Papers

Forthcoming

Powell, D. & Nair, S. (Accepted). Bayesian confirmation and commonsense notions of evidential strength. Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society.

Orchinik, R., Dubey, R., Gershman, S., Powell, D., & Bhui, R. (Accepted). Learning About Scientists from Climate Consensus Messaging. Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society.

Powell, D. (Accepted). Comparing probabilistic models of probability judgment. Computational Brain & Behavior. https://psyarxiv.com/2bk6f/

Papers and conference proceedings

Powell, D., Weisman, K. & Markman, E.M. (2022). Modeling and leveraging intuitive theories to improve vaccine attitudes. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. https://psyarxiv.com/r3znw/

Powell, D. (2022). A descriptive Bayesian account of optimism in belief revision. Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. PDF Github

Schotsch, B. & Powell, D. (2022). Understanding intuitive theories of climate change. Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. PDF Github

Mikell, J. & Powell, D. (2022). Does mere exposure to ideas encourage belief in them?. Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. PDF Github

Powell, D., Lin, B. & Markman, E. M. (2020). When intents to educate can misinform: Inadvertent paltering through violations of communicative norms. PLoS ONE, 15(5), e0230360. Link

Powell, D., Weisman, K., & Markman, E. M. (2018). Articulating lay theories through graphical models: A study of beliefs surrounding vaccination decisions. Proceedings of the 40th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. PDF Github

Powell, D., Keil, M., Brenner, D., Lim, L., & Markman, E. M. (2018). Misleading Health Consumers Through Violations of Communicative Norms: A Case Study of Online Diabetes Education. Psychological Science, 29(7), 1104–1112. PDF

Powell, D., Horne, Z. (2018). Expectations bias judgments of harm against others. Proceedings of the 40th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. PDF Github

Powell, D., Yu, J., DeWolf, M., & Holyoak, K. J. (2017). The love of large numbers: A popularity bias in consumer choice. Psychological Science, 28(10), 1432-1442. PDF Altmetric

Powell, D., & Horne, Z. (2017). Moral severity is represented as a domain-general magnitude. Experimental Psychology, 64, 142-147.

Holyoak, K. J., & Powell, D. (2016). Deontological Coherence: A framework for commonsense moral reasoning. Psychological Bulletin, 142(11), 1179-1203. PDF

Horne, Z., & Powell, D. (2016). How large is the role of emotion in moral judgment? PLoS ONE, 11(7), e0154780. Link

Pritschet, L., Powell, D., & Horne, Z. (2016). Marginally significant effects as evidence for hypotheses: Changing attitudes over four decades. Psychological Science, 27(7), 1036-1042. PDF Altmetric

Powell, D., Merrick, M. A., Lu, H., & Holyoak, K. J. (2016). Causal competition based on generic priors. Cognitive Psychology. 86, 62-86. PDF

Powell, D., Waldmann, M. R., & Cheng, P. W. (2016). How should autonomous vehicles behave in moral dilemmas? Human judgments reflect abstract moral principles. Proceedings of the 38th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.

Horne, Z., Powell, D., Hummel, J. E., & Holyoak, K. J. (2015). Reply to Betsch et al.: Highlightingrisks of diseases shifts vaccine attitudes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 112, E6727.

Horne, Z., Powell, D., Hummel, J. E., & Holyoak, K. J. (2015). Countering antivaccination attitudes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 112(33), 10321-10324. PDF Altmetric

Horne, Z., Powell, D., & Hummel, J. E. (2015). A single counterexample leads to moral belief revision. Cognitive Science, 39(8), 1950-1964. PDF

Powell, D., Horne, Z., Pinillos, N. A., & Holyoak, K. J. (2015). A Bayesian framework for knowledge attribution: Evidence from semantic integration. Cognition, 139(92), 92-104. PDF

Powell, D., Merrick, A., Lu, H., & Holyoak, K. J. (2014). Generic priors yield competition between independently-occurring preventive causes. Proceedings of the 36th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society. PDF

Homa, D., Powell, D., & Ferguson, R. (2013). Array training in a categorization task. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 67(1), 45-59. PDF

Horne, Z., Powell, D. & Spino, J. (2013). Belief updating in moral dilemmas. Review of Philosophy and Psychology, 4, 705-714. PDF

Powell, D., Merrick, A., Lu, H., & Holyoak, K. J. (2013). Generic priors yield competition between independently-occurring causes. Proceedings of the 35th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society. PDF

Horne, Z., & Powell, D. (2013). More than a feeling: When emotions don’t predict moral judgments. Proceedings of the 35th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society. PDF

Powell, D., Horne, Z., Pinillos, A., & Holyoak, K. J. (2013). Justified true belief triggers false recall of “knowing.” Proceedings of the 35th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society. PDF

Chapters

Powell, D., Horne, Z., & Pinillos, A. (2013). Semantic integration as a method for investigating concepts. In J. Beebe (Ed.), Advances in Experimental Epistemology. London: Bloomsbury Academic.