Dr. Kevin Winter

Pummerer, L., Ditrich, L., Winter, K., & Sassenberg, K. (in press). Think about it! Deliberation reduces the negative relation between conspiracy belief and adherence to prosocial norms. Social Psychological and Personality Science. https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/19485506221144150 [Data] Open Access
 

Winter, K., Scholl, A., & Sassenberg, K. (in press). Flexible minds make more moderate views: Subtractive counterfactuals mitigate strong views about immigrants’ trustworthiness. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations. https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/13684302221102876 [Data] Volltext anfordern
 

Winter, K., & Epstude, K. (2023). Motivational consequences of counterfactual mindsets: Does counterfactual structure influence the use of conservative or risky tactics? Motivation and Emotion, 47(1), 100-114. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11031-022-09979-6 [Data] Open Access
 

Pummerer, L., Böhm, R., Lilleholt, L., Winter, K., Zettler, I., & Sassenberg, K. (2022). Conspiracy theories and their societal effects during the COVID-19 pandemic. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 13(1), 49-59. https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/19485506211000217 [Data] Open Access
 

Pummerer, L., Winter, K., & Sassenberg, K. (2022). Addressing covid-19 vaccination conspiracy theories and vaccination intentions. European Journal of Health Communication, 3(2), 1-12. https://dx.doi.org/10.47368/ejhc.2022.201 [Data] Open Access
 

Sassenberg, K.*, Winter, K.*, Becker, D., Ditrich, L., Scholl, A., & Moskowitz, G. B. (2022). Flexibility mindsets: Reducing biases that result from spontaneous processing. European Review of Social Psychology, 33(1), 171-213. *shared first-authorship. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10463283.2021.1959124 Open Access
 

Winter, K., Hornsey, M. J., Pummerer, L., & Sassenberg, K. (2022). Anticipating and defusing the role of conspiracy beliefs in shaping opposition to wind farms. Nature Energy, 7(12), 1200-1207. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41560-022-01164-w [Data] Open Access
 

Winter, K., Pummerer, L., Hornsey, M. J., & Sassenberg, K. (2022). Pro‐vaccination subjective norms moderate the relationship between conspiracy mentality and vaccination intentions. British Journal of Health Psychology, 27(2), 390-405. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjhp.12550 [Data] Open Access
 

Knab, N.*, Winter, K.*, & Steffens, M. C. (2021). Flexing the extremes: Increasing cognitive flexibility with a paradoxical leading questions intervention. Social Cognition, 39(2), 225-242 *shared first-authorship. https://dx.doi.org/10.1521/soco.2021.39.2.225 [Data] Volltext anfordern
 

Winter, K., & Sassenberg, K. (2021). Mitigating the default? The influence of ingroup diversity on outgroup trust. International Review of Social Psychology, 34(1), Article 19. https://dx.doi.org/10.5334/irsp.520 [Data] Open Access
 

Winter, K., Scholl, A., & Sassenberg, K. (2021). A matter of flexibility: Changing outgroup attitudes through messages with negations. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 120(4), 956-976. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pspi0000305 [Data] Volltext anfordern
 

Winter, K., Zapf, B., Hütter, M., Tichy, N., & Sassenberg, K. (2021). Selective exposure in action: Do visitors of product evaluation portals select reviews in a biased manner? Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace, 15(1), Article 4. https://dx.doi.org/10.5817/cp2021-1-4 [Data] Open Access
 

Landkammer, F., Winter, K., Thiel, A., & Sassenberg, K. (2019). Team Sports Off the Field: Competing Excludes Cooperating for Individual but Not for Team Athletes. Frontiers in Psychology, 10:2470. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02470 Open Access
 

Winter, K., & Sassenberg, K. (2022). Soziale Kategorisierung, Stereotype, Vorurteile. In C. Cohrs, N. Knab, & G. Sommer (Eds.), Handbuch Friedenspsychologie (35). Philipps-Universität Marburg. https://dx.doi.org/10.17192/es2022.0052
 

Pummerer, L., Winter, K., & Sassenberg, K. (2022, September 10-15). Addressing conspiracy theories before they spread. 52. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs). Hildesheim. [Talk]
 

Pummerer, L., Winter, K., & Sassenberg, K. (2022, July 14-17). Always going against the grain? On conspiracy belief and norm adherence. 44th Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP). Athens, Greece. [Talk]
 

Sassenberg, K., & Winter, K. (2022, September 10-15). Flexibility mindsets: Reducing biases that result from spontaneous processing. 52. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs). Hildesheim. [Talk]
 

Winter, K. (2022, March 10). Open mind for a different view: Flexibility mindsets as a strategy to reduce prejudice and polarization. Invited talk at the colloquium of the Social Psychology Lab. University of Groningen, The Netherlands. [Talk]
 

Winter, K. (2021, June 1). Flexibility mindsets: A novel strategy to reduce prejudice via (political) communication. Invited talk at The Boris Mints Institute for Strategic Policy Solutions to Global Challenges. The Gershon H. Gordon Faculty of Social Sciences, Conflict Resolution Lab, Tel Aviv University. Tel Aviv, Israel. [Talk]
 

Winter, K. (2021, November 24). Cognitive conflicts as a means to reduce societal polarization. Invited talk at the Colloquium of the General Psychology Lab. Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen. [Talk]
 

Winter, K., Pummerer, L., Hornsey, M., & Sassenberg, K. (2021, November 18-19). Pro-vaccination norms moderate the relationship between conspiracy mentality and vaccination intention. European Association of Social Psychology (EASP) Small Group Meeting: Social Implications of Conspiracy Theories. Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien, Tübingen. [Talk]
 

Winter, K., Scholl, A., & Sassenberg, K. (2021, October 4-6). Open mind for a different view: Flexibility mindsets as a strategy to reduce polarization. Invited talk at the Symposium on Belief Polarization. Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien, Tübingen. [Talk]
 

Winter, K., Scholl, A., & Sassenberg, K. (2021, June 30). Flexibility mindsets: A novel strategy to reduce prejudice via (political) communication. Eingeladener Vortrag, Institut für Kommunikationswissenschaft. Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena. [Talk]
 

Winter, K., Scholl, A., & Sassenberg, K. (2021, February 25-26). Flexible minds, moderate views: How political communication can reduce extreme attitudes towards immigrants. 24 hours of Political Psychology. Scientific Online Meeting of the German Political Psychology Network. Jena. [Talk]
 

Wronska, M. K., Rietzschel, E., Nijstad, B., Winter, K., Baas, M., & Sassenberg, K. (2021, September 13-15). A systematic review and a meta-analysis of priming effects on creativity. European Social Cognition Network (ESCON) Transfer of Knowledge Conference 2021. Salzburg, Austria. [Talk]
 

Knab, N., Steffens, M. C., & Winter, K. (2020, June). A paradoxical intervention for improving intergroup relations in the refugee context: Cognitive and behavioral effects. 19th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology (EASP). Krakow, Poland. (Conference cancelled). [Talk]
 

Winter, K., & Landmann, H. (2020, June). Science communication in the domain of refugee integration: Chances and challenges. Invited talk at Preconference on Rethinking and Acting with Refugees: Bridging between Science and Social Action. Krakow, Poland. (Preconference cancelled). [Talk]
 

Winter, K., Sassenberg, K., & Scholl, A. (2020, June). Getting the hard-to-get: Cognitive flexibility as means to reduce prejudice. 19th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology (EASP). Krakow, Poland. (Conference cancelled). [Talk]
 

Winter, K. (2019, September). Current approaches to refugee integration II: Quo vadis? - Mechanisms of improving intergroup relations between majority members and refugees. 17. Tagung der Fachgruppe Sozialpsychologie. Köln, Germany. [Symposium Organisation]
 

Winter, K., Sassenberg, K., & Scholl, A. (2019, September). The impact of counterfactual thinking on the perceived trustworthiness of migrants. 17. Tagung der Fachgruppe Sozialpsychologie. Köln, Germany. [Talk]
 

Winter, K., Sassenberg, K., & Scholl, A. (2019, July). Subtractive counterfactual thinking depolarizes attitudes towards immigrants. EASP Small Group Meeting ´Taking a cognitive perspective on social phenomena’. Tübingen, Germany. [Talk]
 

Winter, K., Sassenberg, K., & Scholl, A. (2019, February). Persuasive communication in intergroup settings: Messages with negations change outgroup attitudes via cognitive flexibility. Sozialpsychologisches Kolloquium. University of Mannheim, Germany. [Talk]
 

Winter, K., Sassenberg, K., & Scholl, A. (2019, March). A matter of flexibility: How and when messages with negations enhance outgroup trust. 3rd International Convention of Psychological Science (ICPS). Paris, France. [Talk]
 

Zapf, B., Sassenberg, K., Winter, K., & Hütter, M. (2019, September). Do online customers select wisely? The influence of interface properties of product rating portals on review selection. 17. Tagung der Fachgruppe Sozialpsychologie. Köln, Germany. [Talk]
 

Sassenberg, K., & Winter, K. (2018, August). Enhancing trust in outgroups among the distrusting. Colloquium of the Center of Research in Social Psychology. Brisbane, Australien. [Talk]
 

Winter, K. (2018, September). Chances and challenges for successful integration of refugees: What can social psychology contribute? 51. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs). Frankfurt. [Symposium Organisation]
 

Winter, K., & Sassenberg, K. (2018, September). Prejudice reduction through mediated communication - how messages with negations enhance outgroup trust among the highly prejudiced. 51. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs). Frankfurt. [Talk]
 

Winter, K., Sassenberg, K., & Scholl, A. (2018, November). Shaping outgroup trust through cognitive flexibility. Colloquium of the Social Psychology Lab. Groningen, The Netherlands. [Talk]
 

Winter, K., Sassenberg, K., & Scholl, A. (2018, November). Building intergroup trust through cognitive flexibility. European Association Social Psychology (EASP) Meeting: "Polarization, Populism, Political Alienation: Causes and Consequences of Social Diversity and Inequality?". Landau. [Talk]
 

Winter, K., Sassenberg, K., & Scholl, A. (2018, December). Stereotype change through cognitive flexibility - how messages with negations enhance outgroup trust among the distrusting. 2018 Associatie van Sociaal-Psychologische Onderzoekers (ASPO) Conference. Nijmegen, The Netherlands. [Talk]
 

Winter, K., & Sassenberg, K. (2017, September). Negations aren't that bad: Messages with negations enhance outgroup trust among the highly prejudiced. 16. Tagung der Fachgruppe Sozialpsychologie. Ulm. [Talk]
 

Winter, K., & Sassenberg, K. (2017, Mai). Der Einfluss unterschiedlicher Kommunikationsstrategien auf die intergruppale Vertrauensbildung. Interdisziplinärer Workshop "Körper im Visier - Körper und Visibilität in Diskriminierungsprozessen". Tübingen. [Vortrag]
 

Winter, K., & Sassenberg, K. (2017, June). Negations aren't that bad: Messages with negations enhance outgroup trust among the highly prejudiced. 1st International Symposium on Intergroup Communication. Thessaloniki, Greece. [Talk]
 

Winter, K., Sassenberg, K., & Landkammer, F. (2017, July). Enhancing trust in refugees: The effect of an independent third person's communication. 18th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology (EASP). Granada, Spain. [Poster]
 

Pummerer, L., Sassenberg, K., Winter, K., & Hornsey, M. (2021). EASP: Small Group Meeting: Social implications of conspiracy theories. Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien, Tübingen, 18.-19.11.2021.
 

Becker, D., Winter, K., & Sassenberg, K. (2019). EASP: Small Group Meeting: Cognitive Conflict. Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien, Tübingen, Germany, 04.-06.06.2019.
 

Winter, K., & Sassenberg, K. (2019). Wissenskommunikation über digitale Medien zum Thema Flucht und Integration. Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien, Tübingen, Germany, 25.-26.03.2019.
 

Pummerer, L., Winter, K., & Sassenberg, K. (2020). Warum sind Verschwörungstheoretiker nicht für rationale Argumente zugänglich?. https://www.leibniz-magazin.de/alle-artikel/magazindetail/detail/warum-sind-verschwoerungstheoretiker-nicht-fuer-rationale-argumente-zugaenglich.html
 

Winter, K. (2020). Stereotypes: Why we need them, why they are harmful, and how to overcome them. https://blog.speak.social/stereotypes
 

Winter, K. (2018). Abstrakt oder konkret: Wie lassen sich Vorurteile durch eine geeignete Wortwahl reduzieren?. http://www.fachnetzflucht.de/abstrakt-oder-konkret-wie-lassen-sich-vorurteile-durch-eine-geeignete-wortwahl-reduzieren
 

Winter, K. (2017). Gemeinsam zum Ziel: Wie Teams ihre Leistung steigern können. wissens.blitz (176). http://www.wissensdialoge.de/ziel_team_leistung
 

Winter, K. (2017). Wie „Klebstoff“ zu „Benzin“ wird: Perspektivenübernahme in Wettbewerbssituationen. wissens.blitz (180). http://www.wissensdialoge.de/wie-klebstoff-zu-benzin-wird-perspektivenuebernahme-in-wettbewerbssituationen
 

Winter, K. (2017). Vertrauen fördert kooperatives Verhalten – aber nicht immer. wissens.blitz (181). http://wissensdialoge.de/vertrauen-foerdert-kooperatives-verhalten-aber-nicht-immer
 

Pummerer, L., Ditrich, L., Winter, K., & Sassenberg, K. (2022). Dataset for: Think about it! Deliberation reduces the negative relation between conspiracy belief and adherence to prosocial norms. https://dx.doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.12210 [Publication]
 

Pummerer, L., Winter, K., & Sassenberg, K. (2022). Dataset for: Addressing covid-19 vaccination conspiracy theories and vaccination intentions. http://dx.doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.5377 [Publication]
 

Winter, K., & Epstude, K. (2022). Datasets for: Motivational consequences of counterfactual mindsets: Does counterfactual structure influence the use of conservative or risky tactics? http://dx.doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.8133 [Publication]
 

Winter, K., Hornsey, M. J., Pummerer, L., & Sassenberg, K. (2022). Dataset for: Anticipating and defusing the role of conspiracy beliefs in shaping opposition to wind farms. https://dx.doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.8253 [Publication]
 

Winter, K., Scholl, A., & Sassenberg, K. (2022). Dataset for: Flexible minds make more moderate views: Subtractive counterfactuals mitigate strong views about immigrants’ trustworthiness. https://dx.doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.6889 [Publication]
 

Winter, K., Pummerer, L., Hornsey, M.J., & Sassenberg, K. (2021). Dataset for: Pro-vaccination subjective norms moderate the relationship between conspiracy mentality and vaccination intentions. https://dx.doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.4959 [Publication]
 

Winter, K., & Sassenberg, K. (2021). Mitigating the default? The influence of ingroup diversity on outgroup trust. https://dx.doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.4969 [Publication]
 

Winter, K., Zapf, B., Hütter, M., Tichy, N., & Sassenberg, K. (2021). Selective exposure in action: Do visitors of product evaluation portals select reviews in a biased manner? https://dx.doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.4549 [Publication]
 

Knab, N.*, Winter, K.*, & Steffens, M.C. (2020). Flexing the extremes: Increasing cognitive flexibility with a paradoxical leading questions intervention. *shared first-authorship. https://osf.io/aq4vb/?view_only=93050784678a47cabc50b2eac7f53209 [Publication]
 

Winter, K., Scholl, A., & Sassenberg, K. (2020). A matter of flexibility: Changing outgroup attitudes through messages with negations. https://dx.doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.2884 [Publication]