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Posted by: Yaniv Hanoch

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Human–AI Interactions in Economic Psychology
Submission deadline: 30 April 2026

Topic Overview

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming economic and social interactions. This Special Issue aims to advance our understanding of how artificial agents as broadly defined—algorithms, large language models (LLMs), robots, other forms of embodied AI, and related technologies—shape key dimensions of economic psychology, including human judgment, fairness, trust, social norms, cooperation, and group dynamics, in both individual and team-based settings.

We invite experimental contributions that investigate behavioral and psychological mechanisms underlying human–AI versus human–human interactions. Studies should rely on experimental data that enable rigorous causal inference.

Purely theoretical, conceptual, or descriptive work will not be considered.

Guest editors:

• Alice Guerra, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy (alice.guerra3@unibo.it)
• Shay Lavie, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel (snlavie@tauex.tau.ac.il)
• Giulia Andrighetto, National Research Council of Italy, Roma, Italy (ISTC-CNR) (giulia.andrighetto@istc.cnr.it)

Scope:

We welcome studies that address, but are not limited to, the following themes:

• Experimental evidence comparing human–AI and human–human interactions (e.g., bargaining, negotiation, cooperation, allocation).
• Neural, cognitive, and emotional mechanisms shaping human responses to AI agents.
• Communication, trust, social norms, and coordination in human–AI interactions and/or mixed human–AI teams.
• Effects of algorithmic transparency and embodiment on decision-making.
• Moral, fairness, and responsibility judgments in interactions with AI systems.
• Any other related topic that integrates economic psychology with human–AI research, as well as the effects of artificial agents on key questions in fields such as sociology and law.
• Methodological Standards

The Journal of Economic Psychology primarily publishes experimental papers

Submissions to this Special Issue must adhere to the journal’s methodological standards including:

• Controlled experiments (lab, field, or online).
• Field and survey experiments that enable causal inference.
• Meta-analyses or large-scale data studies.
• Research articles, brief reports, and replication studies.

Manuscript submission information:

• Submission Open Date: 15 November 2025
• Submission Deadline: 30 April 2026

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