Publications

Mooney, L. A., & Best, R. (Under review). Back to the future self: Parsing age effects in future self-continuity using parallel mediation analysis. Personality and Individual Differences.

Mooney, L. A., & Best, R. (2025). Individual differences in retirement savings: The role of future self-continuity and numeracy. International Journal of Behavioral Development, Advance Online Publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/01650254251368787

Horn, S. S., Schaltegger, T., Best, R., & Freund, A. M. (2022). The role of incentive schemes on younger and older adults’ preferential decisions. Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological and Social Sciences, 78(1), 51-61.  https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbac108

Best, R., Carman, K. G., Parker, A. M., & Peters, E. (2022). Age declines in numeracy: An analysis of longitudinal data. Psychology and Aging, 37, 298-306. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000657

Depping, M. K., Best, R., & Freund, A. M. (2020). From gains to losses: Age-related differences in decisions under risk in a non-monetary gambling task. British Journal of Developmental Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjdp.12362

Best, R., & Freund, A. M. (2018). Age, loss minimization, and the role of probability for decision-making. Gerontology, 64(5), 475-484. https://doi.org/10.1159/000487636

Best, R., & Charness, N. (2015). Age differences in the effect of framing on risky choice: A meta-analysis. Psychology and Aging, 30(3), 688-698. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0039447

Best, R., Fraade-Blanar, L., & Blumenthal, M. S. (2026). Perception of safety of automated vehicles: Age and the influence of the source and content of safety-related messages. Research on Aging. https://doi.org/10.1177/01640275261417055

Fraade-Blanar, L., Favarò, F., Engstrom, J., Cefkin, M., Best, R., Lee, J., & Victor, T. (2026). Being good (at driving): Characterizing behavioral expectations on automated and human driven vehicles. In G. Meyer, & S. Beiker (Eds.), Road vehicle automation 12: ARTSymposium 2024 (pp. 81-105). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-12374-9_6

Fraade-Blanar, L., Best, R., & Shih, R. (2022). Transportation equity for older adults. RAND Perspective Publication (PE-A1615-1). https://doi.org/10.7249/PEA1615-1

Fraade-Blanar, L., Larco, N., Best, R., Swift, T., & Blumenthal, M. S. (2021). Older adults, new mobility, and automated vehicles. RAND External Publication (EP-68521). https://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP68521.html

Fraade-Blanar, L., Best, R., & Iyengar, V. (2021, August 10). Ridesharing can help older people be functionally independent in their homes, communities. STAT First Opinion. https://www.statnews.com/2021/08/10/ridesharing-help-older-people-remain-functionally-independent/

Fraade-Blanar, L., Blumenthal, M. S., & Best, R. (2021, April 27). If you build automated vehicles, will older adults come? InsideSources. https://insidesources.com/if-you-build-automated-vehicles-will-older-adults-come/

Blumenthal, M. S., Fraade-Blanar, L., Best, R., Irwin, J. L. (2020). Safe enough: A taxonomy of approaches to acceptable safety for automated vehicles. RAND Research Report (RR-A569). https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA569-1.html

Souders, D. J., Best, R., & Charness, N. (2017) Valuation of active blind spot detection systems by younger and older adults. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 106, 505-514. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2016.08.020

Charness, N., Best, R., & Evans, J. (2016). Supportive home health care technology for older adults: Attitudes and implementation. Gerontechnology, 15, 233-244. https://doi.org/10.4017/gt.2016.15.4.006.00

Van Houwelingen, C. T. M., Barakat, A., Best, R., Boot, W. R., Charness, N., & Kort, H. S. M. (2015). Dutch nurses’ willingness to use home telehealth: Implications for practice and education. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 41, 47-56. https://doi.org/10.3928/00989134-20141203-01

Best, R., Souders, D. J., Charness, N., Mitzner, T. L., & Rogers, W. A. (2015, August). The role of health status in older adults’ perceptions of the usefulness of Ehealth technology. Proceedings of the Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population Conference (pp. 3-14). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20913-5_1

Charness, N., Best, R., & Souders, D. J. (2012). Memory function and supportive technology. Gerontechnology, 11, 23-34. https://doi.org/10.4017/gt.2012.11.01.006.00 

Strough, J., Best, R., Parker, A. M., Azhar, E., & Atshan, S. (2025). Older age is associated with fewer depression and anxiety symptoms following extreme weather adversity. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 22, 1548. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph22101548

Best, R., Strough, J., & Bruine de Bruin, W. (2023). Women, younger adults, and singles were most likely to report loneliness during the pandemic: Evidence from a 15-month national longitudinal survey. The International Journal of Aging and Human Development, Advance Online Publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/00914150251359473

Best, R., Strough, J., & Bruine de Bruin, W. (2023). Age differences in psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic: March 2020 – June 2021. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1101353. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1101353

Best, R., & Freund, A. M. (2021). Beyond money: Non-monetary prosociality across adulthood. Psychology and Aging, 36, 96-107. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pag0000548