
CHAMBERS Chris
- CUBRIC, School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
- Life Sciences, Social sciences
- administrator, manager, recommender, developer
Recommendations: 34
Reviews: 2
Recommendations: 34

Genetically-modified animals as models of neurodevelopmental conditions: an umbrella review
Evaluating the quality of systematic reviews in preclinical animal studies of neurodevelopmental conditions
Recommended by Chris Chambers based on reviews by Marietta Papadatou-Pastou and Richel BilderbeekURL to the preregistered Stage 1 protocol: https://osf.io/952qk
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- Brain and Neuroscience Advances
- F1000Research
- In&Vertebrates
- Journal for Reproducibility in Neuroscience
- Peer Community Journal
- PeerJ
- Royal Society Open Science

Comparing time versus money in sunk cost effects: Replication of Soman (2001)
Are sunk cost effects weaker for time than money?
Recommended by Chris Chambers based on reviews by Johanna Peetz, Christopher Olivola, David Ronayne, Johannes Leder and Dilip SomanURL to the preregistered Stage 1 protocol: https://osf.io/u34zb
List of eligible PCI RR-friendly journals:
- Experimental Psychology
- F1000Research
- Meta-Psychology
- Peer Community Journal
- PeerJ
- Royal Society Open Science
- Swiss Psychology Open

Responding to Online Toxicity: Which Strategies Make Others Feel Freer to Contribute, Believe That Toxicity Will Decrease, and Believe that Justice Has Been Restored?
Testing antidotes to online toxicity
Recommended by Chris Chambers based on reviews by Corina Logan and Marcel MartončikURL to the preregistered Stage 1 protocol: https://osf.io/hfjnb (under temporary private embargo)
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Beneath the label: Assessing video games’ compliance with ESRB and PEGI loot box warning label industry self-regulation
How effective is self-regulation in loot box labelling?
Recommended by Chris Chambers based on reviews by Pete Etchells and Jim SauerURL to the preregistered Stage 1 protocol: https://osf.io/e6qbm
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- Addiction Research & Theory
- F1000Research
- Peer Community Journal
- PeerJ
- Royal Society Open Science
- Swiss Psychology Open
- WiderScreen
2. Xiao, L. Y. (2022). Breaking Ban: Belgium’s ineffective gambling law regulation of video game loot boxes. Stage 2 Registered Report, acceptance of Version 2 by Peer Community in Registered Reports. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/hnd7w

Similarities and differences in a global sample of song and speech recordings
Exploring cross-cultural variation in speech and song
Recommended by Chris Chambers based on reviews by Bob Slevc, Nai Ding and 1 anonymous reviewerList of eligible PCI RR-friendly journals:

Revisiting the link between anthropomorphism and loneliness with an extension to free will belief: Replication and extensions of Epley et al. (2008)
Are loneliness and free will beliefs associated with anthropomorphism?
Recommended by Chris Chambers based on reviews by John Protzko and Marieke WieringaURL to the preregistered Stage 1 protocol: https://osf.io/by89c
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- F1000Research
- Meta-Psychology
- Peer Community Journal
- PeerJ
- Royal Society Open Science
- Swiss Psychology Open

Estimating the Effect of Reward on Sleep-Dependent Memory Consolidation – A Registered Report
How does reward influence the effect of sleep on memory?
Recommended by Chris Chambers based on reviews by 2 anonymous reviewersLevel of bias control achieved: Level 6. No part of the data or evidence that will be used to answer the research question yet exists and no part will be generated until after IPA.
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Revisiting the motivated denial of mind to animals used for food: Replication and extension of Bastian et al. (2012)
Does denial of animal minds explain the "meat paradox"?
Recommended by Chris Chambers based on reviews by Brock Bastian, Ben De Groeve, Florian Lange and Sebastian BergerURL to the preregistered Stage 1 protocol: https://osf.io/cru4z
List of eligible PCI RR-friendly journals:
- Advances in Cognitive Psychology
- F1000Research
- Journal of Cognition
- Meta-Psychology
- Peer Community Journal
- PeerJ
- Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research and Practice
- Royal Society Open Science
- Swiss Psychology Open

Fathers learning on the job: Role of Paternity Leave Duration on Paternal Infant-Directed Speech and Preference for Male Infant-Directed Speech in infants
Dads and baby talk: understanding the role of paternal interaction in infant-directed speech
Recommended by Chris Chambers based on reviews by Naja Ferjan Ramírez, Melanie Soderstrom and Krista Byers-HeinleinLevel of bias control achieved: Level 6. No part of the data or evidence that will be used to answer the research question yet exists and no part will be generated until after IPA.
List of eligible PCI RR-friendly journals:
- Advances in Cognitive Psychology
- Experimental Psychology
- F1000Research
- Infant and Child Development
- Journal of Cognition
- Peer Community Journal
- PeerJ
- Royal Society Open Science
- Swiss Psychology Open
Does alleviating poverty increase cognitive performance? Short- and long-term evidence from a randomized controlled trial
No strong effect of unconditional cash transfers on cognition
Recommended by Chris Chambers based on reviews by Charlotte Pennington and Matúš Adamkovič
Does childhood adversity alter opioid drug reward? A conceptual replication in outpatients before surgery
Is childhood adversity associated with a heightened response to opioids?
Recommended by Chris Chambers based on reviews by Zoltan Dienes, Yuki Yamada and 1 anonymous reviewerURL to the preregistered Stage 1 protocol: https://osf.io/7ymts
Level of bias control achieved: Level 2. At least some data/evidence that will be used to answer the research question has been accessed and partially observed by the authors, but the authors certify that they have not yet observed the key variables within the data that will be used to answer the research question AND they have taken additional steps to maximise bias control and rigour.
- Cortex
- In&Vertebrates
- Infant and Child Development
- Peer Community Journal
- PeerJ
- Royal Society Open Science
- Swiss Psychology Open

Relationship between creativity and depression: the role of reappraisal and rumination
Understanding the relationship between creativity and depressive traits
Recommended by Chris Chambers based on reviews by Kate Button and 1 anonymous reviewerLevel of bias control achieved: Level 6. No part of the data or evidence that will be used to answer the research question yet exists and no part will be generated until after IPA.
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- Peer Community Journal
- PeerJ
- Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research and Practice
- Royal Society Open Science
- Swiss Psychology Open
Phenomenological Strands for Gaming Disorder and Esports Play: A Qualitative Registered Report
The lived experience of gamers: a comparative qualitative investigation of treatment-seekers and esports players
Recommended by Chris Chambers based on reviews by Malte Elson and Peter Branney
Action-Inaction Asymmetries in Emotions and Counterfactual Thoughts: Meta-Analysis of the Action Effect
Charting meta-analytic evidence for the action-effect
Recommended by Chris Chambers based on reviews by Dan Quintana, Emiel Cracco and priyali rajagopalWinston Churchill once famously quipped, “I never worry about action, but only inaction.” Churchill, however, may have been an exception to the rule, with psychological research suggesting that people are more concerned about the consequences of actions than inactions. During the so-called “action-effect”, first reported by Kahneman and Tversky (1982), people regret an action leading to a bad outcome more than they do an inaction leading to the same bad outcome
In the current study, Yeung and Feldman (2022) propose a wide-ranging meta-analysis to characterise evidence for the action-effect, focusing in particular on emotions and counterfactual thoughts – that is, mental representations of alternative decisions (or “what if” thoughts). Consistent with the expected consequences of the action-effect on emotion, they predict that action will be associated with stronger negative emotions than inaction (when outcomes are negative), and with stronger positive emotions than inaction (when outcomes are positive). The authors also expect action to be associated with a greater abundance of counterfactual thought compared to inaction.
In addition to examining the overall reliability of the action-effect (plus a range of exploratory questions), the study will also examine the extent to which the action-effect is moderated by temporal distance (with more recent events or behaviours predicted to associated with a stronger action effect), the type of study design, prior outcomes and social norms, the specificity (vs. generality) of the prior event, and whether the study employed a hypothetical scenario or a real-life event.
The Stage 1 manuscript was evaluated over two rounds of in-depth review. Based on detailed responses to the reviewers' comments, the recommender judged that the manuscript met the Stage 1 criteria and awarded in-principle acceptance (IPA).
URL to the preregistered Stage 1 protocol: https://osf.io/4pvs6
Level of bias control achieved: Level 2. At least some data/evidence that will be used to answer the research question has been accessed and partially observed by the authors, but the authors certify that they have not yet observed the key variables within the data that will be used to answer the research question
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References
1. Kahneman, D., & Tversky, A. (1982). The psychology of preferences. Scientific American, 246(1), 160-173. https://doi.org/10.1038/scientificamerican0182-160
2. Yeung, S. K. & Feldman, G. (2022). Action-Inaction Asymmetries in Emotions and Counterfactual Thoughts: Meta-Analysis of the Action Effect, in principle acceptance of Version 3 by Peer Community in Registered Reports. https://osf.io/4pvs6

How to succeed in human modified environments
The role of behavioural flexibility in promoting resilience to human environmental impacts
Recommended by Chris Chambers based on reviews by Gloriana Chaverri, Vedrana Šlipogor and Alizée VernouilletLevel of bias control achieved: Level 6. No part of the data or evidence that will be used to answer the research question yet exists and no part will be generated until after IPA.
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Registered Report: A Laboratory Experiment on Using Different Financial-Incentivization Schemes in Software-Engineering Experimentation
Bug detection in software engineering: which incentives work best?
Recommended by Chris Chambers based on reviews by Edson OliveiraJr and 1 anonymous reviewerURL to the preregistered Stage 1 protocol: https://osf.io/s36c2
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Revisiting and updating the risk-benefits link: Replication of Fischhoff et al. (1978) with extensions examining pandemic related factors
Understanding the relationship between the perception of risks and benefits
Recommended by Chris Chambers based on reviews by Katherine Fox-Glassman, Bjørn Sætrevik, Richard Brown and Toby WiseURL to the preregistered Stage 1 protocol: https://osf.io/bx93v
List of eligible PCI RR-friendly journals:
- F1000Research
- Meta-Psychology
- Peer Community Journal
- PeerJ
- Royal Society Open Science
- Swiss Psychology Open

Go above and beyond: Does input variability affect children’s ability to learn spatial adpositions in a novel language?
Can discriminative learning theory explain productive generalisation in language?
Recommended by Chris Chambers based on reviews by Julien Mayor, Natalia Kartushina, Caroline Rowland and 1 anonymous reviewerURL to the preregistered Stage 1 protocol: https://osf.io/37dxr
List of eligible PCI RR-friendly journals:
- Advances in Cognitive Psychology
- Cambridge Educational Research e-Journal
- Cortex
- Experimental Psychology
- Infant and Child Development
- Journal of Cognition
- Peer Community Journal
- PeerJ
- Royal Society Open Science
- Swiss Psychology Open

Pathway between Negative Interpretation Biases and Psychological Symptoms: Rumination as a Transdiagnostic Mediator in a Longitudinal Study
Probing the interaction between interpretation bias and repetitive negative thinking in subclinical psychopathology
Recommended by Chris Chambers based on reviews by Ariana Castro and Rita PasionURL to the preregistered Stage 1 protocol: https://osf.io/89n7u (currently under private embargo)
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- F1000Research
- Peer Community Journal
- PeerJ
- Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research and Practice
- Royal Society Open Science
- Swiss Psychology Open

Revisiting stigma attributions and reactions to stigma: Replication and extensions of Weiner et al. (1988)
Understanding the psychology of stigmas
Recommended by Chris Chambers based on reviews by Charlotte Pennington and Joanne RathboneURL to the preregistered Stage 1 protocol: https://osf.io/k957f
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- Experimental Psychology
- F1000Research
- Meta-Psychology
- Peer Community Journal
- PeerJ
- Royal Society Open Science
- Swiss Psychology Open

Revisiting the link between true-self and morality: Replication and extensions of Newman, Bloom and Knobe (2014) Studies 1 and 2
Replicating positive evaluations of our "true selves"
Recommended by Chris Chambers based on reviews by Andrew Christy, Cillian McHugh, Caleb Reynolds and Sergio BarbosaURL to the preregistered Stage 1 protocol: https://osf.io/v2tpf
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- Experimental Psychology
- F1000Research
- Meta-Psychology
- Peer Community Journal
- PeerJ
- Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research and Practice
- Royal Society Open Science
- Swiss Psychology Open

Associations of fear, anger, happiness, and hope with risk judgments: Revisiting appraisal-tendency framework with a replication and extensions of Lerner and Keltner (2001)
Replicating the relationship between emotions and judgments of risk
Recommended by Chris Chambers based on reviews by Kelly Wolfe, Max Primbs, Agata Sobków and Karolina ScigalaURL to the preregistered Stage 1 protocol: https://osf.io/8yu2x
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- Advances in Cognitive Psychology
- F1000Research
- Journal of Cognition
- Meta-Psychology
- Peer Community Journal
- PeerJ
- Royal Society Open Science
- Swiss Psychology Open
5. Lu, S. & Feldman, G. (2022). Associations of fear, anger, happiness, and hope with risk judgments: Revisiting appraisal-tendency framework with a replication and extensions of Lerner and Keltner (2001), in principle acceptance of Version 3 by Peer Community in Registered Reports. https://osf.io/8yu2x

Revisiting diversification bias and partition dependence: Replication and extensions of Fox, Ratner, and Lieb (2005) Studies 1, 2, and 5
Testing the replicability of diversification bias and partition dependence
Recommended by Chris Chambers based on reviews by Craig Fox and Leo CohenURL to the preregistered Stage 1 protocol: https://osf.io/bx8vq
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References
3. Li, M. Y. & Feldman, G. (2022). Revisiting diversification bias and partition dependence:
Replication and extension of Fox, Ratner, and Lieb (2005) Studies 1, 2, and 5, in principle acceptance of Version 2 by Peer Community in Registered Reports. https://osf.io/bx8vq

Communicating dynamic norms with visual cues
Can dynamic norm information reduce indicators of meat consumption?
Recommended by Chris Chambers based on reviews by Gabriela Jiga-Boy and 1 anonymous reviewer- Advances in Cognitive Psychology
- Experimental Psychology
- Journal of Cognition
- Peer Community Journal
- PeerJ
- Royal Society Open Science
- Swiss Psychology Open

Revisiting the psychological sources of ambiguity avoidance: Replication and extensions of Curley, Yates, and Abrams (1986)
Reducing ambiguity in the psychological understanding of ambiguity avoidance
Recommended by Chris Chambers based on reviews by Leyla Loued-Khenissi and Hayley Jach- Advances in Cognitive Psychology
- F1000Research
- Journal of Cognition
- Meta-Psychology
- Peer Community Journal
- PeerJ
- Royal Society Open Science
- Swiss Psychology Open
Replication and extensions of Curley, Yates, and Abrams (1986), in principle acceptance of Version 2 by Peer Community in Registered Reports. https://osf.io/wb3hc

Revisiting the role of public exposure and moral beliefs on feelings of shame and guilt: Replication of Smith et al. (2002)’s Study 1
How do public exposure and moral beliefs impact feelings of shame and guilt?
Recommended by Chris Chambers based on reviews by Roger Giner-Sorolla and Uriel Haran- Experimental Psychology
- F1000Research
- Meta-Psychology
- Peer Community Journal
- PeerJ
- Royal Society Open Science
- Swiss Psychology Open

Revisiting mental accounting classic paradigms: Replication of Thaler (1999) and an extension examining impulsivity
Mental accounting under the microscope
Recommended by Chris Chambers based on reviews by Barnabas Imre Szaszi and Féidhlim McGowan- Advances in Cognitive Psychology
- F1000Research
- Journal of Cognition
- Meta-Psychology
- Peer Community Journal
- PeerJ
- Royal Society Open Science
- Swiss Psychology Open

Revisiting the links between numeracy and decision making: Replication of Peters et al. (2006) with an extension examining confidence
Assessing the replicability of specific links between numeracy and decision-making
Recommended by Chris Chambers based on reviews by Daniel Ansari and Elena Rusconi- Advances in Cognitive Psychology
- F1000Research
- Journal of Cognition
- Meta-Psychology
- Peer Community Journal
- PeerJ
- Royal Society Open Science
- Swiss Psychology Open

Stage 1 Registered Report: Stress regulation via being in nature and social support in adults - a meta-analysis
Does emotional support and being in nature influence stress?
Recommended by Chris Chambers based on reviews by Felix Schönbrodt and Siu Kit YeungStress is a familiar presence in modern life and may be rising in severity (Almeida et al., 2020). As a key driver of many health problems, controlling stress and its impacts is a central goal in clinical and health psychology, yet the effectiveness of existing interventions to regulate stress remains unclear.
In the current study, Sparacio et al propose tackling this question from a meta-analytic perspective, focusing on a corpus of existing research that has addressed the efficacy of two specific stress regulation interventions: being in nature and emotional social support. As well as evaluating the evidential content of the relevant literatures, the authors will examine signs of publication bias and the moderating role of personality traits.
The Stage 1 manuscript was evaluated over two rounds of in-depth review. Based on detailed responses to the reviewers' comments, the recommender judged that the manuscript met the Stage 1 criteria and therefore awarded in-principle acceptance (IPA).
URL to the preregistered Stage 1 protocol: https://osf.io/c25qw
Level of bias control achieved: Level 3. At least some data/evidence that will be used to the answer the research question has been previously accessed by the authors (e.g. downloaded or otherwise received), but the authors certify that they have not yet observed ANY part of the data/evidence.
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References
1. Almeida, D. M., Charles, S. T., Mogle, J., Drewelies, J., Aldwin, C. M., Spiro, A. III, & Gerstorf, D. (2020). Charting adult development through (historically changing) daily stress processes. American Psychologist, 75(4), 511–524. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0000597
2. Sparacio, A., Ropovik, I., Jiga-Boy, G. M., & IJzerman, H. (2022). Stage 1 Registered Report: Stress regulation via being in nature and social support in adults - a meta-analysis, in principle acceptance of version 3 by Peer Community in Registered Reports.

Neuroanatomical Correlates of System-justifying Ideologies: A Pre-registered Voxel-based Morphometry Study on Right-Wing Authoritarianism and Social Dominance Orientation
What are the neuranatomical correlates of system-justifying ideologies?
Recommended by Chris Chambers based on reviews by Bonni Crawford and 2 anonymous reviewersUnder the tenets of system justification theory, system-justifying ideologies are beliefs held by individuals to defend and justify the status quo, even when doing do perpetuates social inequalities (Jost and Hunyady, 2005). Two such well-studied ideologies to emerge from political science and social psychology are social dominance orientation (SDO) – the belief that some social groups are superior to others – and right wing authoritarianism (RWA) – the belief that people should follow conventional traditions and authorities, avoiding rebellious ideas. Although considered to be stable traits that may have a heritable basis, there has been little investigation of the neural correlates of SDO and RWA, and it remains unknown whether they are associated with common or distinct brain systems.
In the current study, Balagtas et al propose a novel investigation of the neuroanatomical correlates of both SDO and RWA in a Chinese Singaporean sample using voxel-based morphometry. Based on previous research, the authors focus especially on relationships between SDO, RWA and the volume of the amygdala, ventromedial prefrontal cortex, and anterior insula.
The Stage 1 manuscript was evaluated over three rounds of in-depth review. Based on detailed responses to the reviewers' comments, the recommender judged that the manuscript met the Stage 1 criteria and therefore awarded in-principle acceptance (IPA).
URL to the preregistered Stage 1 protocol: https://osf.io/btkwq
Level of bias control achieved: Level 4. At least some of the data/evidence that will be used to answer the research question already exists AND is accessible in principle to the authors (e.g. residing in a public database or with a colleague), BUT the authors certify that they have not yet accessed any part of that data/evidence.
List of eligible PCI RR-friendly journals:
- Brain and Neuroscience Advances
- In&Vertebrates
- NeuroImage: Reports
- Peer Community Journal
- PeerJ
- Royal Society Open Science
References
1. Jost, J. T., & Hunyady, O. (2005). Antecedents and consequences of system-justifying ideologies. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 14, 260-265. https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fj.0963-7214.2005.00377.x
2. Balagtas, P. M., Tolomeo, S., Ragunath, B., Rigo, P., Bornstein, M. H. & Esposito, G. (2022). Neuroanatomical Correlates of System-justifying Ideologies: A Pre-registered Voxel-based Morphometry Study on Right-Wing Authoritarianism and Social Dominance Orientation in principle acceptance of version 4 by Peer Community in Registered Reports. https://osf.io/btkwq

Does alleviating poverty increase cognitive performance? Short- and long- term evidence from a randomized controlled trial
Understanding the effect of unconditional cash transfers on cognition
Recommended by Chris Chambers based on reviews by Charlotte Pennington and Matúš AdamkovičOver the last decade, a growing body of evidence has revealed potential benefits of unconditional cash transfers (UCTs) on a variety of outcomes, including self-reported happiness and life satisfaction (Haushofer & Shapiro, 2016), economic and financial well-being (Blattman et al., 2013; Baird et al., 2018) and educational attainment (Baird et al., 2016). Although the effects of UCTs do not always out-perform rigorous control conditions (Whillans & West, 2022), these findings prompt the question of whether the alleviation of poverty via UCTs can also influence cognitive processing and performance.
In the current study, Szaszi et al. propose to analyse the results of a previous randomised trial of UCTs by Blattman et al. (2017) to test whether a $200 lump sum administered to a sample of young men in Liberia carries both short- and long-term benefits for a range of executive functions, including attention, response inhibition, and working memory capacity.
The Stage 1 manuscript was evaluated over two rounds of in-depth review. Based on detailed responses to the reviewers' comments, the recommender judged that the manuscript met the Stage 1 criteria and therefore awarded in-principle acceptance (IPA).
URL to the preregistered Stage 1 protocol: https://osf.io/k56yv
Level of bias control achieved: Level 2. At least some data/evidence that will be used to answer the research question has been accessed and partially observed by the authors, but the authors certify that they have not yet observed the key variables within the data that will be used to answer the research question AND they have taken additional steps to maximise bias control and rigour.
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Motivational Control of Habits: A Preregistered fMRI Study
Putting the Expected Value of Control (EVC) theory to the test in explaining habitual action
Recommended by Chris Chambers based on reviews by 2 anonymous reviewersWhat are the neurocognitive mechanisms underlying the formation of habits? In this Stage 1 Registered Report, Eder and colleagues propose an fMRI study to test a key prediction of the Expected Value of Control (EVC) theory: that the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC) – a region heavily implicated in reward processing, cognitive control, and action selection – will show increased activity during the presentation of Pavlovian cues that are associated with devalued outcomes. In combination with a series of behavioural positive controls, this observation would provide evidence in support of EVC theory, whereas failure to do so may support alternative accounts that propose independence of habits from the representations of outcomes.
The Stage 1 manuscript was evaluated over two rounds of in-depth specialist review. Based on detailed responses to the reviewers' comments, the recommender judged that the manuscript met the Stage 1 criteria and therefore awarded in-principle acceptance (IPA). This IPA recommendation was issued on 8 Feb 2022, and was initially provisional due to lack of ethics approval. The recommendation was then updated and confirmed on 21 Feb 2022 following confirmation that ethics approval had been granted.
URL to the preregistered Stage 1 protocol: https://osf.io/k8ygb
Level of bias control achieved: Level 6. No part of the data or evidence that will be used to answer the research question yet exists and no part will be generated until after IPA.
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References
Eder, A. B., Dignath, D. & Gamer, M. (2022). Motivational Control of Habits: A Preregistered fMRI Study. Stage 1 preregistration, in principle acceptance of version 3 by Peer Community in Registered Reports. https://osf.io/k8ygb

Evaluating the pedagogical effectiveness of study preregistration in the undergraduate dissertation: A Registered Report
Does incorporating open research practices into the undergraduate curriculum decrease questionable research practices?
Recommended by Corina Logan and Chris Chambers based on reviews by Kelsey McCune, Neil Lewis, Jr., Lisa Spitzer and 1 anonymous reviewerIn a time when open research practices are becoming more widely used to combat questionable research practices (QRPs) in academia, this Stage 1 Registered Report by Pownall and colleagues (2021) will empirically investigate the practice of preregistering study plans, which will allow us to better understand to what degree such practices increase awareness of QRPs and whether experience with preregistration helps reduce engagement in QRPs. This investigation is timely because results from these kinds of studies are only recently becoming available and the conclusions are providing evidence that open research practices can improve research quality and reliability (e.g., Soderberg et al. 2020, Chambers & Tzavella 2021). The authors crucially focus on the effect of preregistering the undergraduate senior thesis (of psychology students in the UK), which is a key stage in the development of an academic. This data will help shape the future of how we should teach open research practices and what effect we as teachers can have on budding research careers. The five expert peer reviews were of an extremely high quality and were very thorough. The authors did an excellent job of addressing all of the comments in their responses and revised manuscript versions, which resulted in only one round of peer review, plus a second revision based on Recommender feedback. As such, this registered report meets the Stage 1 criteria and is therefore awarded in-principle acceptance (IPA). We wish the authors the best of luck with the study and we look forward to seeing the results.
URL to the preregistered Stage 1 protocol: https://osf.io/9hjbw
Level of bias control achieved: Level 6. No part of the data or evidence that will be used to answer the research question yet exists and no part will be generated until after IPA.
List of eligible PCI RR-friendly journals:
- Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science
- Cambridge Educational Research e-Journal
- F1000Research
- Meta-Psychology
- PeerJ
- Royal Society Open Science
- Swiss Psychology Open
References
- Pownall M, Pennington CR, Norris E, Clark K. 2021. Evaluating the pedagogical effectiveness of study preregistration in the undergraduate dissertation: A Registered Report. OSF, stage 1 preregistration, in principle acceptance of version 1 by Peer Community in Registered Reports. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/9HJBW
- Chambers C, Tzavella L (2021). The past, present, and future of Registered Reports. https://doi.org/10.31222/osf.io/43298
- Soderberg CK, Errington TM, Schiavone SR, Bottesini J, Thorn FS, Vazire S, Esterling KM, Nosek BA (2021) Initial evidence of research quality of registered reports compared with the standard publishing model. Nature Human Behaviour, 5, 990–997. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-021-01142-4
Phenomenological Strands for Gaming Disorder and Esports Play: A Qualitative Registered Report
How does the phenomenology of "gaming disorder" differ from intensive but non-pathological videogame play?
Recommended by Chris Chambers based on reviews by Malte Elson, Peter Branney and Michelle CarrasIn this Stage 1 Registered Report, Karhulahti and colleagues (2021) propose a qualitative, interview-based study of videogame play, with the central aim to understand key phenomological differences between gaming behaviour that is associated with vs. without health problems. This question is particularly important given the recent inclusion of "gaming disorder" in the WHO's International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD).
In recent years, the validity of "gaming disorder" as an identifiable mental illness has been controversial (e.g. Van Rooij et al, 2018), as has the debate concerning purported harms or benefits of gaming for mental health. This Stage 1 manuscript describes a rigorous qualitative investigation that should provide new insights on this question, and will also include a longitudinal component to examine changes in phenomonology over time, as well as an examination of the extent to which the phenomonology of gaming is reflected in the experiences of medical experts such as doctors, nurses, and therapists who have worked with gaming-related health problems.
More broadly, the manuscript breaks new ground for Registered Reports, being one of the first to focus on qualitative methods, while also making use of the Programmatic submission track in which the approved Stage 1 manuscript is intended to produce two Stage 2 manuscripts focusing on different elements of the project.
Three expert reviewers with a variety of field-specialist and qualitative methodological expertise assessed the Stage 1 manuscript over two rounds of in-depth review. Following revision, the reviewers and recommender agreed that the manuscript met the Stage 1 criteria and therefore awarded in-principle acceptance (IPA).
URL to the preregistered Stage 1 protocol: https://osf.io/a2rwg
Level of bias control achieved: Level 4. At least some of the data/evidence that will be used to answer the research question already exists AND is accessible in principle to the authors (e.g. residing in a public database or with a colleague), BUT the authors certify that they have not yet accessed any part of that data/evidence.
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References
- Karhulahti V-M, Siutila M, Vahlo J, Koskimaa R (2021) Phenomenological Strands for Gaming Disorder and Esports Play: A Qualitative Registered Report. PsyArXiv preprints, Stage 1 preregistration, in principle acceptance of version 1 by Peer Community in Registered Reports. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/q53jz
- van Rooij AJ, Ferguson CJ, Carras MC, Kardefelt-Winther D, Shi J, Aarseth E, Bean AM, Bergmark KH, Brus A, Coulson M, Deleuze J, Dullur P, Dunkels E, Edman J, Elson M, Etchells PJ, Fiskaali A, Granic I, Jansz J, Karlsen F, Kaye LK, Kirsh B, Lieberoth A, Markey P, Mills KL, Nielsen RKL, Orben A, Poulsen A, Prause N, Prax P, Quandt T, Schimmenti A, Starcevic V, Stutman G, Turner NE, Looy J van, Przybylski AK (2018) A weak scientific basis for gaming disorder: Let us err on the side of caution. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 7, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.7.2018.19
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Is the past farther than the future? A registered replication and test of the time-expansion hypothesis based on the filling rate of duration
The Temporal Doppler Effect may not be a robust and culturally universal phenomenon
Recommended by Ljerka Ostojic based on reviews by Chris Chambers and 1 anonymous reviewerLevel of bias control achieved: Level 6. No part of the data or evidence that was used to answer the research question existed prior to Stage 1 in-principle acceptance.
- Advances in Cognitive Psychology
- Cortex
- Experimental Psychology
- In&Vertebrates
- Journal of Cognition
- Peer Community Journal
- PeerJ
- Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research and Practice
- Royal Society Open Science
- Swiss Psychology Open

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