By Professor Ben Newell

Books

Newell BR; Shanks DR, 2023, Open Minded Searching for Truth about the Unconscious Mind, MIT Press

Newell BR; Lagnado DA; Shanks DR, 2022, Straight choices: The psychology of decision making, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003289890

Newell BR; Lagnado DA; Shanks DR, 2015, Straight choices: The psychology of decision making: Second edition, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315727080

Newell BR; Lagnado D; Shanks D, 2010, Straight Choices, Psychology Press, Hove, UK and New York, USA

Newell BR; Lagnado DA; Shanks DR, 2007, Straight choices: The psychology of decision making, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203960837

Book Chapters

Ghasemi O; Newell BR, 2025, 'Heuristics', in Elgar Encyclopedia of Behavioural and Experimental Economics, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 234 - 236, http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781802207736.00075

Ghasemi O; Newell BR, 2025, 'Intuition', in Elgar Encyclopedia of Behavioural and Experimental Economics, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 264 - 266, http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781802207736.00085

Westbrook JI; Seaman K; Wabe N; Raban MZ; Urwin R; Badgery-Parker T; Mecardo C; Mumford V; Nguyen AD; Root J; Balmer S; Waugh K; Pinto S; Burge B; Aldeguer E; Dunstan T; Jorgensen M; Gray L; Bucknall T; Etherton-Beer C; Newell B; Caughey G; Beattie E; Xenos K; Cumming A, 2024, 'Designing an Informatics Infrastructure for a National Aged Care Medication Roundtable', in , pp. 404 - 408, http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/SHTI230996

Schulze C; Newell BR, 2017, 'Decision making under risk: An experience-based perspective', in International Handbook of Thinking and Reasoning, pp. 502 - 522

Newell BR, 2017, 'The anatomy of an unconscious decision', in Radman Z (ed.), Before Consciousness: In Search of Fundamentals of Mind, Imprint Academic, pp. 174 - 191

Newell BR, 2016, 'Decision making', in An Introduction to Applied Cognitive Psychology, pp. 197 - 221, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315732954-15

Newell BR; Schulze C, 2016, 'Probability Matching', in Pohl R (ed.), Cognitive Illusions, pp. 62 - 78

Newell BR, 2013, 'Judgment under Uncertainty', in Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Psychology, Oxford University Press, New York, pp. 602 - 615

Newell BR; Weston NJ; Shanks DR, 2011, 'Empirical Tests of a Fast-and-Frugal Heuristic: Not Everyone "Takes-the-Best"', in Heuristics the Foundations of Adaptive Behavior, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199744282.003.0018

Newell BR; Dunn JC; Kalish M, 2011, 'Chapter six Systems of Category Learning Fact or Fantasy?', in Advances in Research and Theory, Elsevier, pp. 167 - 215, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-385527-5.00006-1

Newell BR; Dunn J; Kalish M, 2011, 'Systems of category learning: Fact or fantasy?', in Psychology of Learning and Motivation - Advances in Research and Theory, Academic Press Inc, San Diego, CA, USA, pp. 167 - 215, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-385527-5.00006-1

Newell BR; Shanks D, 2007, 'Perspectives on the `tools` of decision-making', in Roberts MJ (ed.), Integrating the Mind, Psychology Press, East Sussex, U.K. and New York, USA, pp. 131 - 151

Taylor RP; Newell BR; Spehar B; Clifford C, 2005, 'Fractals: A resonance between art and nature', in Emmer M (ed.), Mathematics & Culture II - Visual perfection: Mathematics and Creativity, Springer Publishing Company, Berlin, pp. 53 - 64

Journal articles

Ghasemi O; Cologna V; Mede NG; Stanley SK; Strahm N; Ross R; Alfano M; Kerr JR; Marques MD; Berger S; Besley JC; Brick C; Joubert M; Maibach E; Mihelj S; Newell BR; Oreskes N; Schäfer MS, 2025, 'Gaps in public trust between scientists and climate scientists: a 68 country study', Environmental Research Letters, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/add1f9

Szollosi A; Wang-Ly N; Newell BR, 2025, 'Nudges for people who think', Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 32, pp. 1131 - 1141, http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13423-024-02613-1

Bovingdon B; Cheesman P; Grant D; Joseph P; Michael A; Moffitt S; Mortlock T; Mullins G; Newell BR; Papas M, 2025, 'Climate risk and response: Generating an industry-informed, future-focused, research agenda', Australian Journal of Management, 50, pp. 291 - 311, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/03128962251326088

Vanunu Y; Newell BR, 2025, 'The impact of sampling bias on preferences for skewed distributions in decisions from experience', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 122, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2418336122

Thoma AI; Newell BR; Schulze C, 2025, 'Emerging Adaptivity in Probability Learning: How Young Minds and the Environment Interact', Journal of Experimental Psychology General, 154, pp. 1523 - 1544, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/xge0001747

Hurlstone MJ; White B; Newell BR, 2025, 'Threshold uncertainty, early warning signals and the prevention of dangerous climate change', Royal Society Open Science, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.240425

Schulze C; Aka A; Bartels DM; Bucher SF; Embrey JR; Gureckis TM; Häubl G; Ho MK; Krajbich I; Moore AK; Oettingen G; Ongchoco JDK; Oprea R; Reinholtz N; Newell BR, 2025, 'A timeline of cognitive costs in decision-making', Trends in Cognitive Sciences, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2025.04.004

Mason A; Szollosi A; Newell BR, 2025, 'Learning the Lie of the Land: How People Construct Mental Representations of Distributions', Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition, 51, pp. 515 - 525, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/xlm0001402

Embrey JR; Mason A; Newell BR, 2024, 'Too hard, too easy, or just right? The effects of context on effort and boredom aversion', Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 31, pp. 2801 - 2810, http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13423-024-02528-x

Bonner C; Taba M; Fajardo MA; Batcup C; Newell BR; Li AX; Mayfield HJ; Lau CL; Litt JCB, 2024, 'Using health literacy principles to improve understanding of evolving evidence in health emergencies: Optimisation and evaluation of a COVID-19 vaccination risk-benefit calculator', Vaccine, 42, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.126296

Wang-Ly N; Newell BR, 2024, 'Income volatility and saving decisions: Experimental evidence', Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, 43, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbef.2024.100941

Ostrovsky T; Newell BR, 2024, 'Verbal Reports as Data Revisited: Using Natural Language Models to Validate Cognitive Models', Decision, 11, pp. 568 - 598, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/dec0000243

Embrey JR; Li AX; Liew SX; Newell BR, 2024, 'The effect of noninstrumental information on reward learning', Memory and Cognition, 52, pp. 1210 - 1227, http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13421-024-01537-4

Liang G; Li AX; Newell BR, 2024, 'Trusting an Algorithm Can Be a Tricky and Sticky Thing', Decision, 11, pp. 404 - 419, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/dec0000229

Batcup C; Breth-Petersen M; Dakin T; Barratt A; McGain F; Newell BR; Pickles K, 2023, 'Behavioural change interventions encouraging clinicians to reduce carbon emissions in clinical activity: a systematic review', BMC Health Services Research, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-09370-2

Liew SX; Embrey JR; Newell BR, 2023, 'The non-unitary nature of information preference', Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 30, pp. 1966 - 1974, http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13423-022-02243-5

Newell BR; Vigouroux S; Greenwell H, 2023, 'Expectations, opportunities, and awareness: A case for combining i- and s-frame interventions', Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 46, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X23000997

Liew SX; Embrey JR; Navarro DJ; Newell BR, 2023, 'Comparing Anticipation and Uncertainty-Penalty Accounts of Noninstrumental Information Seeking', Decision, 10, pp. 247 - 267, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/dec0000179

Embrey JR; Donkin C; Newell BR, 2023, 'Is all mental effort equal? The role of cognitive demand-type on effort avoidance', Cognition, 236, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2023.105440

Newell BR; Szollosi A, 2023, 'Is Conviction Narrative Theory a theory of everything or nothing?', Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 46, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X22002679

Sloane JF; Donkin C; Newell BR; Singh H; Meyer AND, 2023, 'Managing Interruptions to Improve Diagnostic Decision-Making: Strategies and Recommended Research Agenda', Journal of General Internal Medicine, 38, pp. 1526 - 1531, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11606-022-08019-w

Newell BR, 2023, 'Strengthening psychological science for optimal climate communication and action policies', One Earth, 6, pp. 341 - 342, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2023.03.010

Bateman H; Dobrescu LI; Liu J; Newell BR; Thorp S, 2023, 'Determinants of early-access to retirement savings: Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic', Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jeoa.2023.100441

Raban MZ; Gonzalez G; Nguyen AD; Newell BR; Li L; Seaman KL; Westbrook JI, 2023, 'Nudge interventions to reduce unnecessary antibiotic prescribing in primary care: A systematic review', BMJ Open, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-062688

Mechera-Ostrovsky T; Liew SX; Newell BR, 2023, 'The role of risk, regret, and rejoice in non-instrumental information seeking', Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bdm.2294

Liang G; Sloane JF; Donkin C; Newell BR, 2022, 'Adapting to the algorithm: how accuracy comparisons promote the use of a decision aid', Cognitive Research Principles and Implications, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41235-022-00364-y

Hotaling JM; Donkin C; Jarvstad A; Newell BR, 2022, 'MEM-EX: An exemplar memory model of decisions from experience', Cognitive Psychology, 138, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cogpsych.2022.101517

Sloane JF; Newell BR; Liang G; Donkin C, 2022, 'The Mazing Race: Effects of Interruptions and Benefits of Interruption Lags in a Novel Maze-Like Decision-Making Paradigm', Journal of Experimental Psychology Applied, 29, pp. 654 - 675, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/xap0000446

Wang-Ly N; Newell BR, 2022, 'Allowing early access to retirement savings: Lessons from Australia', Economic Analysis and Policy, 75, pp. 716 - 733, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eap.2022.07.002

Wang-Ly N; Bateman H; Dobrescu I; Newell BR; Thorp S, 2022, 'Defaults, disclosures, advice and calculators: One size does not fit all', Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, 35, pp. 100690, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbef.2022.100690

Bolton A; Newell BR; Gandevia S; Peek J; Capdevila EB, 2022, 'Applying behavioural insights to child protection: venturing beyond the low-hanging fruit', Behavioural Public Policy, 6, pp. 439 - 463, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/bpp.2019.12

Liang G; Rakow T; Yechiam E; Newell BR, 2022, 'The day after the disaster: Risk-taking following large-and small-scale disasters in a microworld', Judgment and Decision Making, 17, pp. 513 - 546, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1930297500003569

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