Overview
Availability
- Dr Nathan Evans is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Newcastle
Research interests
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Moving beyond response time and choice in models of decision-making
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Methods for efficiently fitting complex cognitive models
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Improving model-based inference in cognitive science
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Selective influence assumptions in models of decision-making
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Applying models of decision-making to practical research questions
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Urgency and the time-course of decision-making
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Identifiability concerns in models of decision-making
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Model-based inference in conflict tasks
Works
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2024
Journal Article
The value of error-correcting responses for cognitive assessment in games
Markovitch, Benny, Evans, Nathan J. and Birk, Max V. (2024). The value of error-correcting responses for cognitive assessment in games. Scientific Reports, 14 (1) 20657. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-71762-z
2024
Journal Article
Potential mental health-related harms associated with the universal screening of anxiety and depressive symptoms in Australian secondary schools
Braund, Taylor A., Baker, Simon T. E., Subotic-Kerry, Mirjana, Tillman, Gabriel, Evans, Nathan J., Mackinnon, Andrew, Christensen, Helen and O’Dea, Bridianne (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) 46. doi: 10.1186/s13034-024-00734-y
2024
Journal Article
Beyond discrete-choice options
Rasanan, Amir Hosein Hadian, Evans, Nathan J., Fontanesi, Laura, Manning, Catherine, Huang-Pollock, Cynthia, Matzke, Dora, Heathcote, Andrew, Rieskamp, Jörg, Speekenbrink, Maarten, Frank, Michael J., Palminteri, Stefano, Lucas, Christopher G., Busemeyer, Jerome R., Ratcliff, Roger and Rad, Jamal Amani (2024). Beyond discrete-choice options. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 28 (9), 857-870. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2024.07.004
2024
Journal Article
EXPRESS: uncovering the cognitive mechanisms underlying the gaze cueing effect
Alister, Manikya, McKay, Kate, Sewell, David and Evans, Nathan (2024). EXPRESS: uncovering the cognitive mechanisms underlying the gaze cueing effect. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 77 (4), 803-827. doi: 10.1177/17470218231181238
2024
Book Chapter
Response time and accuracy modeling through the lens of fractional dynamics
Hadian Rasanan, Amir Hosein, Evans, Nathan J., Rieskamp, Jörg and Amani Rad, Jamal (2024). Response time and accuracy modeling through the lens of fractional dynamics. Computation and modeling for fractional order systems. (pp. 1-27) London, United Kingdom: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-44-315404-1.00006-0
2024
Journal Article
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. (2024). 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
2023
Journal Article
An extension of the shifted Wald model of human response times: Capturing the time dynamic properties of human cognition: Trial-varying Wald model
Howard, Zachary L., Fox, Elizabeth L., Evans, Nathan J., Loft, Shayne and Houpt, Joseph (2023). An extension of the shifted Wald model of human response times: Capturing the time dynamic properties of human cognition: Trial-varying Wald model. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 31 (3), 1-21. doi: 10.3758/s13423-023-02418-8
2023
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
2023
Journal Article
Interference and attentional switching in aging
Schumann, Chris A., Evans, Nathan J. and Robinson, Gail A. (2023). Interference and attentional switching in aging. Neuropsychology, 38 (1), 81-95. doi: 10.1037/neu0000919
2023
Journal Article
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
2023
Journal Article
Does allowing for changes of mind influence initial responses?
Taylor, Grant J., Nguyen, Augustine T. and Evans, Nathan J. (2023). Does allowing for changes of mind influence initial responses?. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 31 (3), 1-13. doi: 10.3758/s13423-023-02371-6
2023
Journal Article
Inclusion Bayes factors for mixed hierarchical diffusion decision models
Boehm, Udo, Evans, Nathan J., Gronau, Quentin F., Matzke, Dora, Wagenmakers, Eric-Jan and Heathcote, Andrew J. (2023). Inclusion Bayes factors for mixed hierarchical diffusion decision models. Psychological Methods, 29 (4), 625-655. doi: 10.1037/met0000582
2022
Journal Article
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
2022
Journal Article
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
2022
Journal Article
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
2022
Journal Article
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
2021
Journal Article
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
2021
Journal Article
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
2021
Journal Article
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
2021
Journal Article
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
Funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
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- Available for supervision
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Available projects
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Beyond Response Time and Choice: Understanding Changes of Mind in Decisions
The project aims to provide novel experimental insight into how people change their minds during decisions, through identifying the cognitive architecture that reflects the behaviour that we observe from people. The project provides a substantially deeper understanding of the cognitive decision process and how it changes over time, as opposed to previous research focusing on only the final response that people make. The expected outcome is a comprehensive understanding of the human decision process through cognitive models that provide an accurate reflection of this mental process.
Note that there is a UQ earmarked PhD scholarship available for this project.
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