The University of Queensland

Journal Article

• Neuro-computational mechanisms and individual biases in action-outcome learning under moral conflict

  Fornari, Laura, Ioumpa, Kalliopi, Nostro, Alessandra D., Evans, Nathan J., De Angelis, Lorenzo, Speer, Sebastian P. H., Paracampo, Riccardo, Gallo, Selene, Spezio, Michael, Keysers, Christian and Gazzola, Valeria (2023). Neuro-computational mechanisms and individual biases in action-outcome learning under moral conflict. Nature Communications, 14 (1) 1218, 1-18. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-36807-3

• Using mixture modeling to examine differences in perceptual decision-making as a function of the time and method of participant recruitment

  Ballard, Timothy, Evans, Nathan J., Fisher, Gina and Sewell, David K. (2023). Using mixture modeling to examine differences in perceptual decision-making as a function of the time and method of participant recruitment. Behavior Research Methods. doi: 10.3758/s13428-023-02142-0

• Numerical approximation of the first-passage time distribution of time-varying diffusion decision models: A mesh-free approach

  Rasanan, Amir Hosein Hadian, Evans, Nathan J., Rieskamp, Jörg and Rad, Jamal Amani (2023). Numerical approximation of the first-passage time distribution of time-varying diffusion decision models: A mesh-free approach. Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, 151, 227-243. doi: 10.1016/j.enganabound.2023.03.005

• Behavioural and neural indices of perceptual decision-making in autistic children during visual motion tasks

  Manning, Catherine, Hassall, Cameron D., Hunt, Laurence T., Norcia, Anthony M., Wagenmakers, Eric-Jan, Evans, Nathan J. and Scerif, Gaia (2022). Behavioural and neural indices of perceptual decision-making in autistic children during visual motion tasks. Scientific Reports, 12 (1) 6072, 1-19. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-09885-4

• Efficiency in sequential testing: comparing the sequential probability ratio test and the sequential Bayes factor test

  Stefan, Angelika M., Schönbrodt, Felix D., Evans, Nathan J. and Wagenmakers, Eric-Jan (2022). Efficiency in sequential testing: comparing the sequential probability ratio test and the sequential Bayes factor test. Behavior Research Methods, 54 (6), 1-18. doi: 10.3758/s13428-021-01754-8

• Visual motion and decision-making in dyslexia: reduced accumulation of sensory evidence and related neural dynamics

  Manning, Catherine, Hassall, Cameron D., Hunt, Laurence T., Norcia, Anthony M., Wagenmakers, Eric-Jan, Snowling, Margaret J., Scerif, Gaia and Evans, Nathan J. (2022). Visual motion and decision-making in dyslexia: reduced accumulation of sensory evidence and related neural dynamics. The Journal of Neuroscience, 42 (1), 121-134. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1232-21.2021

• A model-based approach to disentangling facilitation and interference effects in conflict tasks

  Evans, Nathan J. and Servant, Mathieu (2022). A model-based approach to disentangling facilitation and interference effects in conflict tasks. Psychological Review, 129 (5), 1183-1209. doi: 10.1037/rev0000357

• Preregistration in diverse contexts: a preregistration template for the application of cognitive models

  Crüwell, Sophia and Evans, Nathan J. (2021). Preregistration in diverse contexts: a preregistration template for the application of cognitive models. Royal Society Open Science, 8 (10) 210155, 1-21. doi: 10.1098/rsos.210155

• Think fast! The implications of emphasizing urgency in decision-making

  Evans, Nathan J. (2021). Think fast! The implications of emphasizing urgency in decision-making. Cognition, 214 104704, 1-16. doi: 10.1016/j.cognition.2021.104704

• An integrated theory of deciding and acting

  Servant, Mathieu, Logan, Gordon D., Gajdos, Thibault and Evans, Nathan J. (2021). An integrated theory of deciding and acting. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 150 (12), 2435-2454. doi: 10.1037/xge0001063

• The impact of presentation order on attraction and repulsion effects in decision-making

  Evans, Nathan J., Holmes, William R., Dasari, Aneesha and Trueblood, Jennifer S. (2021). The impact of presentation order on attraction and repulsion effects in decision-making. Decision (Washington), 8 (1), 36-54. doi: 10.1037/dec0000144

• Urgency, leakage, and the relative nature of information processing in decision-making

  Trueblood, Jennifer S., Heathcote, Andrew, Evans, Nathan J. and Holmes, William R. (2021). Urgency, leakage, and the relative nature of information processing in decision-making. Psychological Review, 128 (1), 160-186. doi: 10.1037/rev0000255

• The JASP guidelines for conducting and reporting a Bayesian analysis

  van Doorn, Johnny, van den Bergh, Don, Bohm, Udo, Dablander, Fabian, Derks, Koen, Draws, Tim, Etz, Alexander, Evans, Nathan J., Gronau, Quentin F., Haaf, Julia M., Hinne, Max, Kucharsky, Simon, Ly, Alexander, Marsman, Maarten, Matzke, Dora, Gupta, Akash R. Komarlu Narendra, Sarafoglou, Alexandra, Stefan, Angelika, Voelkel, Jan G. and Wagenmakers, Eric-Jan (2020). The JASP guidelines for conducting and reporting a Bayesian analysis. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 28 (3), 813-826. doi: 10.3758/s13423-020-01798-5

• Systematic and random sources of variability in perceptual decision-making: comment on Ratcliff, Voskuilen, and McKoon (2018)

  Evans, Nathan J., Tillman, Gabriel and Wagenmakers, Eric-Jan (2020). Systematic and random sources of variability in perceptual decision-making: comment on Ratcliff, Voskuilen, and McKoon (2018). Psychological Review, 127 (5), 932-944. doi: 10.1037/rev0000192

• Practical challenges and methodological flexibility in prior elicitation

  Stefan, Angelika M., Evans, Nathan J. and Wagenmakers, Eric-Jan (2020). Practical challenges and methodological flexibility in prior elicitation. Psychological Methods, 27 (2), 177-197. doi: 10.1037/met0000354

• Double responding: a new constraint for models of speeded decision making

  Evans, Nathan J., Dutilh, Gilles, Wagenmakers, Eric-Jan and van der Maas, Han L.J. (2020). Double responding: a new constraint for models of speeded decision making. Cognitive Psychology, 121 101292, 1-31. doi: 10.1016/j.cogpsych.2020.101292

• A broader application of the detection response task to cognitive tasks and online environments

  Innes, Reilly J., Evans, Nathan J., Howard, Zachary L., Eidels, Ami and Brown, Scott D. (2020). A broader application of the detection response task to cognitive tasks and online environments. Human Factors, 63 (5), 18720820936800-909. doi: 10.1177/0018720820936800

• What factors are most important in finding the best model of a psychological process?

  Evans, Nathan (2020). What factors are most important in finding the best model of a psychological process?. Meta-Psychology, 4. doi: 10.15626/mp.2019.2238

• A theoretical analysis of the reward rate optimality of collapsing decision criteria

  Boehm, Udo, van Maanen, Leendert, Evans, Nathan J., Brown, Scott D. and Wagenmakers, Eric-Jan (2020). A theoretical analysis of the reward rate optimality of collapsing decision criteria. Attention, Perception and Psychophysics, 82 (3), 1520-1534. doi: 10.3758/s13414-019-01806-4

• How is multi-tasking different from increased difficulty?

  Howard, Zachary L., Evans, Nathan J., Innes, Reilly J., Brown, Scott D. and Eidels, Ami (2020). How is multi-tasking different from increased difficulty?. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 27 (5), 937-951. doi: 10.3758/s13423-020-01741-8

• Strong effort manipulations reduce response caution: a preregistered reinvention of the ego-depletion paradigm

  Lin, Hause, Saunders, Blair, Friese, Malte, Evans, Nathan J. and Inzlicht, Michael (2020). Strong effort manipulations reduce response caution: a preregistered reinvention of the ego-depletion paradigm. Psychological Science, 31 (5), 531-547. doi: 10.1177/0956797620904990

• A parameter recovery assessment of time-variant models of decision-making

  Evans, Nathan J., Trueblood, Jennifer S. and Holmes, William R. (2020). A parameter recovery assessment of time-variant models of decision-making. Behavior Research Methods, 52 (1), 193-206. doi: 10.3758/s13428-019-01218-0

• The role of passing time in decision-making

  Evans, Nathan J., Hawkins, Guy E. and Brown, Scott D. (2020). The role of passing time in decision-making. Journal of Experimental Psychology-Learning Memory and Cognition, 46 (2), 316-326. doi: 10.1037/xlm0000725

• A comparison of conflict diffusion models in the flanker task through pseudolikelihood Bayes factors

  Evans, Nathan J. and Servant, Mathieu (2020). A comparison of conflict diffusion models in the flanker task through pseudolikelihood Bayes factors. Psychological Review, 127 (1), 114-135. doi: 10.1037/rev0000165

• A diffusion model analysis of the effects of aging in the flanker task

  Servant, Mathieu and Evans, Nathan J. (2020). A diffusion model analysis of the effects of aging in the flanker task. Psychology and Aging, 35 (6), 831-849. doi: 10.1037/pag0000546

• Evidence accumulation models: current limitations and future directions

  Evans, Nathan J. and Wagenmakers, Eric-Jan (2020). Evidence accumulation models: current limitations and future directions. Quantitative Methods for Psychology, 16 (2), 73-90. doi: 10.20982/tqmp.16.2.p073

• A method, framework, and tutorial for efficiently simulating models of decision-making

  Evans, Nathan J. (2019). A method, framework, and tutorial for efficiently simulating models of decision-making. Behavior Research Methods, 51 (5), 2390-2404. doi: 10.3758/s13428-019-01219-z

• Hierarchical Bayesian mixture models of processing architectures and stopping rules

  Tillman, Gabriel and Evans, Nathan J. (2019). Hierarchical Bayesian mixture models of processing architectures and stopping rules. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 92. doi: 10.1016/j.jmp.2019.04.005

• Assessing theoretical conclusions with blinded inference to investigate a potential inference crisis

  Starns, Jeffrey J., Cataldo, Andrea M., Rotello, Caren M., Annis, Jeffrey, Aschenbrenner, Andrew, Bröder, Arndt, Cox, Gregory, Criss, Amy, Curl, Ryan A., Dobbins, Ian G., Dunn, John, Enam, Tasnuva, Evans, Nathan J., Farrell, Simon, Fraundorf, Scott H., Gronlund, Scott D., Heathcote, Andrew, Heck, Daniel W., Hicks, Jason L., Huff, Mark J., Kellen, David, Key, Kylie N., Kilic, Asli, Klauer, Karl Christoph, Kraemer, Kyle R., Leite, Fábio P., Lloyd, Marianne E., Malejka, Simone, Mason, Alice ... Wilson, Jack (2019). Assessing theoretical conclusions with blinded inference to investigate a potential inference crisis. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 2 (4), 335-349. doi: 10.1177/2515245919869583

• Robust standards in cognitive science

  Crüwell, Sophia, Stefan, Angelika M. and Evans, Nathan J. (2019). Robust standards in cognitive science. Computational Brain and Behavior, 2 (3-4), 255-265. doi: 10.1007/s42113-019-00049-8

• Assessing the practical differences between model selection methods in inferences about choice response time tasks

  Evans, Nathan J. (2019). Assessing the practical differences between model selection methods in inferences about choice response time tasks. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 26 (4), 1070-1098. doi: 10.3758/s13423-018-01563-9

• The quality of response time data inference: a blinded, collaborative assessment of the validity of cognitive models

  Dutilh, Gilles, Annis, Jeffrey, Brown, Scott D., Cassey, Peter, Evans, Nathan J., Grasman, Raoul P. P. P., Hawkins, Guy E., Heathcote, Andrew, Holmes, William R., Krypotos, Angelos-Miltiadis, Kupitz, Colin N., Leite, Fabio P., Lerche, Veronika, Lin, Yi-Shin, Logan, Gordon D., Palmeri, Thomas J., Starns, Jeffrey J., Trueblood, Jennifer S., van Maanen, Leendert, van Ravenzwaaij, Don, Vandekerckhove, Joachim, Visser, Ingmar, Voss, Andreas, White, Corey N., Wiecki, Thomas V., Rieskamp, Joerg and Donkin, Chris (2019). The quality of response time data inference: a blinded, collaborative assessment of the validity of cognitive models. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 26 (4), 1051-1069. doi: 10.3758/s13423-017-1417-2

• Optimal or not; depends on the task

  Evans, Nathan J., Bennett, Aimee J. and Brown, Scott D. (2019). Optimal or not; depends on the task. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 26 (3), 1027-1034. doi: 10.3758/s13423-018-1536-4

• Response-time data provide critical constraints on dynamic models of multi-alternative, multi-attribute choice

  Evans, Nathan J., Holmes, William R. and Trueblood, Jennifer S. (2019). Response-time data provide critical constraints on dynamic models of multi-alternative, multi-attribute choice. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 26 (3), 901-933. doi: 10.3758/s13423-018-1557-z

• Theoretically meaningful models can answer clinically relevant questions

  Evans, Nathan J. and Wagenmakers, Eric-Jan (2019). Theoretically meaningful models can answer clinically relevant questions. Brain, 142, 1172-1175. doi: 10.1093/brain/awz073

• Thermodynamic integration and steppingstone sampling methods for estimating Bayes factors: a tutorial

  Annis, Jeffrey, Evans, Nathan J., Miller, Brent J. and Palmeri, Thomas J. (2019). Thermodynamic integration and steppingstone sampling methods for estimating Bayes factors: a tutorial. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 89, 67-86. doi: 10.1016/j.jmp.2019.01.005

• Thermodynamic integration via differential evolution: a method for estimating marginal likelihoods

  Evans, Nathan J. and Annis, Jeffrey (2019). Thermodynamic integration via differential evolution: a method for estimating marginal likelihoods. Behavior Research Methods, 51 (2), 930-947. doi: 10.3758/s13428-018-1172-y

• When humans behave like monkeys: feedback delays and extensive practice increase the efficiency of speeded decisions

  Evans, Nathan J. and Hawkins, Guy E. (2019). When humans behave like monkeys: feedback delays and extensive practice increase the efficiency of speeded decisions. Cognition, 184, 11-18. doi: 10.1016/j.cognition.2018.11.014

• Some evidence for an association between early life adversity and decision urgency

  Knowles, Johanne P., Evans, Nathan J. and Burke, Darren (2019). Some evidence for an association between early life adversity and decision urgency. Frontiers in Psychology, 10. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00243

• Modeling the covariance structure of complex datasets using cognitive models: an application to individual differences and the heritability of cognitive ability

  Evans, Nathan J., Steyvers, Mark and Brown, Scott D. (2018). Modeling the covariance structure of complex datasets using cognitive models: an application to individual differences and the heritability of cognitive ability. Cognitive Science, 42 (6), 1925-1944. doi: 10.1111/cogs.12627

• Refining the law of practice

  Evans, Nathan J., Brown, Scott D., Mewhort, Douglas J. K. and Heathcote, Andrew (2018). Refining the law of practice. Psychological Review, 125 (4), 592-605. doi: 10.1037/rev0000105

• Bayes factors for the linear ballistic accumulator model of decision-making

  Evans, Nathan J. and Brown, Scott D. (2018). Bayes factors for the linear ballistic accumulator model of decision-making. Behavior Research Methods, 50 (2), 589-603. doi: 10.3758/s13428-017-0887-5

• The computations that support simple decision-making: A comparison between the diffusion and urgency-gating models

  Evans, Nathan J., Hawkins, Guy E., Boehm, Udo, Wagenmakers, Eric-Jan and Brown, Scott D. (2017). The computations that support simple decision-making: A comparison between the diffusion and urgency-gating models. Scientific Reports, 7 (1) 16433. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-16694-7

• Need for closure is associated with urgency in perceptual decision-making

  Evans, Nathan J., Rae, Babette, Bushmakin, Maxim, Rubin, Mark and Brown, Scott D. (2017). Need for closure is associated with urgency in perceptual decision-making. Memory and Cognition, 45 (7), 1193-1205. doi: 10.3758/s13421-017-0718-z

• Model flexibility analysis does not measure the persuasiveness of a fit

  Evans, Nathan J., Howard, Zachary L., Heathcote, Andrew and Brown, Scott D. (2017). Model flexibility analysis does not measure the persuasiveness of a fit. Psychological Review, 124 (3), 339-345. doi: 10.1037/rev0000057

• People adopt optimal policies in simple decision-making, after practice and guidance

  Evans, Nathan J. and Brown, Scott D. (2017). People adopt optimal policies in simple decision-making, after practice and guidance. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 24 (2), 597-606. doi: 10.3758/s13423-016-1135-1