My research spans the fields of cognitive psychology, political science, and neuroscience. Here you can find my published journal articles, preprints, reports, and other information about past and current projects.
Journal articles
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Borghi, O., Tappin, B. M., Smets, K., & Tsakiris, M. (2026). Mind over bias: How is cognitive control related to politically motivated reasoning? Cognition, 268, 106373. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2025.106373
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Borghi, O., Niraki, M., Seremeta, E., Smets, K., & Tsakiris, M. (2025). Facing a dark future: Young people’s future anxiety and political attitudes in the UK and Greece. Advances.in/Psychology, 2, e555124. https://doi.org/10.56296/aip00042
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Borghi, O., Voracek, M., & Tran, U. S. (2024). Day-to-day associations between mindfulness and perceived stress: Insights from random intercept cross-lagged panel modeling. Frontiers in Psychology, 15. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1272720
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Borghi, O., Mayrhofer, L., Voracek, M., & Tran, U. S. (2023). Differential associations of the two higher-order factors of mindfulness with trait empathy and the mediating role of emotional awareness. Scientific Reports, 13(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-30323-6
Preprints
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Borghi, O., Lawall, K., Smets, K., & Tsakiris, M. (2026). Future anxiety affects youth’s democratic support and engagement. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/d5pyk_v1
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Borghi, O., Tsakiris, M., & von Mohr, M. (2026). When democracy is worth the effort: Seeing the other side as willing strengthens pro-democratic motivation. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/9jf8s_v3
Reports
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Arahal, I., Borghi, O., Ratnam, R., Smets, K., & Tsakiris, M. (2026). Willing but wary: Adolescents, democracy and vote at 16. The IP-PAD UK Adolescent Study [Report]. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Politics of Adolescence and Democracy (IP-PAD), Royal Holloway, University of London.
Posters
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Borghi, O. (2025). Facing a dark future: Young people’s future anxiety and political attitudes [Poster]. IP-PAD Amsterdam Meeting Conference Day, Amsterdam.
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Borghi, O. (2024). Modulation of the action observation network by action, agent and observer factors [Poster]. Early Career Research Poster Session, Faculty of Psychology, University of Vienna.