Research Interests
Dr Lukasz Walasek is an Assistant Professor within WMG with expertise in behavioural science. His main area of research concerns human judgment and decision making, with a particular interest in valuation, risky choice, theory of ownership and environmental determinants of individual differences.
Biography
Dr Lukasz Walasek completed his BSc in Psychosocial Sciences at UEA in Norwich. He then studied at the University of Essex, completing an MSc in Psychology and obtaining a PhD in the same subject. After four years as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Warwick, Dr. Walasek joined WMG as an Assistant Professor in the Engineering Psychology group.
- 'Gandhi, Natasha, 'Zou, Wanling, 'Meyer, Caroline, 'Bhatia, Sudeep, 'Walasek, Lukasz, 2022. 'Computational methods for predicting and understanding food judgment. Psychological Science, 33 (4), pp. 579-594
- 'van Baal, Simon, 'Walasek, Lukasz, 'Hohwy, Jakob, 2022. 'Modelling pandemic behaviour using an economic multiplayer game. Scientific Reports, 12 (1)
- 'Patel, Chloe, 'Walasek, Lukasz, 'Karasouli, Eleni, 'Meyer, Caroline, 2022. 'Content and validity of claims made about food parenting practices in United Kingdom online news articles. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (9)
- 'Wort, Finnian, 'Walasek, Lukasz, 'Brown, Gordon D. A., 2022. 'Rank-based alternatives to mean-based ensemble models of satisfaction with earnings : comment on Putnam-Farr and Morewedge (2020). Journal of Experimental Psychology : General
- 'Newall, Philip W. S., 'Weiss-Cohen, Leonardo, 'Singmann, Henrik, 'Walasek, Lukasz, 'Ludvig, Elliot Andrew, 2022. 'Impact of the ?when the fun stops, stop? safer gambling message on online gambling behaviour : a randomised online experimental study. The Lancet Public Health, 7 (5), pp. E437-E446
- 'Muggleton, Naomi K., 'Trendl, Anna, 'Walasek, Lukasz, 'Leake, David, 'Gathergood, John, 'Stewart, Neil, 2022. 'Workplace inequality is associated with status-signalling expenditure. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 119 (15)
- 'van Baal, Simon, 'Walasek, Lukasz, 'Karanfilovska, Daniela, 'Cheng, Allen C., 'Hohwy, Jakob, 2022. 'Risk perception, illusory superiority and personal responsibility during COVID-19 : an experimental study of attitudes to staying home. British Journal of Psychology, 113 (3), pp. 608-629
- 'Walker-Clarke, Aimee, 'Walasek, Lukasz, 'Meyer, Caroline, 2022. 'Psychosocial factors influencing the eating behaviours of older adults : a systematic review. Ageing Research Reviews, 77
- 'Whiley, Lilith A., 'Walasek, Lukasz, 'Juanchich, Marie, 2022. 'Contributions to reducing online gender harassment : social re-norming and appealing to empathy as tried-and-failed techniques. Feminism & Psychology
- 'Newall, Philip W. S., 'Walasek, Lukasz, 'Ludvig, Elliot Andrew, 2022. 'How best to improve upon return-to-player information in gambling? A comparison of two approaches in an Australian. Experimental Results
- 'Tang, Nicole K. Y., 'McEnery, Katharine A. M., 'Chandler, Laura, 'Toro, Carla T., 'Walasek, Lukasz, 'Friend, Hannah, 'Gu, Sai, 'Singh, Swaran P., 'Meyer, Caroline, 2022. 'Pandemic and student mental health : mental health symptoms among university students and young adults after the first cycle of lockdown in the UK. BJPsych Open, 8 (4)
- 'Moukhtarian, Talarrita, 'Patel, K., 'Toro, Carla T., 'Russel, S., 'Daley, G., 'Walasek, Lukasz, 'Tang, Nicole K. Y., 'Meyer, Caroline, 2022. 'Effects of a hybrid digital Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia and Emotion Regulation in the workplace (SLEEP) : study protocol for a randomised waitlist-control trial. BMJ Open, 12 (7)
- Mosenhauer, Moritz, Newall, Philip W. S., Walasek, Lukasz, 2021. The stock market as a casino : associations between stock market trading frequency and problem gambling. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 10 (3), pp. 683-689
- 'Walasek, Lukasz, 'Mullett, Timothy L., 'Stewart, Neil, 2021. 'Acceptance of mixed gambles is sensitive to the range of gains and losses experienced, and estimates of lambda (?) are not a reliable measure of loss aversion : reply to Andr? and De Langhe. Journal of Experimental Psychology : General, 150 (12), pp. 2666-2670
- 'Newall, Philip W. S., 'Russell, Alex M. T., 'Sharman, Steve, 'Walasek, Lukasz, 2021. 'Recollected usage of legal youth gambling products : comparisons between adult gamblers and non-gamblers in the UK and Australia. Addictive Behaviors, 114
- Zendle, David, Walasek, Lukasz, Cairns, Paul, Meyer, Rachel, Drummond, Aaron, 2021. Links between problem gambling and spending on booster packs in collectible card games : a conceptual replication of research on loot boxes. PLoS One, 16 (4)
- 'Newall, Philip W. S., 'Walasek, Lukasz, 'Ludvig, Elliot Andrew, 2021. 'Percentage and currency framing of house-edge gambling warning labels. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 19, pp. 1931-1938
- 'Newall, Philip W. S., 'Walasek, Lukasz, 'Ludvig, Elliot Andrew, 2021. 'Risk communication improvements for gambling : house-edge information and volatility statements. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 36 (4), pp. 358-363
- Lemola, Sakari, Gkiouleka, Anna, Read, Brieze, Realo, Anu, Walasek, Lukasz, Tang, Nicole K. Y., Elliott, Mark T., 2021. Can a ?rewards-for-exercise app' increase physical activity, subjective well-being and sleep quality? An open-label single-arm trial among university staff with low to moderate physical activity levels. BMC Public Health, 21 (1)
- Walasek, Lukasz, Stewart, Neil, 2021. You cannot accurately estimate an individual's loss aversion using an accept-reject task. Decision, 8 (1), pp. 2-15
- Newall, P. W. S., Cassidy, R., Walasek, Lukasz, Ludvig, Elliot Andrew, Meyer, Caroline, 2021. Who uses custom sports betting products?. Addiction Research & Theory, 29 (2), pp. 148-154
- 'Newall, Philip W. S., 'Walasek, Lukasz, 'V?zquez Kiesel, Rebecca, 'Ludvig, Elliot Andrew, 'Meyer, Caroline, 2021. 'Request-a-bet sports betting products indicate patterns of bettor preference and bookmaker profits. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 10 (3), pp. 381-387
- 'Bhatia, Sudeep, 'Walasek, Lukasz, 'Slovic, Paul, 'Kunreuther, Howard, 2020. 'The more who die, the less we care : evidence from natural language analysis of online news articles and social media posts. Risk Analysis, 41 (1), pp. 179-203
- Newall, Philip W. S., Russell, Alex M. T., Sharman, Steve, Walasek, Lukasz, 2020. Associations between recalled use of legal UK youth gambling products and adult disordered gambling. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 9 (3), pp. 863-868
- Achtypi, Elena, Ashby, Nathaniel J. S., Brown, Gordon D. A., Walasek, Lukasz, Yechiam, Eldad, 2020. The endowment effect and beliefs about the market. Decision, 8 (1), pp. 16-35
- Liew, Tim, Goodwin, Robin, Walasek, Lukasz, 2020. Voting patterns, revoking Article 50 and antidepressant trends in England following the Brexit referendum. Social Science & Medicine, 255
- Ooi, Jinnie, Michael, John, Lemola, Sakari, Butterfill, Stephen, Siew, Cynthia S Q, Walasek, Lukasz, 2020. Interpersonal functioning in borderline personality disorder traits : a social media perspective. Scientific Reports, 10 (1)
- Zhao, J. W., Walasek, Lukasz, Bhatia, S., 2020. Psychological mechanisms of loss aversion : a drift-diffusion decomposition. Cognitive Psychology, 123
- Newall, Philip W. S., Walasek, Lukasz, Ludvig, Elliot Andrew, 2020. Equivalent gambling warning labels are perceived differently. Addiction, 115 (9), pp. 1762-1767
- Newall W. S., Philip, Walasek, Lukasz, Ludvig, Elliot Andrew, Rockloff, Matthew J., 2020. House-edge information yields lower subjective chances of winning than equivalent return-to-player percentages : new evidence from support forum participants. Journal of Gambling Issues, 45, pp. 166-172
- Michael, John, Gutoreva, Alina, Lee, Michele H., Tan, Peng Ning, Bruce, Eleanor M., Székely, M., Ankush, Thobhani A, Sakaguchi, Hiroaki, Walasek, Lukasz, Ludvig, E., 2020. Decision-makers use social information to update their preferences?but choose for others as they do for themselves. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 33 (3), pp. 270-286
- Bhatia, Sudeep, Mellers, Barbara, Walasek, Lukasz, 2019. Affective responses to uncertain real-world outcomes : sentiment change on Twitter. PLoS One, 14 (2)
- Clohessy, Sophie, Walasek, Lukasz, Meyer, Caroline, 2019. Factors influencing employees' eating behaviours in the office-based workplace : a systematic review. Obesity Reviews, 20 (12), pp. 1771-1780
- McCaig, Duncan, Elliott, Mark T., Siew, Cynthia S.Q., Walasek, Lukasz, Meyer, Caroline, 2019. Profiling commenters on mental health-related online forums : a methodological example focusing on eating disorder-related commenters. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 6 (4)
- Walasek, Lukasz, Brown, Gordon D. A., Ovens, Gordon D., 2019. Subjective well-being and valuation of future health states : discrepancies between anticipated and experienced life satisfaction. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 49 (12), pp. 746-754
- Walasek, Lukasz, Juanchich, Marie, Sirota, Miroslav, 2019. Adaptive cooperation in the face of social exclusion. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 82, pp. 35-46
- Newall, Philip, Thobhani, Ankush, Walasek, Lukasz, Meyer, Caroline, 2019. Live-odds gambling advertising and consumer protection. PLoS One, 14 (6)
- Walasek, Lukasz, Bhatia, Sudeep, 2019. Association and response accuracy in the wild. Memory & Cognition, 47, pp. 292-298
- Sirota, Miroslav, Juanchich, Marie, Petrova, Dafina, Garcia-Retamero, Rocio, Walasek, Lukasz, Bhatia, Sudeep, 2018. Health professionals prefer to communicate risk-related numerical information using ?1-in-X? ratios. Medical Decision Making, 38 (3), pp. 366-376
- Walasek, Lukasz, Bhatia, Sudeep, Brown, G. D. A. (Gordon D. A.), 2018. Positional goods and the social rank hypothesis : income inequality affects online chatter about high and low status brands on Twitter. Journal of Consumer Psychology, 28 (1), pp. 138-148
- McCaig, Duncan, Bhatia, Sudeep, Elliott, Mark T., Walasek, Lukasz, Meyer, Caroline, 2018. Text-mining as a methodology to assess eating disorder-relevant factors : comparing mentions of fitness tracking technology across online communities. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 51 (7), pp. 647-655
- Juanchich, Marie, Walasek, Lukasz, Sirota, Miroslav, 2018. Decision-makers are resilient in the face of social exclusion. British Journal of Psychology, 109 (3), pp. 604-630
- McCaig, Duncan, Bhatia, Sudeep, Elliott, Mark T., Walasek, Lukasz, Meyer, Caroline, 2018. Text-mining as a methodology to assess eating disorder-relevant factors: Comparing mentions of fitness tracking technology across online communities. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 51 (7), pp. 647-655
- Adam, Zakiyya, Walasek, Lukasz, Meyer, Caroline, 2018. Workforce commuting and subjective well-being. Travel Behaviour and Society, 13, pp. 183-196
- Bhatia, Sudeep, Goodwin, G., Walasek, Lukasz, 2018. Trait associations for Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump in news media : a computational analysis. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 9 (2), pp. 123-130
- Walasek, Lukasz, Yu, Erica C., Lagnado, David A., 2018. Endowment effect despite the odds. Thinking & Reasoning, 24 (1), pp. 79-96
- Walasek, Lukasz, Rakow, Tim, Matthews, William J., 2017. When does construction enhance product value? Investigating the combined effects of object assembly and ownership on valuation. Journal of behavioral decision making, 30 (2), pp. 144-156
- Walasek, Lukasz, 2016. Commentary : effects of age and initial risk perception on balloon analog risk task: the mediating role of processing speed and need for cognitive closure. Frontiers in Psychology, 7
- Brown, G. D. A. (Gordon D. A.), Fincher, Corey L., Walasek, Lukasz, 2016. Personality, parasites, political attitudes, and cooperation : a model of how infection prevalence influences openness and social group formation. Topics in Cognitive Science, 8 (1), pp. 98-117
- Walasek, Lukasz, Brown, G. D. A. (Gordon D. A.), 2016. Income inequality, income, and internet searches for status goods : a cross-national study of the association between inequality and well-being.. Social Indicators Research, 129 (3), pp. 1001-1014
- Bhatia, Sudeep, Walasek, Lukasz, 2016. Event construal and temporal distance in natural language. Cognition, 152, pp. 1-8
- Ashby, N. J. S., Glöckner, A., Walasek, Lukasz, 2015. The effect of consumer ratings and attentional allocation on product valuations. Judgment and Decision Making, 10 (12), pp. 172-184
- Walasek, Lukasz, Stewart, Neil, 2015. How to make loss aversion disappear and reverse : tests of the decision by sampling origin of loss aversion. Journal of Experimental Psychology : General, 144 (1), pp. 7-11
- Walasek, Lukasz, Brown, G. D. A. (Gordon D. A.), 2015. Income inequality and status seeking : searching for positional goods in unequal US states. Psychological Science, 26 (4), pp. 527-533
- Walasek, Lukasz, Matthews, William J., Rakow, Tim, 2015. The need to belong and the value of belongings : does ostracism change the subjective value of personal possessions?. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 58, pp. 195-204
- Brown, G. D. A. (Gordon D. A.), Fincher, Corey L., Walasek, Lukasz, 2015. Personality, parasites, attitudes and cooperation : a model of how infection prevalence influences ideology and social group formation. Topics in Cognitive Science
- Walasek, Lukasz, Wright, Rebecca J., Rakow, Tim, 2014. Ownership status and the representation of assets of uncertain value : The Balloon Endowment Risk Task (BERT). Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 27 (5), pp. 419-432
- 'Brown, Gordon D. A., 'Walasek, Lukasz, 2021. 'Models of deliberate ignorance in individual choice. In Deliberate ignorance : choosing not to know, MIT Press, pp. 121-138
- 'Toro, Carla T., 'Jackson, Tabitha, 'Payne, Agatha S., 'Walasek, Lukasz, 'Russell, Sean, 'Daly, Guy, 'Waller, Glenn, 'Meyer, Caroline, 2022. 'A feasibility study of the delivery of online brief cognitive?behavioral therapy (CBT?T) for eating disorder pathology in the workplace. International Journal of Eating Disorders, John Wiley & Sons, pp. 723-730
- 'Stewart, Neil, 'Walasek, Lukasz, 2017. 'How to make loss aversion disappear and reverse : tests of the decision by sampling origin of loss aversion. University of Warwick, Warwick Business School
| Title | Funder | Award start | Award end |
|---|---|---|---|
| Air Pollution solutions for Vulnerable | NERC | 01 Sep 2020 | 31 Aug 2023 |