Publications of Willem E. Frankenhuis

De Courson, B., Frankenhuis, W. E., & Nettle, D. (2025). Poverty is associated with both risk avoidance and risk taking: empirical evidence for the desperation threshold model from the UK and France. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 292, 20242071. doi:10.1098/rspb.2024.2071

Van Gelder, J.-L., & Frankenhuis, W. E. (2024). Short-Term mindsets and crime. Annual Review of Criminology, 2025(8), 18.1–18.26. doi:10.1146/annurev-criminol-022422-124536

Deitzer, J., Frankenhuis, W. E., Ribeaud, D., Eisner, M., Feinberg, M., Jacobsen, W. C., & Van Gelder, J.-L. (2024). Why do harsh and unpredictable environments lead to delinquency? The case for unpredictability schemas and short-term mindsets. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency. doi:10.1177/00224278241275573

Deitzer, J., Frankenhuis, W. E., Ribeaud, D., Eisner, M., & Van Gelder, J.-L. (2024). Effect of early interactions with the police on intertemporal choice: A longitudinal study of Zurich public school students. Crime & Delinquency. doi:10.1177/00111287241264224

Vermeent, S., Young, E. S., Van Gelder, J.-L., & Frankenhuis, W. E. (2024). Childhood adversity is not associated with lowered inhibition, but slower perceptual processing: A Drift Diffusion Model analysis. Cognitive Development, 71, 101479. doi:10.1016/j.cogdev.2024.101479

Walasek, N., Panchanathan, K., & Frankenhuis, W. E. (2024). The evolution of sensitive periods beyond early ontogeny: Bridging theory and data. Functional Ecology. doi:10.1111/1365-2435.14615

Walasek, N., Young, E. S., & Frankenhuis, W. E. (2024). A framework for studying environmental statistics in developmental science. Psychological Methods. doi:10.1037/met0000651

Young, E. S., Vermeent, S., Frankenhuis, W. E., Nivison, M. D., Simpson, J. A., & Roisman, G. I. (in press). How does adversity relate to performance across different abilities within individuals? Development and Psychopathology.

Muskens, M., Frankenhuis, W. E., & Borghans, L. (2024). Math items about real-world content lower test-scores of students from families with low socioeconomic status. Npj Science of Learning, (9), 19. doi:10.1038/s41539-024-00228-8

Kübel, S., Deitzer, J., Frankenhuis, W. E., Ribeaud, D., Eisner, M., & Van Gelder, J.-L. (2024). Beyond the Situation: Hanging Out with Peers now is Associated with Short-Term Mindsets Later. Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology. doi:10.1007/s40865-024-00249-2

Vermeent, S., Young, E. S., DeJoseph, M. L., Schubert, A.-L., & Frankenhuis, W. E. (2024). Cognitive deficits and enhancements in youth from adverse conditions: An integrative assessment using Drift Diffusion Modeling in the ABCD study. Developmental Science, 27, e13478. doi:10.1111/desc.13478

Frankenhuis, W. E., Panchanathan, K., & Smaldino, P. E. (2023). Strategic Ambiguity in the Social Sciences. Social Psychological Bulletin, 18, 1–25. doi:10.32872/spb.9923

Frankenhuis, W. E., Borsboom, D., Nettle, D., & Roisman, G. I. (2023). Formalizing theories of child development: Introduction to the special section. Child Development, 1–7. doi:10.1111/cdev.14020

Nettle, D., Frankenhuis, W. E., & Panchanathan, K. (2023). Biology, Society, or Choice: How Do Non-Experts Interpret Explanations of Behaviour? Open Mind, 7, 625–651. doi:10.1162/opmi_a_00098

Brener, S. A., Frankenhuis, W. E., Young, E. S., & Ellis, B. J. (2023). Social Class, Sex, and the Ability to Recognize Emotions: The Main Effect is in the Interaction. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. doi:10.1177/01461672231159775

Kübel, S., Deitzer, J., Frankenhuis, W. E., Ribeaud, D., Eisner, M. P., & Van Gelder, J.-L. (2023). The shortsighted victim: Short-term mindsets mediate the link between victimization and later offending. Journal of Criminal Justice, 86, 102062. doi:10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2023.102062

De Courson, B., Frankenhuis, W. E., Nettle, D., & Van Gelder, J.-L. (2023). Why is violence high and persistent in deprived communities? A formal model. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 290, 20222095. doi:10.1098/rspb.2022.2095

Frankenhuis, W. E., & Gopnik, A. (2023). Early adversity and the development of explore–exploit tradeoffs. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 27(7), 616–630. doi:10.1016/j.tics.2023.04.001

Weinberg, D., Stevens, G. W. J. M., Peeters, M., Visser, K., Frankenhuis, W. E., & Finkenauer, C. (2023). The role of social cognitions in the social gradient in adolescent mental health: A longitudinal mediation model. Development and Psychopathology, 36(2), 953–966. doi:10.1017/S0954579423000214

Bolhuis, E., Belsky, J., Frankenhuis, W. E., Shalev, I., Hastings, W. J., Tollenaar, M. S., … Beijers, R. (2022). Attachment insecurity and the biological embedding of reproductive strategies: Investigating the role of cellular aging. Biological Psychology, 175, 108446. doi:10.1016/j.biopsycho.2022.108446