Publications & Talks




Papers

2023
1 R Pei, AL Courtney, I Ferguson, C Brennan, J Zaki (2023). A neural signature of social support mitigates negative emotion. Scientific Reports link to paper
2 R Pei, D Cosme, ME Andrews, BD Mattan, J Carreras‐Tartak, EB Falk (2023). Cultural influence on COVID‐19 cognitions and growth speed: The role of collectivism. Social and Personality Psychology Compass link to paper
3 C Brennan, A Aggarwal, R Pei, D Sussillo, A Proekt (2023). One dimensional approximations of neuronal dynamics reveal computational strategy. PLOS Computational Biology link to paper
4 M Minich, EB Falk, N Cooper, D Cosme, HY Chan, R Pei, MB O’Donnell, … (2023). Neural correlates associated with conformity in adolescent and young adult men. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience link to paper
2022
1 D Cosme, Y Kang, JC Tartak, J Ahn, FE Corbani, N Cooper, B Doré, X He, … (2022). Study protocol: Social health impact of Network Effects (SHINE) study. PsyArXiv link to paper
2021
1 R Pei (2021). Cultural Influences on Social Norm Development, Perception and Conformity. University of Pennsylvania link to paper
2 Y Kang, D Cosme, R Pei, P Pandey, J Carreras-Tartak, EB Falk (2021). Purpose in life, loneliness, and protective health behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Gerontologist link to paper
3 EC Baek, MB O’Donnell, C Scholz, R Pei, JO Garcia, JM Vettel, EB Falk (2021). Activity in the brain’s valuation and mentalizing networks is associated with propagation of online recommendations. Scientific reports link to paper
2020
1 R Pei, N Lauharatanahirun, CN Cascio, MB O’Donnell, JT Shope, … (2020). Neural processes during adolescent risky decision making are associated with conformity to peer influence. Developmental cognitive neuroscience link to paper
2 R Pei, D Cosme, M Andrews, B Mattan, E Falk (2020). Cultural influence on COVID-19 cognitions and growth speed: the role of cultural collectivism. PsyArXiv link to paper
3 R Pei, D Cosme, E Falk, BP Dore, C Scholz, MB O’Donnell, Y Kang, … (2020). Framing effects on the effectiveness and virality of health messages related to COVID-19. OSF link to paper
2019
1 R Pei, R Schmälzle, EC Kranzler, MB O’Donnell, EB Falk (2019). Adolescents’ neural response to tobacco prevention messages and sharing engagement. American Journal of Preventive Medicine link to paper
2 R Pei, EC Kranzler, AB Suleiman, EB Falk (2019). Promoting adolescent health: insights from developmental and communication neuroscience. Behavioural Public Policy link to paper
3 EC Kranzler, R Schmälzle, R Pei, RC Hornik, EB Falk (2019). Message-elicited brain response moderates the relationship between opportunities for exposure to anti-smoking messages and message recall. Journal of Communication link to paper
4 EC Kranzler, R Schmälzle, MB O’Donnell, R Pei, EB Falk (2019). Adolescent neural responses to antismoking messages, perceived effectiveness, and sharing intention. Media Psychology link to paper


Conference presentations & invited talks

1 Not Motivated or Too Scared? The Dissociable Roles of Trait Anxiety and Depression in Social Risk Taking (May, 2023) International Communication Association Annual Meeting. Toronto, Canada
2 Ecological Momentary Assessment of Empathy Contagion in a College Student Social Network. (May, 2023) International Communication Association Annual Meeting. Toronto, Canada
3 Reward-related neural response during risky decision making reflects adolescents’ social network clustering structure. (April, 2023) Social and Affective Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting Santa Babara, CA
4 Reward-related neural response during risky decision making reflects adolescents’ social network clustering structure. (March, 2023) Society for Research on Adolescents Biennial meeting Salt Lake City, Utah
5 Social risk taking and social networks in adolescents (January, 2022) Stanford Psychology, Affective Science Seminar Palo Alto, CA
6 Social risk taking and social networks in adolescents (April, 2022) Developmental Psychology at Dominican College of California Online
7 Neural activity during risky decision making reflects adolescents’ online social network clustering structure. (March, 2020) Society for Research on Adolescents Biennial meeting (conference rescheduled to 2021 due to COVID-19). NA
8 Habitual social media use is associated with increased neural activity in the mentalizing network during social exclusion. (May, 2020) International Communication Association Annual Meeting. Online link to video
9 Adolescent’s neural and self-report responses to fear vs. humor appeals in tobacco-prevention messages. (November, 2019) The Medicine, Humanity and Media: Health China & Health Communication. Beijing, China
10 Neural activity during risky decision making reflects online social network clustering structure. (May, 2019) Best papers in Communcation Science and Biology, International Communication Association Annual Meeting. Washington, DC
11 Safety versus risk endorsing peer attitudes influence adolescent risk taking through distinct neural mechanisms. (May, 2018) International Communication Association Annual Conference. Prague, Czech Republic.
12 Neural activity during anti-smoking message exposure predicts subsequent message elaboration. (May, 2017) Best Papers in Information Systems Division, International Communication Association Annual Conference. San Diego, CA


Open Science Data Reports

Framing effects on the effectiveness and virality of health messages related to COVID-19 (With the Communication Neuroscience Lab at Upenn)