Publications of Ralph Hertwig

Fraemke, D., Willems, Y. E., Okbay, A., Lindenberger, U., Zinn, S., Wagner, G. G., Richter, D., Harden, K. P., Tucker-Drob, E. M., Hertwig, R., Koellinger, P., & Raffington, L. (in press). Polygenic associations with educational attainment in East versus West Germany: Differences emerge after reunification. Psychological Science.

Haux, L. M., Engelmann, J. M., Herrmann, E., & Hertwig, R. (2025). Chimpanzees adapt their exploration to key properties of the environment. Nature Communications, 16, Article 1807. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-57022-2

Hertwig, R., Michie, S., Reicher, S., & West, R. (2025). A reply to Luc Bovens: Ethics and impact of boosting and nudging. Behavioural Public Policy. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1017/bpp.2025.8

Hertwig, R., Michie, S., West, R., & Reicher, S. (2025). Moving from nudging to boosting: Empowering behaviour change to address global challenges. Behavioural Public Policy. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1017/bpp.2025.9

Herzog, S. M., & Hertwig, R. (2025). Boosting: Empowering citizens with behavioral science. Annual Review of Psychology, 76, 851–881. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-psych-020924-124753

Zickfeld, J. H., Ścigała, K. A., Elbæk, C. T., Michael, J., Tønnesen, M. H., Levy, G., Ayal, S., Thielmann, I., Nockur, L., Peer, E., Capraro, V., Barkan, R., Bø, S., Bahník, Š., Nosenzo, D., Hertwig, R., Mazar, N., Weiss, A., Koessler, A.-K., Montal-Rosenberg, R., Hafenbrädl, S., Nielsen, Y. A., Kanngiesser, P., Schindler, S., Gerlach, P., Köbis, N., Jacquemet, N., Vranka, M., Ariely, D., Martuza, J. B., Feldman, Y., Białek, M., Woike, J. K., Rahwan, Z., Seidl, A., Chou, E., Kajackaite, A., Schudy, S., Glogowsky, U., Czarna, A. Z., Pfattheicher, S., & Mitkidis, P. (2025). Effectiveness of ex ante honesty oaths in reducing dishonesty depends on content. Nature Human Behaviour, 9, 169–187. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-024-02009-0

Abels, C. M., Huttunen, K. J. A., Hertwig, R., & Lewandowsky, S. (2024). Dodging the autocratic bullet: Enlisting behavioural science to arrest democratic backsliding. Behavioural Public Policy. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1017/bpp.2024.43

Dallacker, M., Appelius, L., Brandmaier, A. M., Morais, A. S., & Hertwig, R. (2024). Opt-out defaults do not increase organ donation rates. Public Health, 236, 436–440. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2024.08.009

Fuławka, K., Hertwig, R., & Pachur, T. (2024). COVID-19 vaccine refusal is driven by deliberate ignorance and cognitive distortions. npj Vaccines, 9, Article 167. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41541-024-00951-8

Geers, M., Swire-Thompson, B., Lorenz-Spreen, P., Herzog, S. M., Kozyreva, A., & Hertwig, R. (2024). The online misinformation engagement framework. Current Opinion in Psychology, 55, Article 101739. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2023.101739