Publications: Information Consumption


Information seeking, information sharing, and subsequent memory


Affective framing of environmental news headlines influences engagement, donations, and memory


Alyssa H. Sinclair, Danielle Cosme, José Carreras-Tartak, Emily B. Falk

PsyArXiv


Pausing to reflect during news consumption counteracts negativity biases in memory


Alyssa H. Sinclair, Abigail Hsiung, Rachael Wright, Shabnam Hakimi, R. Alison Adcock

OSF Preprints


Behavioral interventions motivate action to address climate change


Alyssa H. Sinclair, Dani Cosme, Kirsten Lydic, Diego A. Reinero, José Carreras-Tartak, Michael E. Mann, Emily B. Falk

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, vol. 122(20), 2025, pp. e2426768122


Perceived self and social relevance of content motivates news sharing across cultures and topics


Danielle Cosme, Hang-Yee Chan, Alyssa H. Sinclair, Christian Benitez, Kirsten Lydic, Rebecca E. Martin, Anthony Resnick, José Carreras-Tartak, Nicole Cooper, Alexandra M. Paul, David Koelle, Jennifer McVay, Emily B. Falk, Christin Scholz

PNAS Nexus, vol. 4(2), 2025, pgaf019


Memory and belief updating following complete and partial reminders of fake news


Paige L. Kemp, Alyssa H. Sinclair, R. Alison Adcock, Christopher N. Wahlheim

Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, vol. 9(28), 2024


Communicating COVID-19 exposure risk with an interactive website counteracts risk misestimation


Alyssa H. Sinclair, Morgan K. Taylor, Freyja Brandel-Tanis, Audra Davidson, Aroon Chande, Lavanya Rishishwar, Clio Andris, R. Alison Adcock, Joshua S. Weitz, Gregory R. Samanez-Larkin, Stephen J. Beckett

PLoS ONE, vol. 18(10), 2023, pp. e0290708


Scenario-Based Messages on Social Media Motivate COVID-19 Information Seeking


Alyssa H. Sinclair, Morgan K. Taylor, Audra Davidson, Joshua S. Weitz, Stephen Beckett, Gregory R. Samanez-Larkin

Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, vol. 13(1), 2023, pp. 124-135


Imagining a personalized scenario selectively increases perceived risk of viral transmission for older adults


Alyssa H. Sinclair, Matthew L. Stanley, Shabnam Hakimi, Roberto Cabeza, R. Alison Adcock, Gregory R. Samanez-Larkin

Nature Aging, vol. 1, 2021, pp. 677-683


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