
E. Bilancini, L. Boncinelli, R. Di Paolo, D. Menicagli, V. Pizziol, E. Ricciardi, F. Serti Prosocial behavior in emergencies: evidence from blood donors recruitment and retention during the COVID-19 pandemic 2022
E. Bilancini, L. Boncinelli, C. Nardi, V. Pizziol Cooperation is unaffected by the threat of severe adverse events in large public goods games 2022
E. Bilancini, L. Boncinelli, T. Celadin Manipulating response times in the cognitive reflection test [supplementary information] 2021
E. Bilancini, L. Boncinelli, S. Zucchiatti The structure of interaction and modes of reasoning can shape the evolution of conventions 2021
E. Bilancini, L. Boncinelli, P. Guarnieri, L. Spadoni, Delaying and motivating decisions in the (bully) dictator game 2021
E. Bilancini, J.F. Blazquiz-Pulido, L. Boncinelli Evolution of conventions in uncertain environments 2021
E. Bilancini, L. Boncinelli, S. Ille, E. Vicario, Memory length and harshness of conflict in the hawk-dove game 2021
E. Bilancini, L. Boncinelli, R. Di Paolo, Game-based education promotes sustainable water use [supplementary information] 2021
E. Bilancini, L. Boncinelli, V. Capraro, T. Celadin, The effect of time pressure and motivated delay on cooperation and social norms in the online one-shot public goods game 2020
E. Bilancini, L. Boncinelli, R. Di Paolo, D. Menicagli, E. Ricciardi, F. Serti Symbolic incentives can affect the frequency of blood and plasma donations: evidence from 12 years of donors' behavior and donation awards 2021
E. Bilancini, L. Boncinelli and L. Spadoni Motivating risky choices increases risk taking 2020 [Supplementary Information]