By Professor Ben Newell

Journal articles

Schulze C; Newell BR, 2016, 'Taking the easy way out? Increasing implementation effort reduces probability maximizing under cognitive load', Memory and Cognition, 44, pp. 806 - 818, http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13421-016-0595-x

Schulze C; Newell BR, 2016, 'More heads choose better than one: Group decision making can eliminate probability matching', Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 23, pp. 907 - 914, http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13423-015-0949-6

Hayes BK; Hawkins GE; Newell BR, 2016, 'Consider the alternative: The effects of causal knowledge on representing and using alternative hypotheses in judgments under uncertainty', Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition, 42, pp. 723 - 739, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/xlm0000205

De Zilva D; Newell BR; Mitchell CJ, 2016, 'Multiple context mere exposure: Examining the limits of liking', Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 69, pp. 521 - 534, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2015.1057188

Navarro DJ; Newell BR; Schulze C, 2016, 'Learning and choosing in an uncertain world: An investigation of the explore-exploit dilemma in static and dynamic environments', Cognitive Psychology, 85, pp. 43 - 77, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cogpsych.2016.01.001

Newell BR; Rakow T; Yechiam E; Sambur M, 2016, 'Rare disaster information can increase risk-taking', Nature Climate Change, 6, pp. 158 - 161, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2822

Bateman H; Dobrescu LI; Newell BR; Ortmann A; Thorp S, 2016, 'As easy as pie: How retirement savers use prescribed investment disclosures', Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 121, pp. 60 - 76, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2015.10.020

Bateman H; Ortmann A; Newell BR; Dobrescu ; Thorp S, 2016, 'As easy as pie: How retirement savers use prescribed investment disclosures', Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 121, pp. 60 - 76, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2015.10.020

Newell BR; Kary A; Moore C; Gonzalez C, 2016, 'Managing the Budget: Stock-Flow Reasoning and the CO2 Accumulation Problem', Topics in Cognitive Science, 8, pp. 138 - 159, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/tops.12176

Rakow T; Newell BR; Wright L, 2015, 'Forgone but not forgotten: the effects of partial and full feedback in “harsh” and “kind” environments', Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 22, pp. 1807 - 1813, http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13423-015-0848-x

McDonald RI; Chai HY; Newell BR, 2015, 'Personal experience and the 'psychological distance' of climate change: An integrative review', Journal of Environmental Psychology, 44, pp. 109 - 118, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2015.10.003

Bonner C; Jansen J; Newell BR; Irwig L; Teixeira-Pinto A; Glasziou P; Doust J; McKinn S; McCaffery K, 2015, 'Is the "heart Age" Concept Helpful or Harmful Compared to Absolute Cardiovascular Disease Risk? An Experimental Study', Medical Decision Making, 35, pp. 967 - 978, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0272989X15597224

Schulze C; Newell BR, 2015, 'Compete, coordinate, and cooperate: How to exploit uncertain environments with social interaction', Journal of Experimental Psychology General, 144, pp. 967 - 981, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/xge0000096

Rakow T; Heard CL; Newell BR, 2015, 'Meeting Three Challenges in Risk Communication: Phenomena, Numbers, and Emotions', Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2, pp. 147 - 156, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2372732215601442

Stewart N; Ungemach C; Harris AJL; Bartels DM; Newell BR; Paolacci G; Chandler J, 2015, 'The average laboratory samples a population of 7,300 amazon mechanical turk workers', Judgment and Decision Making, 10, pp. 479 - 491

Donkin C; Newell BR; Kalish M; Dunn JC; Nosofsky RM, 2015, 'Identifying strategy use in category learning tasks: A case for more diagnostic data and models', Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition, 41, pp. 933 - 948, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/xlm0000083

Lewandowsky S; Oreskes N; Risbey JS; Newell BR; Smithson M, 2015, 'Seepage: Climate change denial and its effect on the scientific community', Global Environmental Change, 33, pp. 1 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2015.02.013

Schulze C; van Ravenzwaaij D; Newell BR, 2015, 'Of matchers and maximizers: How competition shapes choice under risk and uncertainty', Cognitive Psychology, 78, pp. 78 - 98, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cogpsych.2015.03.002

Güney Ş; Newell BR, 2015, 'Overcoming Ambiguity Aversion Through Experience', Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 28, pp. 188 - 199, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bdm.1840

Newell BR, 2015, '“Wait! Just Let Me Not Think About That for a Minute”: What Role Do Implicit Processes Play in Higher-Level Cognition?', Current Directions in Psychological Science, 24, pp. 65 - 70, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0963721414551958

Hawkins GE; Hayes BK; Donkin C; Pasqualino M; Newell BR, 2015, 'A Bayesian latent-mixture model analysis shows that informative samples reduce base-rate neglect', Decision, 2, pp. 306 - 318, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/dec0000024

Newell BR; Kary A; Moore C; Gonzalez C, 2015, 'Managing the Budget: Stock-Flow Reasoning and the CO2 Accumulation Problem', Topics in Cognitive Science, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/tops.12176

Yechiam E; Rakow T; Newell BR, 2015, 'Super-underweighting of rare events with repeated descriptive summaries', Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 28, pp. 67 - 75, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bdm.1829

Mehlhorn K; Newell BR; Todd PM; Lee MD; Morgan K; Braithwaite VA; Hausmann D; Fiedler K; Gonzalez C, 2015, 'Unpacking the exploration-exploitation tradeoff: A synthesis of human and animal literatures', Decision, 2, pp. 191 - 215, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/dec0000033

Hurlstone MJ; Lewandowsky S; Newell BR; Sewell B, 2014, 'The effect of framing and normative messages in building support for climate policies', Plos One, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0114335

Bateman H; Deetlefs J; Dobrescu LI; Newell BR; Ortmann A; Thorp S, 2014, 'Just Interested or Getting Involved? An Analysis of Superannuation Attitudes and Actions (vol 90, pg 160, 2014)', ECONOMIC RECORD, 90, pp. 564 - 564, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1475-4932.12164

Hayes BK; Hawkins GE; Newell BR; Pasqualino M; Rehder B, 2014, 'The role of causal models in multiple judgments under uncertainty', Cognition, 133, pp. 611 - 620, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2014.08.011

Newell BR; McDonald RI; Brewer M; Hayes BK, 2014, 'The psychology of environmental decisions', Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 39, pp. 443 - 467, http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev-environ-010713-094623

Bilbao JI; Newel BR; Bhagat A, 2014, 'The University of New South Wales Experience on Publicising Live Energy Data', Zero Carbon Building Journal, 2, pp. 84 - 91, http://zcb.hkcic.org/Eng/InformationCentre/Publications.aspx

Martire KA; kemp ; sayle ; Newell , 2014, 'On the interpretation of likelihood ratios in forensic science evidence: Presentation formats and the Weak evidence effect.', Forensic Science International, 240, pp. 61 - 68, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2014.04.005

van Ravenzwaaij D; Moore CP; Lee MD; Newell BR, 2014, 'A hierarchical bayesian modeling approach to searching and stopping in multi-attribute judgment', Cognitive Science, 38, pp. 1384 - 1405, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cogs.12119

Shanks DR; Newell BR, 2014, 'Authors' response: The primacy of conscious decision making', Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 37, pp. 45 - 61, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X13001507

Bonner C; Jansen J; Newell BR; Irwig L; Glasziou P; Doust J; Dhillon H; McCaffery K, 2014, 'I don't believe it, but i'd better do something about it: Patient experiences of online heart age risk calculators', Journal of Medical Internet Research, 16, pp. e120, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/jmir.3190

Bateman H; Deetlefs J; Dobrescu LI; Newell BR; Ortmann A; Thorp S, 2014, 'Just interested or getting involved? An analysis of superannuation attitudes and actions', Economic Record, 90, pp. 160 - 178, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1475-4932.12107

Lee MD; Newell BR; Vandekerckhove J, 2014, 'Modeling the adaptation of search termination in human decision making', Decision, 1, pp. 223 - 251, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/dec0000019

Newell BR; Shanks DR, 2014, 'Prime numbers: Anchoring and its implications for theories of behavior priming', Social Cognition, 32, pp. 88 - 108, http://dx.doi.org/10.1521/soco.2014.32.supp.88

Lewandowsky S; Risbey JS; Smithson M; Newell BR; Hunter J, 2014, 'Scientific uncertainty and climate change: Part I. Uncertainty and unabated emissions', Climatic Change, 124, pp. 21 - 37, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10584-014-1082-7

Lewandowsky S; Risbey JS; Smithson M; Newell BR, 2014, 'Scientific uncertainty and climate change: Part II. Uncertainty and mitigation', Climatic Change, 124, pp. 39 - 52, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10584-014-1083-6

Dunn JC; Kalish ML; Newell BR, 2014, 'State-trace analysis can be an appropriate tool for assessing the number of cognitive systems: A reply to Ashby (2014)', Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 21, pp. 947 - 954, http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13423-014-0637-y

Newell BR; Shanks DR, 2014, 'Unconscious influences on decision making: A critical review', Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 37, pp. 1 - 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X12003214

Mcdonald RI; Newell BR; Denson TF, 2014, 'Would you rule out going green? The effect of inclusion versus exclusion mindset on pro-environmental willingness', European Journal of Social Psychology, 44, pp. 507 - 513, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2040

de Zilva D; Mitchell CJ; Newell BR, 2013, 'Eliminating the mere exposure effect through changes in context between exposure and test', Cognition and Emotion, 27, pp. 1345 - 1358, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2013.775110

de Zilva D; Vu L; Newell BR; Pearson J, 2013, 'Exposure Is Not Enough: Suppressing Stimuli from Awareness Can Abolish the Mere Exposure Effect', Plos One, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0077726

Martire KA; Kemp RI; Newell BR, 2013, 'The psychology of interpreting expert evaluative opinions', Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences, 45, pp. 305 - 314, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00450618.2013.784361

Camilleri AR; Newell BR, 2013, 'Corrigendum to 'The long and short of it: Closing the description-experience "gap" by taking the long-run view' [Cognition 126 (1) (2012) 54-71]', Cognition, 128, pp. 259, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2013.04.005

Güney Ş; Newell BR, 2013, 'Fairness overrides reputation: The importance of fairness considerations in altruistic cooperation', Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00252

Güney S; Newell BR, 2013, 'Fairness overrides reputation: The importance of fairness considerations in altruistic cooperation', Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00252

Güney Ş; Newell BR, 2013, 'Fairness overrides reputation: The importance of fairness considerations in altruistic cooperation', Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00252

Newell B; Fibuch E; McCartney M, 2013, 'Simulation in anesthesiology: A key element in the new recertification process.', Missouri Medicine, 110, pp. 139 - 141

Newell BR; Van ravenzwaaij D; Donkin C, 2013, 'A quantum of truth? Querying the alternative benchmark for human cognition', Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 36, pp. 300 - 302, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X12003068

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