Publications
*Denotes equal contribution by authors
Lim, D., & DeSteno, D. (2023). Guilt underlies compassion among those who have suffered adversity. Emotion (Washington, DC), 23(3), 613-621. doi: 10.1037/emo0001116. [Pre-print]
Lim, D., & DeSteno, D. (2020). Past adversity protects against the numeracy bias in compassion. Emotion, 20(8), 1344–1356. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000655 [Pre-print]
DeSteno, D., Duong, F., Lim, D., & Kates, S. (2019) The Grateful Don’t Cheat: Gratitude as a Fount of Virtue. Psychological Science. [Pre-Print]
*DeSteno, D., *Lim, D., Duong, F., & Condon, P. (2017) Meditation Inhibits Aggressive Responses to Provocations. Mindfulness 9, 1117–1122 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-017-0847-2 [PDF download]
Lim, D. (2017) The Influence of Suffering, Social Class, and Social Power on Prosociality: An Empirical Review. In Kondo, M. (Eds.), Empathy: An Evidence-based Interdisciplinary Perspective. InTechOpen.
Lim, D., & DeSteno, D. (2016) Suffering and Compassion: The Links Among Adverse Life Experiences, Empathy, Compassion, and Prosocial Behavior. Emotion,16(2), 175 [PDF download]
Lim, D., Condon, P., & DeSteno, D. (2015). Mindfulness and Compassion: An Examination of Mechanism and Scalability. Plos One, 10(2), e0118221. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0118221 [PDF download]
In Progress
*Lim, D., *Poulin, M. J., Morrisson, C., Ministero, L., & Silver, R. C. (Under Review) Pre-adversarial Benevolence Belief Moderates the Adversity-Prosociality Link.
Lim, D., Poulin, M.J., DeSteno, D. (In Preparation) Gender Differences in Empathy as a Function of Adversity.
Lim, D., & DeSteno, D. (In Preparation) The Effects of COVID-19 Adversity on Prosociality.
Talks and Presentations
Lim, D., & DeSteno, D. (May 2020) New Perspectives on the Social, Psychological, and Behavioral Consequences of Adverse Experiences. Accepted for presentation at the 32th Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention, Chicago, Illinois.
Lim, D., & DeSteno, D. (October 2019) The Effects of Adverse Life Experiences on Compassion. Presented at the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs Science Cafe, State College, Pennsylvania.
Lim, D., & DeSteno, D. (September 2019) Past Adversity Protects Against the Numeracy Bias in Compassion. Presented at the 2019 Science of Philanthropy Conference, Chicago, Illinois.
Lim, D., & DeSteno, D. (July 2019) Past Adversity Mitigates the Numeracy Bias in Compassionate Responding. Invited to present at the 6th World Congress on Positive Psychology, Melbourne, Australia.
Lim, D., & DeSteno, D. (May 2019) Giving Vs. Withholding Benevolence: Examining People’s Decisions to Engage in or Withhold Prosocial Affiliative Behaviors. Presented at the 31th Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention, Washington, D.C.
Lim, D., & DeSteno, D., Duong, F., & Condon, P. (May 2018) Meditation Inhibits Aggressive Responses to Provocation. Invited to present at the 30th Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA
Lim, D., & DeSteno, D. (March 2018) Suffering and Compassion: Overcoming the Numeracy Bias. Presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Convention, Atlanta, Georgia.
Lim, D. & DeSteno, D. (May 2017) Bridging the Empathy Gap: An Exploration of Forces and Strategies That Can Shape Empathy's Rise and Fall. Presented at the 29th Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention, Boston, MA.
Lim, D. & DeSteno, D. (April 2017) Compassion and Suffering: Guilt as a Driving Force for Post-traumatic Prosocial Growth. Presented at the 2017 Society for Affective Science Annual Conference, Boston, MA.
Condon, P., Lim, D., & DeSteno, D. (February 2015) Mindfulness and compassion: Social psychological investigations of ancient phenomena. Paper presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology 16th Annual Convention, Longbeach, CA.
Lim, D. & DeSteno, D. (February 2015) Compassion Born of Suffering: The Effects of Life Adversity on Prosociality. Presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Emotion Preconference, Long Beach, California.
Lim, D. (March 2014) The Science of Meditation: The Effects of Contemplative Practices. Invited to present at the Brain Awareness Week at Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts.
Posters
*Denotes Student posters
*Goldman, S., & Lim, D. (2021) Empathic Accuracy and Coercive Sexual Behavior. Accepted for presentation at the 2021 APS Virtual Convention.
*Xu, Y., Chassman, E., Goldman, S., & Lim, D. (2021) The Effects of COVID-19 Adversity on Morality and Prosociality. Accepted for presentation at the 2021 APS Virtual Convention.
*Chassman, E., Xu, Y., Goldman, S., & Lim, D. (2021) The Role of Adversity, Gratitude, and Community Relations As Predictors of Prosociality during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Accepted for presentation at the 2021 APS Virtual Convention.
*Chow, K., Lim, D., & DeSteno (2018) Wisdom Moderates The Link Between Life Adversity and Compassionate Responding. Presented at the 18th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Emotion Preconference.
Lim, D. & DeSteno, D. (2017) Compassion and Suffering: Guilt as a Driving Force for Post-traumatic Prosocial Growth. Presented at the 17th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Emotion Preconference.
Duong, F., DeSteno, D., Lim, D., & Condon, P. (2017) Meditation Reduces Vengeful Aggression. Presented at the 29th Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention, Boston, MA.
*Abbaszadeh, Y., Lim,D., & DeSteno, D. (2017) Those Who Struggle Savor: The Impact of Experienced Hardship on Chocolate Enjoyment. Presented The Society for Affective Science 2017 Annual Conference.
*Tam, K. H., Lim,D., & DeSteno, D. (2017). Self-Other Similarity and its Effects on Insensitivity to Mass Suffering . Presented at the 17th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology.
Lim, D., Condon, P., & DeSteno, D. (2016). Mindfulness and Compassion: An Examination of Mechanism and Scalability. Presented at the 16th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology.
Lim, D. & DeSteno, D. (2015) Compassion Born of Suffering: The Effects of Life Adversity on Prosociality. Presented at the 16th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology.
Lim, D. & Poulin, M. (2013) Social Affiliation as a Source of Prosocial Motivation in Times of Adversity. Presented at the 2013 New England Psychological Association Annual Meeting.
Lim, D., DeLury , S. & Poulin, M. (2013) Lifetime Adversity and Prosocial Behavior: A Sense of Closeness to Others in Need. Presented at the Celebration of Academic Excellence 2013, University at Buffalo.
Lim, D., DeLury , S. & Poulin, M. (2012) Lifetime Adversity and Prosocial Behavior: A Sense of Closeness to Others in Need. Presented at the Fourteenth Annual Meeting of Society for Personality and Social Psychology 2013.
Lim, D., Kyung, Y., Yanes, P. & Roberts. J. E. (2012) Deficits in Executive Functioning as a Trait Vulnerability for Depression. Presented at the 2012 New England Psychological Association Annual Meeting.
*Denotes equal contribution by authors
Lim, D., & DeSteno, D. (2023). Guilt underlies compassion among those who have suffered adversity. Emotion (Washington, DC), 23(3), 613-621. doi: 10.1037/emo0001116. [Pre-print]
Lim, D., & DeSteno, D. (2020). Past adversity protects against the numeracy bias in compassion. Emotion, 20(8), 1344–1356. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000655 [Pre-print]
DeSteno, D., Duong, F., Lim, D., & Kates, S. (2019) The Grateful Don’t Cheat: Gratitude as a Fount of Virtue. Psychological Science. [Pre-Print]
*DeSteno, D., *Lim, D., Duong, F., & Condon, P. (2017) Meditation Inhibits Aggressive Responses to Provocations. Mindfulness 9, 1117–1122 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-017-0847-2 [PDF download]
Lim, D. (2017) The Influence of Suffering, Social Class, and Social Power on Prosociality: An Empirical Review. In Kondo, M. (Eds.), Empathy: An Evidence-based Interdisciplinary Perspective. InTechOpen.
Lim, D., & DeSteno, D. (2016) Suffering and Compassion: The Links Among Adverse Life Experiences, Empathy, Compassion, and Prosocial Behavior. Emotion,16(2), 175 [PDF download]
Lim, D., Condon, P., & DeSteno, D. (2015). Mindfulness and Compassion: An Examination of Mechanism and Scalability. Plos One, 10(2), e0118221. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0118221 [PDF download]
In Progress
*Lim, D., *Poulin, M. J., Morrisson, C., Ministero, L., & Silver, R. C. (Under Review) Pre-adversarial Benevolence Belief Moderates the Adversity-Prosociality Link.
Lim, D., Poulin, M.J., DeSteno, D. (In Preparation) Gender Differences in Empathy as a Function of Adversity.
Lim, D., & DeSteno, D. (In Preparation) The Effects of COVID-19 Adversity on Prosociality.
Talks and Presentations
Lim, D., & DeSteno, D. (May 2020) New Perspectives on the Social, Psychological, and Behavioral Consequences of Adverse Experiences. Accepted for presentation at the 32th Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention, Chicago, Illinois.
Lim, D., & DeSteno, D. (October 2019) The Effects of Adverse Life Experiences on Compassion. Presented at the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs Science Cafe, State College, Pennsylvania.
Lim, D., & DeSteno, D. (September 2019) Past Adversity Protects Against the Numeracy Bias in Compassion. Presented at the 2019 Science of Philanthropy Conference, Chicago, Illinois.
Lim, D., & DeSteno, D. (July 2019) Past Adversity Mitigates the Numeracy Bias in Compassionate Responding. Invited to present at the 6th World Congress on Positive Psychology, Melbourne, Australia.
Lim, D., & DeSteno, D. (May 2019) Giving Vs. Withholding Benevolence: Examining People’s Decisions to Engage in or Withhold Prosocial Affiliative Behaviors. Presented at the 31th Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention, Washington, D.C.
Lim, D., & DeSteno, D., Duong, F., & Condon, P. (May 2018) Meditation Inhibits Aggressive Responses to Provocation. Invited to present at the 30th Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA
Lim, D., & DeSteno, D. (March 2018) Suffering and Compassion: Overcoming the Numeracy Bias. Presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Convention, Atlanta, Georgia.
Lim, D. & DeSteno, D. (May 2017) Bridging the Empathy Gap: An Exploration of Forces and Strategies That Can Shape Empathy's Rise and Fall. Presented at the 29th Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention, Boston, MA.
Lim, D. & DeSteno, D. (April 2017) Compassion and Suffering: Guilt as a Driving Force for Post-traumatic Prosocial Growth. Presented at the 2017 Society for Affective Science Annual Conference, Boston, MA.
Condon, P., Lim, D., & DeSteno, D. (February 2015) Mindfulness and compassion: Social psychological investigations of ancient phenomena. Paper presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology 16th Annual Convention, Longbeach, CA.
Lim, D. & DeSteno, D. (February 2015) Compassion Born of Suffering: The Effects of Life Adversity on Prosociality. Presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Emotion Preconference, Long Beach, California.
Lim, D. (March 2014) The Science of Meditation: The Effects of Contemplative Practices. Invited to present at the Brain Awareness Week at Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts.
Posters
*Denotes Student posters
*Goldman, S., & Lim, D. (2021) Empathic Accuracy and Coercive Sexual Behavior. Accepted for presentation at the 2021 APS Virtual Convention.
*Xu, Y., Chassman, E., Goldman, S., & Lim, D. (2021) The Effects of COVID-19 Adversity on Morality and Prosociality. Accepted for presentation at the 2021 APS Virtual Convention.
*Chassman, E., Xu, Y., Goldman, S., & Lim, D. (2021) The Role of Adversity, Gratitude, and Community Relations As Predictors of Prosociality during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Accepted for presentation at the 2021 APS Virtual Convention.
*Chow, K., Lim, D., & DeSteno (2018) Wisdom Moderates The Link Between Life Adversity and Compassionate Responding. Presented at the 18th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Emotion Preconference.
Lim, D. & DeSteno, D. (2017) Compassion and Suffering: Guilt as a Driving Force for Post-traumatic Prosocial Growth. Presented at the 17th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Emotion Preconference.
Duong, F., DeSteno, D., Lim, D., & Condon, P. (2017) Meditation Reduces Vengeful Aggression. Presented at the 29th Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention, Boston, MA.
*Abbaszadeh, Y., Lim,D., & DeSteno, D. (2017) Those Who Struggle Savor: The Impact of Experienced Hardship on Chocolate Enjoyment. Presented The Society for Affective Science 2017 Annual Conference.
*Tam, K. H., Lim,D., & DeSteno, D. (2017). Self-Other Similarity and its Effects on Insensitivity to Mass Suffering . Presented at the 17th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology.
Lim, D., Condon, P., & DeSteno, D. (2016). Mindfulness and Compassion: An Examination of Mechanism and Scalability. Presented at the 16th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology.
Lim, D. & DeSteno, D. (2015) Compassion Born of Suffering: The Effects of Life Adversity on Prosociality. Presented at the 16th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology.
Lim, D. & Poulin, M. (2013) Social Affiliation as a Source of Prosocial Motivation in Times of Adversity. Presented at the 2013 New England Psychological Association Annual Meeting.
Lim, D., DeLury , S. & Poulin, M. (2013) Lifetime Adversity and Prosocial Behavior: A Sense of Closeness to Others in Need. Presented at the Celebration of Academic Excellence 2013, University at Buffalo.
Lim, D., DeLury , S. & Poulin, M. (2012) Lifetime Adversity and Prosocial Behavior: A Sense of Closeness to Others in Need. Presented at the Fourteenth Annual Meeting of Society for Personality and Social Psychology 2013.
Lim, D., Kyung, Y., Yanes, P. & Roberts. J. E. (2012) Deficits in Executive Functioning as a Trait Vulnerability for Depression. Presented at the 2012 New England Psychological Association Annual Meeting.