Research outputs
Selected research outputs
- Beyond discrete-choice options (Journal article - 2024)
- The gated cascade diffusion model: An integrated theory of decision making, motor preparation, and motor execution. (Journal article - 2024)
- A model-based approach to disentangling facilitation and interference effects in conflict tasks. (Journal article - 2022)
- Visual Motion and Decision-Making in Dyslexia: Reduced Accumulation of Sensory Evidence and Related Neural Dynamics (Journal article - 2022)
- An integrated theory of deciding and acting. (Journal article - 2021)
- Double responding: A new constraint for models of speeded decision making (Journal article - 2020)
- A comparison of conflict diffusion models in the flanker task through pseudolikelihood Bayes factors. (Journal article - 2020)
- The role of passing time in decision-making. (Journal article - 2020)
- Assessing the practical differences between model selection methods in inferences about choice response time tasks (Journal article - 2019)
- Refining the law of practice. (Journal article - 2018)
2026
Lateral inhibition provides a better explanation of double responding than feed-forward inhibition or inhibition-free mechanisms
Taylor, G. J., & Evans, N. J. (2026). Lateral inhibition provides a better explanation of double responding than feed-forward inhibition or inhibition-free mechanisms. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 129, 102986. doi:10.1016/j.jmp.2026.102986
All illusions are wrong, but some are useful
A diffusion-based framework for modeling systematic, time-varying cognitive processes.
Alister, M., & Evans, N. J. (2026). A diffusion-based framework for modeling systematic, time-varying cognitive processes.. Psychological Review. doi:10.1037/rev0000609
2025
High-value decisions are made quickly, with no consistent effect on accuracy
Pirrone, A., Sala, G., & Evans, N. J. (2025). High-value decisions are made quickly, with no consistent effect on accuracy. PNAS Nexus, 4(12). doi:10.1093/pnasnexus/pgaf363
Parameter estimation of hyper-spherical diffusion models with a time-dependent threshold: An integral equation method
Hadian Rasanan, A. H., Evans, N. J., Amani Rad, J., & Rieskamp, J. (2025). Parameter estimation of hyper-spherical diffusion models with a time-dependent threshold: An integral equation method. Behavior Research Methods, 57(10). doi:10.3758/s13428-025-02810-3
People are at least as good at optimizing reward rate under equivalent fixed-trial compared to fixed-time conditions
Taylor, G. J., Brown, S. D., & Evans, N. J. (2025). People are at least as good at optimizing reward rate under equivalent fixed-trial compared to fixed-time conditions. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 32(5), 2124-2135. doi:10.3758/s13423-025-02680-y
Perceptual Decision-Making in Autistic and Non-Autistic Adults and Relationship with Autism- and ADHD-Related Traits
Yusuf, H., Evans, N. J., Taylor, G., Cameron, A., Greenhalgh, J., Thomas, L. J., . . . Manning, C. (2025). Perceptual Decision-Making in Autistic and Non-Autistic Adults and Relationship with Autism- and ADHD-Related Traits. Neurodiversity, 3. doi:10.1177/27546330251370662
Attention to direct gaze in young and older adulthood
McKay, K. T., Henry, J. D., Demichelis, O. P., Marinic, R. K., Evans, N. J., & Grainger, S. A. (2025). Attention to direct gaze in young and older adulthood. Consciousness and Cognition, 131, 103854. doi:10.1016/j.concog.2025.103854
An Expert Guide to Planning Experimental Tasks For Evidence-Accumulation Modeling
Boag, R. J., Innes, R. J., Stevenson, N., Bahg, G., Busemeyer, J. R., Cox, G. E., . . . Forstmann, B. U. (2025). An Expert Guide to Planning Experimental Tasks For Evidence-Accumulation Modeling. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 8(2). doi:10.1177/25152459251336127
2024
The value of error-correcting responses for cognitive assessment in games
Markovitch, B., Evans, N. J., & Birk, M. V. (2024). The value of error-correcting responses for cognitive assessment in games. Scientific Reports, 14(1). doi:10.1038/s41598-024-71762-z
Beyond discrete-choice options
Rasanan, A. H. H., Evans, N. J., Fontanesi, L., Manning, C., Huang-Pollock, C., Matzke, D., . . . Rad, J. A. (2024). Beyond discrete-choice options. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 28(9), 857-870. doi:10.1016/j.tics.2024.07.004
Inclusion Bayes factors for mixed hierarchical diffusion decision models.
Boehm, U., Evans, N. J., Gronau, Q. F., Matzke, D., Wagenmakers, E. -J., & Heathcote, A. J. (2024). Inclusion Bayes factors for mixed hierarchical diffusion decision models.. Psychological Methods, 29(4), 625-655. doi:10.1037/met0000582
The gated cascade diffusion model: An integrated theory of decision making, motor preparation, and motor execution.
Dendauw, E., Evans, N. J., Logan, G. D., Haffen, E., Bennabi, D., Gajdos, T., & Servant, M. (2024). The gated cascade diffusion model: An integrated theory of decision making, motor preparation, and motor execution.. Psychological Review, 131(4), 825-857. doi:10.1037/rev0000464
An extension of the shifted Wald model of human response times: Capturing the time dynamic properties of human cognition
Howard, Z. L., Fox, E. L., Evans, N. J., Loft, S., & Houpt, J. (2024). An extension of the shifted Wald model of human response times: Capturing the time dynamic properties of human cognition. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 31(3), 1057-1077. doi:10.3758/s13423-023-02418-8
Does allowing for changes of mind influence initial responses?
Taylor, G. J., Nguyen, A. T., & Evans, N. J. (2024). Does allowing for changes of mind influence initial responses?. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 31(3), 1142-1154. doi:10.3758/s13423-023-02371-6
Potential mental health-related harms associated with the universal screening of anxiety and depressive symptoms in Australian secondary schools
Braund, T. A., Baker, S. T. E., Subotic-Kerry, M., Tillman, G., Evans, N. J., Mackinnon, A., . . . O’Dea, B. (2024). Potential mental health-related harms associated with the universal screening of anxiety and depressive symptoms in Australian secondary schools. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 18(1). doi:10.1186/s13034-024-00734-y
Uncovering the cognitive mechanisms underlying the gaze cueing effect
Alister, M., McKay, K. T., Sewell, D. K., & Evans, N. J. (2024). Uncovering the cognitive mechanisms underlying the gaze cueing effect. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 77(4), 803-827. doi:10.1177/17470218231181238
Using mixture modeling to examine differences in perceptual decision-making as a function of the time and method of participant recruitment
Ballard, T., Evans, N. J., Fisher, G., & Sewell, D. 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, 56(3), 2194-2212. doi:10.3758/s13428-023-02142-0
Interference and attentional switching in aging.
Schumann, C. A., Evans, N. J., & Robinson, G. A. (2024). Interference and attentional switching in aging.. Neuropsychology, 38(1), 81-95. doi:10.1037/neu0000919
2023
Numerical approximation of the first-passage time distribution of time-varying diffusion decision models: A mesh-free approach
Rasanan, A. H. H., Evans, N. J., Rieskamp, J., & Rad, J. A. (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
Neuro-computational mechanisms and individual biases in action-outcome learning under moral conflict
Fornari, L., Ioumpa, K., Nostro, A. D., Evans, N. J., De Angelis, L., Speer, S. P. H., . . . Gazzola, V. (2023). Neuro-computational mechanisms and individual biases in action-outcome learning under moral conflict. Nature Communications, 14(1). doi:10.1038/s41467-023-36807-3
2022
Efficiency in sequential testing: Comparing the sequential probability ratio test and the sequential Bayes factor test
Stefan, A. M., Schönbrodt, F. D., Evans, N. J., & Wagenmakers, E. -J. (2022). Efficiency in sequential testing: Comparing the sequential probability ratio test and the sequential Bayes factor test. Behavior Research Methods, 54(6), 3100-3117. doi:10.3758/s13428-021-01754-8
A model-based approach to disentangling facilitation and interference effects in conflict tasks.
Evans, N. J., & Servant, M. (2022). A model-based approach to disentangling facilitation and interference effects in conflict tasks.. Psychological Review, 129(5), 1183-1209. doi:10.1037/rev0000357
Behavioural and neural indices of perceptual decision-making in autistic children during visual motion tasks
Manning, C., Hassall, C. D., Hunt, L. T., Norcia, A. M., Wagenmakers, E. -J., Evans, N. J., & Scerif, G. (2022). Behavioural and neural indices of perceptual decision-making in autistic children during visual motion tasks. Scientific Reports, 12(1). doi:10.1038/s41598-022-09885-4
Visual Motion and Decision-Making in Dyslexia: Reduced Accumulation of Sensory Evidence and Related Neural Dynamics
Manning, C., Hassall, C. D., Hunt, L. T., Norcia, A. M., Wagenmakers, E. -J., Snowling, M. J., . . . Evans, N. 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
Practical challenges and methodological flexibility in prior elicitation.
Stefan, A. M., Evans, N. J., & Wagenmakers, E. -J. (2022). Practical challenges and methodological flexibility in prior elicitation.. Psychological Methods, 27(2), 177-197. doi:10.1037/met0000354
2021
An integrated theory of deciding and acting.
Servant, M., Logan, G. D., Gajdos, T., & Evans, N. J. (2021). An integrated theory of deciding and acting.. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 150(12), 2435-2454. doi:10.1037/xge0001063
Preregistration in diverse contexts: a preregistration template for the application of cognitive models
Crüwell, S., & Evans, N. J. (2021). Preregistration in diverse contexts: a preregistration template for the application of cognitive models. Royal Society Open Science, 8(10). doi:10.1098/rsos.210155
Think fast! The implications of emphasizing urgency in decision-making
Evans, N. J. (2021). Think fast! The implications of emphasizing urgency in decision-making. Cognition, 214, 104704. doi:10.1016/j.cognition.2021.104704
A Broader Application of the Detection Response Task to Cognitive Tasks and Online Environments
Innes, R. J., Evans, N. J., Howard, Z. L., Eidels, A., & Brown, S. D. (2021). A Broader Application of the Detection Response Task to Cognitive Tasks and Online Environments. Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 63(5), 896-909. doi:10.1177/0018720820936800
The JASP guidelines for conducting and reporting a Bayesian analysis
van Doorn, J., van den Bergh, D., Böhm, U., Dablander, F., Derks, K., Draws, T., . . . Wagenmakers, E. -J. (2021). The JASP guidelines for conducting and reporting a Bayesian analysis. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 28(3), 813-826. doi:10.3758/s13423-020-01798-5
Strong Public Claims May not Reflect Researchers' Private Convictions
van Doorn, J., & Wagenmakers, E. -J. (2021). Strong Public Claims May not Reflect Researchers' Private Convictions. Significance, 18(1), 44-45. doi:10.1111/1740-9713.01493
The impact of presentation order on attraction and repulsion effects in decision-making.
Evans, N. J., Holmes, W. R., Dasari, A., & Trueblood, J. S. (2021). The impact of presentation order on attraction and repulsion effects in decision-making.. Decision, 8(1), 36-54. doi:10.1037/dec0000144
Urgency, leakage, and the relative nature of information processing in decision-making.
Trueblood, J. S., Heathcote, A., Evans, N. J., & Holmes, W. R. (2021). Urgency, leakage, and the relative nature of information processing in decision-making.. Psychological Review, 128(1), 160-186. doi:10.1037/rev0000255
2020
Efficiency in Sequential Testing: Comparing the Sequential Probability Ratio Test and the Sequential Bayes Factor Test
How is multi-tasking different from increased difficulty?
Howard, Z. L., Evans, N. J., Innes, R. J., Brown, S. D., & Eidels, A. (2020). How is multi-tasking different from increased difficulty?. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 27(5), 937-951. doi:10.3758/s13423-020-01741-8
Systematic and random sources of variability in perceptual decision-making: Comment on Ratcliff, Voskuilen, and McKoon (2018).
Evans, N. J., Tillman, G., & Wagenmakers, E. -J. (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
A diffusion model analysis of the effects of aging in the Flanker Task.
Servant, M., & Evans, N. 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
Double responding: A new constraint for models of speeded decision making
Evans, N. J., Dutilh, G., Wagenmakers, E. -J., & van der Maas, H. L. J. (2020). Double responding: A new constraint for models of speeded decision making. Cognitive Psychology, 121, 101292. doi:10.1016/j.cogpsych.2020.101292
What factors are most important in finding the best model of a psychological process?
Evans, N. (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, U., van Maanen, L., Evans, N. J., Brown, S. D., & Wagenmakers, E. -J. (2020). A theoretical analysis of the reward rate optimality of collapsing decision criteria. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 82(3), 1520-1534. doi:10.3758/s13414-019-01806-4
Strong Effort Manipulations Reduce Response Caution: A Preregistered Reinvention of the Ego-Depletion Paradigm
Lin, H., Saunders, B., Friese, M., Evans, N. J., & Inzlicht, M. (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
Evidence Accumulation Models: Current Limitations and Future Directions
Evans, N. J., & Wagenmakers, E. -J. (2020). Evidence Accumulation Models: Current Limitations and Future Directions. The Quantitative Methods for Psychology, 16(2), 73-90. doi:10.20982/tqmp.16.2.p073
A parameter recovery assessment of time-variant models of decision-making
Evans, N. J., Trueblood, J. S., & Holmes, W. 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, N. J., Hawkins, G. E., & Brown, S. 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, N. J., & Servant, M. (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
2019
Assessing Theoretical Conclusions With Blinded Inference to Investigate a Potential Inference Crisis
Starns, J. J., Cataldo, A. M., Rotello, C. M., Annis, J., Aschenbrenner, A., Bröder, A., . . . Wilson, J. (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, S., Stefan, A. M., & Evans, N. J. (2019). Robust Standards in Cognitive Science. Computational Brain & Behavior, 2(3-4), 255-265. doi:10.1007/s42113-019-00049-8
Practical Challenges and Methodological Flexibility in Prior Elicitation
A method, framework, and tutorial for efficiently simulating models of decision-making
Evans, N. 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, G., & Evans, N. J. (2019). Hierarchical Bayesian mixture models of processing architectures and stopping rules. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 92, 102267. doi:10.1016/j.jmp.2019.04.005
Assessing the practical differences between model selection methods in inferences about choice response time tasks
Evans, N. J. (2019). Assessing the practical differences between model selection methods in inferences about choice response time tasks. Psychonomic Bulletin & 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, G., Annis, J., Brown, S. D., Cassey, P., Evans, N. J., Grasman, R. P. P. P., . . . Donkin, C. (2019). The Quality of Response Time Data Inference: A Blinded, Collaborative Assessment of the Validity of Cognitive Models. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 26(4), 1051-1069. doi:10.3758/s13423-017-1417-2
Optimal or not; depends on the task
Evans, N. J., Bennett, A. J., & Brown, S. D. (2019). Optimal or not; depends on the task. Psychonomic Bulletin & 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, N. J., Holmes, W. R., & Trueblood, J. S. (2019). Response-time data provide critical constraints on dynamic models of multi-alternative, multi-attribute choice. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 26(3), 901-933. doi:10.3758/s13423-018-1557-z
Robust Standards in Cognitive Science
Theoretically meaningful models can answer clinically relevant questions
Evans, N. J., & Wagenmakers, E. -J. (2019). Theoretically meaningful models can answer clinically relevant questions. Brain, 142(5), 1172-1175. doi:10.1093/brain/awz073
Thermodynamic integration and steppingstone sampling methods for estimating Bayes factors: A tutorial
Annis, J., Evans, N. J., Miller, B. J., & Palmeri, T. 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, N. J., & Annis, J. (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, N. J., & Hawkins, G. 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, J. P., Evans, N. J., & Burke, D. (2019). Some Evidence for an Association Between Early Life Adversity and Decision Urgency. Frontiers in Psychology, 10. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00243
2018
Refining the law of practice.
Evans, N. J., Brown, S. D., Mewhort, D. J. K., & Heathcote, A. (2018). Refining the law of practice.. Psychological Review, 125(4), 592-605. doi:10.1037/rev0000105
Modeling the Covariance Structure of Complex Datasets Using Cognitive Models: An Application to Individual Differences and the Heritability of Cognitive Ability
Evans, N. J., Steyvers, M., & Brown, S. 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
Bayes factors for the linear ballistic accumulator model of decision-making
Evans, N. J., & Brown, S. 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
2017
The computations that support simple decision-making: A comparison between the diffusion and urgency-gating models
Evans, N. J., Hawkins, G. E., Boehm, U., Wagenmakers, E. -J., & Brown, S. D. (2017). The computations that support simple decision-making: A comparison between the diffusion and urgency-gating models. Scientific Reports, 7(1). doi:10.1038/s41598-017-16694-7
Need for closure is associated with urgency in perceptual decision-making
Evans, N. J., Rae, B., Bushmakin, M., Rubin, M., & Brown, S. D. (2017). Need for closure is associated with urgency in perceptual decision-making. Memory & Cognition, 45(7), 1193-1205. doi:10.3758/s13421-017-0718-z
Model flexibility analysis does not measure the persuasiveness of a fit.
Evans, N. J., Howard, Z. L., Heathcote, A., & Brown, S. 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, N. J., & Brown, S. D. (2017). People adopt optimal policies in simple decision-making, after practice and guidance. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 24(2), 597-606. doi:10.3758/s13423-016-1135-1