Papers on understanding human motivation and climate inaction

Binary climate data heightens perceived impact of climate change
Grace Liu, Jake Snell, Tom Griffiths, and Rachit Dubey (under review)

Having multiple selves helps learning agents explore and adapt in complex changing worlds
Zack Dulberg, Rachit Dubey, Isabel Berwian, and Jonathan Cohen (2023). Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences
Featured in Psychology Today, Princeton News, Tech Xplore

The pursuit of happiness: A reinforcement learning perspective on habituation and comparisons
Rachit Dubey, Tom Griffiths, and Peter Dayan (2022). PLOS Computational Biology
Featured in Vox, Phys.org, Neurologica, Deutschlandfunk, NatGeo

Reconciling novelty and complexity through a rational analysis of curiosity
Rachit Dubey, and Tom Griffiths (2020). Psychological Review
Featured as a spotlight article in Trends in Cognitive Science

Papers on motivating action on climate change

Public good messaging motivates the wealthy to reduce water consumption
Gordon Kraft-Todd*, Rachit Dubey*, Erez Yoeli, David Rand, and Syon Bhanot (under review)

AI-generated visuals of car-free US cities help improve support for sustainable policies
Rachit Dubey, Matthew Hardy, Thomas Griffiths, and Rahul Bhui (2024). Nature Sustainability
Featured in Bloomberg, MIT Ideas Made to Matter, Washington Post