UMN Psychology Researchers Publish in Scientific Data

In Nature’s Scientific Data publication titled, “The Psychological Science Accelerator’s COVID-19 rapid-response dataset” a global team of researchers including Iris Vilares, Alexander Rothman, and Mathi Manavalan, describe a data set that includes observations from over 70,000 participants from over 100 geopolitical regions.  These data were obtained as part of three large-scale studies examining the impact of loss-gain framing, cognitive reappraisals, and self-determination on affective and cognitive responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and are now available for secondary analytical opportunities. 

Alexander Rothman, PhD, Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Minnesota.

Iris Donga Vilares, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Minnesota and Director of the Decision Making Lab.

Mathi Manavalan, PhD candidate in the Department of Psychology at the University of Minnesota and member of the Decision Making Lab. Advised by Iris Donga Vilares, PhD.