Journal Articles
*Equal authorship
^Student or postdoc at the time the project began
^Berry, Z., Lucas, B. J., & Jachimowicz, J. M. (accepted). People overestimate how harshly they are evaluated for disengaging from passion pursuit. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
^Ellis, L & Lucas, B. J. (2024). Before the ink dries? Creators misjudge idea thieves’ preference for early-stage ideas. Social and Personality Psychology Compass.
^Berry, Z. & Lucas, B.J. (2024). How much is enough? The relationship between prosocial effort and moral character judgments. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.
Huber, C., 90+ coauthors, including Lucas, B. J. (2023). Competition and moral behavior: A meta-analysis of 45 crowd-sourced experimental designs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Kim, S., Lucas, B. J., & Goncalo, J. (2023). Low power warm-up effect: Understanding the effect of power on creativity over time. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 107, 104474.
*Lucas, B. J. & *Mai, K. M. (2022). Illumination and elbow grease: A theory of how mental models of the creative process influence creativity. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 168, 104107.
Lucas, B. J. & Nordgren, L. F. (2022). Lay people’s beliefs about creativity: evidence for an insight bias. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 26, 6-7.
Lucas, B. J., ^Berry, Z., ^Giurge, L., & Chugh, D. (2021). Making the shortlist longer increases the consideration of female candidates in male-dominant domains. Nature: Human Behaviour, 5, 736-742.
Lucas, B. J. & Nordgren, L F. (2020). The creative cliff illusion. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117, 19830-19836.
O’Connor, K., Effron, D. A., & Lucas, B. J. (2020). Moral cleansing as hypocrisy: When private acts of charity make you feel better than you deserve. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 119, 540-559.
Wilson, E. R., Thompson, L. L., & Lucas, B. J. (2020). Pride and pratfalls: Recounting embarrassing stories increases creativity. International Journal of Design Creativity and Innovation, 8, 21-30.
Lucas, B. J. & Kteily, N. S. (2018). (Anti-)Egalitarianism differentially predicts empathy for members of advantaged versus disadvantaged groups. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 114, 665-692.
Carton, A. M. & Lucas, B. J. (2018). How can leaders overcome the blurry vision bias? An antidote to the paradox of vision communication. Academy of Management Journal, 61, 2106-2129.
Effron, D. A., O’Connor, K., Leroy, H., & Lucas, B. J. (2018). From inconsistency to hypocrisy: When does "saying one thing but doing another" invite condemnation? Research in Organizational Behavior, 38, 61-75.
Ruttan, R. L. & Lucas, B. J. (2018). Cogs in the machine: The prioritization of money and self-dehumanization. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 149, 47-58.
Lucas, B. J., Galinsky, A. D., & Murnighan, J. K. (2016). An intentions-based account: Why perspective-taking can both decrease and increase moral condemnation. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 42, 1480-1489.
Effron, D. A., Lucas, B. J., & O’Connor, K. (2015). Hypocrisy by association: When organizational membership increases condemnation for wrongdoing. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 130, 147-159.
Lucas, B. J. & Nordgren, L. F. (2015). People underestimate the value of persistence for creative performance. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 109, 232-243.
Lucas, B. J. & Galinsky, A. D. (2015). Is utilitarianism risky? How the same antecedents and mechanism produce both utilitarian and risky choices. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 10, 541-548.
Lucas, B. J. & Livingston, R. W. (2014). Feeling socially connected increases utilitarian choices in moral dilemmas. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 53, 1-4.
Yap, A. J., Wazlawek, A. S., Lucas, B. J., Cuddy, A. J. C., & Carney, D. R. (2013). The incidental ergonomics of life and work can lead to stealing, cheating, and traffic violations. Psychological Science, 24, 2281-2289.
Lucas, B. J., Schubert, E., & Halpern, A. R. (2010). Perception of emotion in sounded and imagined music. Music Perception, 27, 399-412.
Gais, S., Lucas, B. & Born, J. (2006). Sleep after learning aids memory recall. Learning & Memory, 13, 259-262.
Popular Articles
Lucas, B. J. (Sept 17, 2021). The longer short list effect. Scientific American.
Lucas, B., Giurge, L., Berry, Z., & Chugh, D. (Feb 16, 2021). To Reduce Gender Bias in Hiring, Make Your Shortlist Longer. Harvard Business Review.
Nordgren, L. F. & Lucas, B. J. (Jan 26, 2021). Your best ideas are often your last ideas. Harvard Business Review.
Lucas & Nordgren (Dec 1, 2015). Giving up is the enemy of creativity. Harvard Business Review.
Chapters & Other Publications
Thompson, L. & Lucas, B. J. (2014). Judgmental biases in conflict resolution and how to overcome them. In P. T. Coleman, M. Deutsch, & E. C. Marcus (eds.). Handbook of Conflict Resolution, (pp. 255-282). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Thompson, L., Lucas, B. J., & Hall, E.V. (2014). Negotiation bandwidth. In N. M. Ashkanasy, O. B. Ayoko, & K. Jehn (eds.). Handbook of Research in Conflict Management, (pp. 461-479).UK: Edward Edgar Publishing.
Thompson, L. Lucas, B., & Hall, E.V. (2012). Upstream and downstream negotiation research. In R. Croson & G. Bolton (eds.). Oxford Handbook of Economic Conflict Resolution, (pp. 372-388). New York: Oxford University press.
Thompson, L., Richardson, E.V., & Lucas, B. (2012). Integrating negotiation research with team dynamics. In Goldman and D. Shapiro (eds.). The Psychology of Negotiations in the 21st Century workplace. SIOP Frontiers Series.
*Equal authorship
^Student or postdoc at the time the project began
^Berry, Z., Lucas, B. J., & Jachimowicz, J. M. (accepted). People overestimate how harshly they are evaluated for disengaging from passion pursuit. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
^Ellis, L & Lucas, B. J. (2024). Before the ink dries? Creators misjudge idea thieves’ preference for early-stage ideas. Social and Personality Psychology Compass.
^Berry, Z. & Lucas, B.J. (2024). How much is enough? The relationship between prosocial effort and moral character judgments. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.
Huber, C., 90+ coauthors, including Lucas, B. J. (2023). Competition and moral behavior: A meta-analysis of 45 crowd-sourced experimental designs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Kim, S., Lucas, B. J., & Goncalo, J. (2023). Low power warm-up effect: Understanding the effect of power on creativity over time. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 107, 104474.
*Lucas, B. J. & *Mai, K. M. (2022). Illumination and elbow grease: A theory of how mental models of the creative process influence creativity. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 168, 104107.
Lucas, B. J. & Nordgren, L. F. (2022). Lay people’s beliefs about creativity: evidence for an insight bias. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 26, 6-7.
Lucas, B. J., ^Berry, Z., ^Giurge, L., & Chugh, D. (2021). Making the shortlist longer increases the consideration of female candidates in male-dominant domains. Nature: Human Behaviour, 5, 736-742.
Lucas, B. J. & Nordgren, L F. (2020). The creative cliff illusion. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117, 19830-19836.
O’Connor, K., Effron, D. A., & Lucas, B. J. (2020). Moral cleansing as hypocrisy: When private acts of charity make you feel better than you deserve. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 119, 540-559.
Wilson, E. R., Thompson, L. L., & Lucas, B. J. (2020). Pride and pratfalls: Recounting embarrassing stories increases creativity. International Journal of Design Creativity and Innovation, 8, 21-30.
Lucas, B. J. & Kteily, N. S. (2018). (Anti-)Egalitarianism differentially predicts empathy for members of advantaged versus disadvantaged groups. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 114, 665-692.
Carton, A. M. & Lucas, B. J. (2018). How can leaders overcome the blurry vision bias? An antidote to the paradox of vision communication. Academy of Management Journal, 61, 2106-2129.
Effron, D. A., O’Connor, K., Leroy, H., & Lucas, B. J. (2018). From inconsistency to hypocrisy: When does "saying one thing but doing another" invite condemnation? Research in Organizational Behavior, 38, 61-75.
Ruttan, R. L. & Lucas, B. J. (2018). Cogs in the machine: The prioritization of money and self-dehumanization. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 149, 47-58.
Lucas, B. J., Galinsky, A. D., & Murnighan, J. K. (2016). An intentions-based account: Why perspective-taking can both decrease and increase moral condemnation. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 42, 1480-1489.
Effron, D. A., Lucas, B. J., & O’Connor, K. (2015). Hypocrisy by association: When organizational membership increases condemnation for wrongdoing. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 130, 147-159.
Lucas, B. J. & Nordgren, L. F. (2015). People underestimate the value of persistence for creative performance. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 109, 232-243.
Lucas, B. J. & Galinsky, A. D. (2015). Is utilitarianism risky? How the same antecedents and mechanism produce both utilitarian and risky choices. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 10, 541-548.
Lucas, B. J. & Livingston, R. W. (2014). Feeling socially connected increases utilitarian choices in moral dilemmas. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 53, 1-4.
Yap, A. J., Wazlawek, A. S., Lucas, B. J., Cuddy, A. J. C., & Carney, D. R. (2013). The incidental ergonomics of life and work can lead to stealing, cheating, and traffic violations. Psychological Science, 24, 2281-2289.
Lucas, B. J., Schubert, E., & Halpern, A. R. (2010). Perception of emotion in sounded and imagined music. Music Perception, 27, 399-412.
Gais, S., Lucas, B. & Born, J. (2006). Sleep after learning aids memory recall. Learning & Memory, 13, 259-262.
Popular Articles
Lucas, B. J. (Sept 17, 2021). The longer short list effect. Scientific American.
Lucas, B., Giurge, L., Berry, Z., & Chugh, D. (Feb 16, 2021). To Reduce Gender Bias in Hiring, Make Your Shortlist Longer. Harvard Business Review.
Nordgren, L. F. & Lucas, B. J. (Jan 26, 2021). Your best ideas are often your last ideas. Harvard Business Review.
Lucas & Nordgren (Dec 1, 2015). Giving up is the enemy of creativity. Harvard Business Review.
Chapters & Other Publications
Thompson, L. & Lucas, B. J. (2014). Judgmental biases in conflict resolution and how to overcome them. In P. T. Coleman, M. Deutsch, & E. C. Marcus (eds.). Handbook of Conflict Resolution, (pp. 255-282). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Thompson, L., Lucas, B. J., & Hall, E.V. (2014). Negotiation bandwidth. In N. M. Ashkanasy, O. B. Ayoko, & K. Jehn (eds.). Handbook of Research in Conflict Management, (pp. 461-479).UK: Edward Edgar Publishing.
Thompson, L. Lucas, B., & Hall, E.V. (2012). Upstream and downstream negotiation research. In R. Croson & G. Bolton (eds.). Oxford Handbook of Economic Conflict Resolution, (pp. 372-388). New York: Oxford University press.
Thompson, L., Richardson, E.V., & Lucas, B. (2012). Integrating negotiation research with team dynamics. In Goldman and D. Shapiro (eds.). The Psychology of Negotiations in the 21st Century workplace. SIOP Frontiers Series.
