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Mental imagery, emotions, and decisions under risk and uncertainty: Visualizing the future as an aid to decision making.

2019/33/B/HS6/01920

Keywords:

mental imagery decision making uncertainty risk emotions

Descriptors:

  • HS6_001:

Panel:

HS6 - Human nature and human society: psychology, pedagogy/education studies, sociology

Host institution :

SWPS Uniwersytet Humanistycznospołeczny z siedzibą w Warszawie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

prof. Tomasz Wojciech Zaleśkiewicz 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 5

Call: OPUS 17 - announced on 2019-03-15

Amount awarded: 1 379 784 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2020-05-04

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2026-05-03

Project duration:: 72 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Pending project

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  • Publication in academic press/journals (10)
  1. Willingness to Bear Economic Costs in the Fight Against the COVID-19 Pandemic
    Authors:
    Sokolowska, J., & Zaleskiewicz, T.
    Academic press:
    Frontiers in Psychology (rok: 2020, tom: 11, strony: 588910), Wydawca: Frontiers
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3389/fpsyg.2020.588910 - link to the publication
  2. Mental imagery shapes emotions in people's decisions related to risk taking
    Authors:
    Smieja, J. M., Zaleskiewicz, T., Gasiorowska, A.
    Academic press:
    Cognition (rok: 2025, tom: 257, strony: 45681), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.cognition.2025.106082 - link to the publication
  3. Decision Making and Mental Imagery: A Conceptual Synthesis and New Research Directions
    Authors:
    Zaleśkiewicz, T., Sobków, A., Traczyk, J.
    Academic press:
    Journal of Cognitive Psychology (rok: 2023, tom: 35, strony: 603 - 633), Wydawca: Routledge
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1080/20445911.2023.2198066 - link to the publication
  4. Visualizing risky situations induces a stronger neural response in brain areas associated with mental imagery and emotions than visualizing non-risky situations
    Authors:
    Zaleskiewicz, T., Traczyk, J., Sobkow, A., Fulawka, K., and Megías-Robles, A.
    Academic press:
    Frontiers in Human Neuroscience (rok: 2023, tom: 17, strony: 1207364), Wydawca: Frontiers
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3389/fnhum.2023.1207364 - link to the publication
  5. Imagining Risk Taking: The Valence of Mental Imagery Is Related to the Declared Willingness to Take Risky Actions
    Authors:
    Śmieja, J., Zaleśkiewicz, T., Sobków, A., Traczyk, J.
    Academic press:
    Journal of Behavioral Decision Making (rok: 2023, tom: 36(4), strony: e2340), Wydawca: Wiley
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1002/bdm.2340 - link to the publication
  6. Mental imagery shapes emotions in people's decisions related to risk taking
    Authors:
    Smieja, J. M., Zaleskiewicz, T., Gasiorowska, A.
    Academic press:
    Cognition (rok: 2025, tom: 257, strony: 45681), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.cognition.2025.106082 - link to the publication
  7. Polish Validation of the Spontaneous Use of Imagery Scale (SUIS): Psychometric Characteristics and Relationships with Risk Propensity
    Authors:
    Zaleśkiewicz, T., Sobków, A., Traczyk, J.
    Academic press:
    Imagination, Cognition and Personality (rok: 2023, tom: 43(1), strony: 58–82), Wydawca: Sage
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1177/02762366231168360 - link to the publication
  8. Worry, Risk Perception, and Controllability Predict Intentions Toward COVID-19 Preventive Behaviors
    Authors:
    Sobkow, A., Zaleskiewicz, T., Petrova, D., Garcia-Retamero, R., & Traczyk, J.
    Academic press:
    Frontiers in Psychology (rok: 2020, tom: 11, strony: 582720), Wydawca: Frontiers
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3389/fpsyg.2020.582720 - link to the publication
  9. Worry, Risk Perception, and Controllability Predict Intentions Toward COVID-19 Preventive Behaviors
    Authors:
    Sobkow, A., Zaleskiewicz, T., Petrova, D., Garcia-Retamero, R., & Traczyk, J.
    Academic press:
    Frontiers in Psychology (rok: 2020, tom: 11, strony: 582720), Wydawca: Frontiers
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3389/fpsyg.2020.582720 - link to the publication
  10. Visualizing risky situations induces a stronger neural response in brain areas associated with mental imagery and emotions than visualizing non-risky situations
    Authors:
    Zaleskiewicz, T., Traczyk, J., Sobkow, A., Fulawka, K., and Megías-Robles, A.
    Academic press:
    Frontiers in Human Neuroscience (rok: 2023, tom: 17, strony: 1207364), Wydawca: Frontiers
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3389/fnhum.2023.1207364 - link to the publication