Publications

Submitted papers

Vrantsidis, T.H., Voodla, A., Sabbagh, K. (submitted). Reward Prediction Errors, Not Expectations Or Outcomes, Drive Emotional Valence.
[Preprint]

Vrantsidis, T. H. (submitted). Simplicity is Used to Promote Accuracy (vs. Efficiency) in Explanation Evaluations.
[Preprint]

Vrantsidis, T. H. (submitted). Re-Evaluating the Role of Simplicity in Explanation Evaluations.
[Preprint] [Supplementary Materials + OSF]

Vrantsidis, T. H. & Cunningham, W. A. (submitted). When and Why are Social Categories Overused Relative to Individuating Information? A Bayesian Approach to Identifying Biases in Impression Formation Processes.
[Preprint]

Vrantsidis, T. H. & Cunningham, W. A. (submitted). Immoral stereotype, or acceptable generalization? Beliefs about stereotypes shape their moral evaluation and use.
[Preprint]

Selected publications

Vrantsidis, T.H., Lombrozo, T. Inside Ockham’s razor: A mechanism driving preferences for simpler explanations. Mem Cogn (2024). https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-024-01604-w
[PDF] [Supplementary Materials] [OSF]

Vrantsidis, T., & Lombrozo, T. (2022). Simplicity as a Cue to Probability: Multiple roles for Simplicity in Evaluating Explanations. Cognitive Science , 46 (7), e13169.
[PDF] [Supplementary Materials] [OSF] [Slides]

Vrantsidis, T. H. & Cunningham, W. A. (2021). The Effect of First-Hand and Second-Hand Knowledge on Perceived Group Homogeneity and Certainty about Stereotype-Based Inferences. Social Cognition. 39(4), 457-488.
[PDF] [CogSci Paper] [OSF] [Poster]