Dr Samuel Pearson
Postdoctoral Research Fellow & Postdoctoral Research Fellow
School of Business
Journal Articles
Todorova, Boryana, Steyrl, David, Hornsey, Matthew J., Pearson, Samuel, Brick, Cameron, Lange, Florian, Van Bavel, Jay J., Vlasceanu, Madalina, Lamm, Claus and Doell, Kimberly C. (2025). Machine learning identifies key individual and nation-level factors predicting climate-relevant beliefs and behaviors. npj Climate Action, 4 (1) 46, 1-12. doi: 10.1038/s44168-025-00251-4
Smerdon, David, Pearson, Samuel and Albrecht, Sabina (2025). Physical proximity drives gay discrimination in the gig economy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122 (11) e2412362122, 1-8. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2412362122
Pearson, Samuel and Curtis, Caitlin (2025). Erotic AI chatbots offer research opportunities for the behavioral sciences. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 54 (3), 855-858. doi: 10.1007/s10508-025-03085-7
Normore, George, Leibovitch, Yael M., Brown, Deborah J., Pearson, Samuel, Mazzolo, Claudio, Ellerton, Peter J. and Watt, Glenn (2024). Investigating the impact of critical thinking instruction on writing performance: a multilevel modelling analysis of relative gain data in the Australian National Assessment Program. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 53 101546, 1-16. doi: 10.1016/j.tsc.2024.101546
Hornsey, Matthew J. and Pearson, Samuel (2024). Perceptions of climate change threat across 121 nations: The role of individual and national wealth. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 96 102338, 1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2024.102338
Pearson, Samuel, Hornsey, Matthew J., Rekker, Saphira, Wade, Belinda and Greig, Chris (2024). Publicly expressed climate scepticism is greatest in regions with high CO2 emissions. Climatic Change, 177 (5) 79. doi: 10.1007/s10584-024-03740-3
Coleman, Jamie J., Robinson, Caitlin K., von Hippel, William, Holmes, Kristen E., Kim, Jeongeun, Pearson, Samuel, Lawless, Ryan A., Hubbard, Alan E. and Cohen, Mitchell J. (2023). What Happens on Call Doesn't Stay on Call. The Effects of In-house Call on Acute Care Surgeons' Sleep and Burnout: Results of the Surgeon Performance (SuPer) Trial. Annals of surgery, 278 (4), 497-505. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000005971
von Hippel, Courtney, Pearson, Samuel, Coulon, Sophie, Adams, Alexandra G. and Zacher, Hannes (2023). Interactions across the ages: How concerns about warmth and competence impact age-based stereotype threat in the workplace. Psychology and Aging, 38 (7), 740-747. doi: 10.1037/pag0000754
Caton, Neil R., Pearson, Samuel G. and Dixson, Barnaby J.W. (2023). A re-analysis that replicated a replication: rejoinder to. Evolution and Human Behavior, 44 (2), 161-167. doi: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2023.01.008
Butterworth, Jade, Pearson, Samuel and von Hippel, William (2023). Dual mating strategies observed in male clients of female sex workers. Human Nature, 34 (1), 46-63. doi: 10.1007/s12110-023-09439-1
Hornsey, Matthew J., Pearson, Samuel, Kang, Jemima, Sassenberg, Kai, Jetten, Jolanda, Van Lange, Paul A. M., Medina, Lucia G., Amiot, Catherine E., Ausmees, Liisi, Baguma, Peter, Barry, Oumar, Becker, Maja, Bilewicz, Michal, Castelain, Thomas, Costantini, Giulio, Dimdins, Girts, Espinosa, Agustín, Finchilescu, Gillian, Friese, Malte, González, Roberto, Goto, Nobuhiko, Gómez, Ángel, Halama, Peter, Ilustrisimo, Ruby, Jiga‐Boy, Gabriela M., Karl, Johannes, Kuppens, Peter, Loughnan, Steve, Markovikj, Marijana ... Bastian, Brock (2022). Multinational data show that conspiracy beliefs are associated with the perception (and reality) of poor national economic performance. European Journal of Social Psychology, 53 (1), 78-89. doi: 10.1002/ejsp.2888
Hornsey, Matthew J., Chapman, Cassandra M., Fielding, Kelly S., Louis, Winnifred R. and Pearson, Samuel (2022). A political experiment may have extracted Australia from the climate wars. Nature Climate Change, 12 (8), 695-696. doi: 10.1038/s41558-022-01431-4
Bonell, Sarah, Lee, Harrison, Pearson, Samuel, Harris, Emily and Barlow, Fiona Kate (2022). Benevolent Sexism and the Traditional Sexual Script as Predictors of Sexual Dissatisfaction in Heterosexual Women from the U.S. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 51 (6), 3063-3070. doi: 10.1007/s10508-022-02318-3
Hornsey, Matthew J. and Pearson, Samuel (2022). Cross-national differences in willingness to believe conspiracy theories. Current Opinion in Psychology, 47 101391, 1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2022.101391
Pearson, Samuel and von Hippel, William (2022). Darwinian grandparenting redux: a pre-registered replication and extension. Evolutionary Psychological Science, 8 (3), 351-362. doi: 10.1007/s40806-022-00323-2
Caton, Neil R., Pearson, Samuel G. and Dixson, Barnaby J.W. (2022). Is facial structure an honest cue to real-world dominance and fighting ability in men? A pre-registered direct replication of. Evolution and Human Behavior, 43 (4), 314-324. doi: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2022.04.002
Mefodeva, Valeriya, Sidari, Morgan J., Chau, Holly, Fitzsimmons, Brett, Antoine, Gabrielle, Clarkson, Tessa R., Pearson, Samuel, Lee, Anthony J. and Dixson, Barnaby J. W. (2020). Multivariate intra-sexual selection on men's perceptions of male facial morphology. Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, 6 (2), 143-169. doi: 10.1007/s40750-020-00128-2
Clarkson, Tessa R., Sidari, Morgan J., Sains, Rosanna, Alexander, Meredith, Harrison, Melissa, Mefodeva, Valeriya, Pearson, Samuel, Lee, Anthony J. and Dixson, Barnaby J. W. (2020). A multivariate analysis of women's mating strategies and sexual selection on men's facial morphology. Royal Society Open Science, 7 (1) 191209, 191209. doi: 10.1098/rsos.191209
Theses
Pearson, Samuel (2021). Divergent thinking predicts persuasion and humour. PhD Thesis, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/5395d12
Pearson, Samuel (2016). Is it Worth It?: The Interpersonal Utility of Overconfidence in Competition. Honours Thesis, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland.