Publications | Björn Meder https://bmeder.org/publication/ Publications Source Themes Academic (https://sourcethemes.com/academic/)en-usWed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 img/map[gravatar:%!s(bool=false) shape:square] Publications https://bmeder.org/publication/ How spatial uncertainty in probabilistic weather forecasts shapes risk perception https://bmeder.org/publication/2026-04-01_gubernath_et_al_spatial_uncertainty_risk_perception/ Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://bmeder.org/publication/2026-04-01_gubernath_et_al_spatial_uncertainty_risk_perception/ Beyond model-free Pavlovian responding: a two-stage Pavlovian-instrumental transfer paradigm https://bmeder.org/publication/2026-03-09_wirth_et_al_beyond_model_free_pavlovian_responding/ Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://bmeder.org/publication/2026-03-09_wirth_et_al_beyond_model_free_pavlovian_responding/ Dopamine depletion in Parkinson’s increases directed but not random exploration https://bmeder.org/publication/2025-11-11_meder_et_al_dopamine_depletion_pd_exploration/ Tue, 11 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://bmeder.org/publication/2025-11-11_meder_et_al_dopamine_depletion_pd_exploration/ Causal analysis of absolute and relative risk reductions https://bmeder.org/publication/2025-09-03_meder_et_al_causal_analysis_risk_reductions/ Wed, 03 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://bmeder.org/publication/2025-09-03_meder_et_al_causal_analysis_risk_reductions/ Adaptive mechanisms of social and asocial learning in immersive collective foraging https://bmeder.org/publication/2025-04-25_wu_et_al-2025-social-learning/ Fri, 25 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://bmeder.org/publication/2025-04-25_wu_et_al-2025-social-learning/ Therapeutic use of cold atmospheric plasma for the treatment of mild acne papulopustulosa —- a randomized, controlled, double-blind pilot study https://bmeder.org/publication/2025-03-04_bae_et_al-2025/ Tue, 04 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://bmeder.org/publication/2025-03-04_bae_et_al-2025/ Exploring cognitive and social differences in children with and without imaginary companions https://bmeder.org/publication/2025-01-21_ziemann_et_al-2025-imaginary_companions/ Tue, 21 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://bmeder.org/publication/2025-01-21_ziemann_et_al-2025-imaginary_companions/ Unifying principles of generalization: past, present, and future https://bmeder.org/publication/2025-01-18_wu_et_al-2025-generalization/ Sat, 18 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://bmeder.org/publication/2025-01-18_wu_et_al-2025-generalization/ Developmental changes in exploration resemble stochastic optimization https://bmeder.org/publication/2023-08-17_giron_et_al-2023-development_optimization/ Thu, 17 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://bmeder.org/publication/2023-08-17_giron_et_al-2023-development_optimization/ Rapid-antigen testing for SARS-CoV-2 in Germany: Citizens’ selective granting of freedoms for negatively tested, vaccinated, recovered, and other citizens https://bmeder.org/publication/2023-04-27_rebitschek_et_al-2023-rapid_testing/ Thu, 27 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://bmeder.org/publication/2023-04-27_rebitschek_et_al-2023-rapid_testing/ (Why) Is misinformation a problem? https://bmeder.org/publication/2023-02-16_adams_et_al-2023-misinformation/ Thu, 16 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://bmeder.org/publication/2023-02-16_adams_et_al-2023-misinformation/ What makes a good query? Prospects for a comprehensive theory of human information acquisition https://bmeder.org/publication/2022-06-01-what_makes_a_good_query/ Wed, 01 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://bmeder.org/publication/2022-06-01-what_makes_a_good_query/ The Likelihood Difference Heuristic and binary test selection given situation-specific utilities https://bmeder.org/publication/2022-05-16_nelson_et_al-2022-likelihood_difference_heuristic/ Mon, 16 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://bmeder.org/publication/2022-05-16_nelson_et_al-2022-likelihood_difference_heuristic/ Developmental trajectories in the understanding of everyday uncertainty terms https://bmeder.org/publication/2022-04-25_meder-2022uncertaintyterm/ Mon, 25 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://bmeder.org/publication/2022-04-25_meder-2022uncertaintyterm/ Finding the (most efficient) way out of a maze is easier than asking (good) questions https://bmeder.org/publication/2022-03-30_swaboda-2022maze/ Wed, 30 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://bmeder.org/publication/2022-03-30_swaboda-2022maze/ People’s understanding of the concept of misinformation https://bmeder.org/publication/2022-03-18_osman_et_al-2022-misinformation/ Fri, 18 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://bmeder.org/publication/2022-03-18_osman_et_al-2022-misinformation/ Diagnostic causal reasoning https://bmeder.org/publication/2021-12-14_meder-2021diagnostic/ Tue, 14 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://bmeder.org/publication/2021-12-14_meder-2021diagnostic/ Development of directed and random exploration in children https://bmeder.org/publication/2021-02-04-directed__random_exploration_children/ Thu, 04 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://bmeder.org/publication/2021-02-04-directed__random_exploration_children/ Specialization and selective social attention establishes the balance between individual and social learning https://bmeder.org/publication/2021-01-02-specialization-and-selective-social-attention-establishes-the-balance-between-individual-and-social-learning/ Wed, 03 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://bmeder.org/publication/2021-01-02-specialization-and-selective-social-attention-establishes-the-balance-between-individual-and-social-learning/ Learning from behavioural changes that fail https://bmeder.org/publication/2020-10-28_osman_et_al_behaviouralchangesthatfail/ Wed, 28 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://bmeder.org/publication/2020-10-28_osman_et_al_behaviouralchangesthatfail/ Similarities and differences in spatial and non-spatial cognitive maps https://bmeder.org/publication/2020-01-01_wu-2020neurogrid/ Wed, 01 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://bmeder.org/publication/2020-01-01_wu-2020neurogrid/ Learning functions actively https://bmeder.org/publication/2020-08-28_jones-2019functions/ Sun, 01 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://bmeder.org/publication/2020-08-28_jones-2019functions/ Stepwise versus globally optimal search in children and adults https://bmeder.org/publication/2019-10-01-meder_2020stepwise/ Tue, 01 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://bmeder.org/publication/2019-10-01-meder_2020stepwise/ How should autonomous cars drive? A preference for defaults in moral judgments under risk and uncertainty https://bmeder.org/publication/2018-01-01_meder-2018av/ Tue, 01 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://bmeder.org/publication/2018-01-01_meder-2018av/ Searching for rewards like a child means less generalization and more directed exploration https://bmeder.org/publication/2019-01-01_schulz-2019kwg/ Tue, 01 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://bmeder.org/publication/2019-01-01_schulz-2019kwg/ Active function learning https://bmeder.org/publication/2018-01-01_jones-2018activecogsci/ Mon, 01 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://bmeder.org/publication/2018-01-01_jones-2018activecogsci/ Beyond the confines of choice architecture: A critical analysis https://bmeder.org/publication/2018-01-01_meder-2018choicearchitecture/ Mon, 01 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://bmeder.org/publication/2018-01-01_meder-2018choicearchitecture/ Connecting conceptual and spatial search via a model of generalization https://bmeder.org/publication/2018-01-01_wu-2018dq/ Mon, 01 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://bmeder.org/publication/2018-01-01_wu-2018dq/ Generalization guides human exploration in vast decision spaces https://bmeder.org/publication/2018-01-01_wu-2018grid/ Mon, 01 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://bmeder.org/publication/2018-01-01_wu-2018grid/ Generalized information theory meets human cognition: Introducing a unified framework to model uncertainty and information search https://bmeder.org/publication/2018-01-01_crupi-2018entropy/ Mon, 01 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://bmeder.org/publication/2018-01-01_crupi-2018entropy/ Towards a theory of heuristic and optimal planning for sequential information search https://bmeder.org/publication/2020-01-01_nelson-2018sequential/ Mon, 01 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://bmeder.org/publication/2020-01-01_nelson-2018sequential/ Asking better questions: How presentation formats influence information search https://bmeder.org/publication/2017-01-01_wu_2017turtle/ Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://bmeder.org/publication/2017-01-01_wu_2017turtle/ Diagnostic causal reasoning with verbal information https://bmeder.org/publication/2017-01-01_meder_2017verbal/ Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://bmeder.org/publication/2017-01-01_meder_2017verbal/ Diagnostic reasoning https://bmeder.org/publication/2017-01-01_meder-2017handbook/ Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://bmeder.org/publication/2017-01-01_meder-2017handbook/ Heuristics: fast, frugal, and smart https://bmeder.org/publication/2017-01-01_mousavi-2017vu/ Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://bmeder.org/publication/2017-01-01_mousavi-2017vu/ Informationssuche im Mathematikunterricht der Grundschule: Zahlenspiele und Fabelwesen als mögliches Lern-Lehrarrangement. [Information search in mathematics teaching in primary school: Number games and mythical creatures as a possible learning-teaching arrangement] https://bmeder.org/publication/2017-01-01_knauber-school/ Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://bmeder.org/publication/2017-01-01_knauber-school/ Mapping the unknown: The spatially correlated multi-armed bandit https://bmeder.org/publication/2017-01-01_wu-2017cogscibandit/ Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://bmeder.org/publication/2017-01-01_wu-2017cogscibandit/ Moral hindsight https://bmeder.org/publication/2017-01-01_fleischhut-2017moral/ Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://bmeder.org/publication/2017-01-01_fleischhut-2017moral/ Naïve and robust: Class-conditional independence in human classification learning https://bmeder.org/publication/2017-01-01_jarecki-2017cci/ Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://bmeder.org/publication/2017-01-01_jarecki-2017cci/ Nudging in der Primärprävention: Eine Übersicht und Perspektiven für Deutschland [The use of nudging for primary prevention: A review and perspectives for Germany] https://bmeder.org/publication/2017-01-01_krisam-2017jj/ Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://bmeder.org/publication/2017-01-01_krisam-2017jj/ Simple trees in complex forests: Growing Take The Best by approximate Bayesian computation https://bmeder.org/publication/2016-01-01_schulz-2016wy/ Fri, 01 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://bmeder.org/publication/2016-01-01_schulz-2016wy/ Transitive reasoning distorts induction in causal chains https://bmeder.org/publication/2015-01-01_vonsydow-2015fd/ Thu, 01 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://bmeder.org/publication/2015-01-01_vonsydow-2015fd/ Children's sequential information search is sensitive to environmental probabilities https://bmeder.org/publication/2014-01-01_nelson-2014children/ Wed, 01 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://bmeder.org/publication/2014-01-01_nelson-2014children/ Communicating relative risk changes with baseline risk: presentation format and numeracy matter https://bmeder.org/publication/2014-01-01-bodemer-2014risk/ Wed, 01 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://bmeder.org/publication/2014-01-01-bodemer-2014risk/ From causal models to sound heuristic inference https://bmeder.org/publication/2014-01-01_morais-2014causal/ Wed, 01 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://bmeder.org/publication/2014-01-01_morais-2014causal/ Homo heuristicus in the financial world: From risk management to managing uncertainty https://bmeder.org/publication/2014-01-01_neth-2014risk/ Wed, 01 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://bmeder.org/publication/2014-01-01_neth-2014risk/ Statistical thinking: No one left behind https://bmeder.org/publication/2014-01-01_meder-2014cg/ Wed, 01 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://bmeder.org/publication/2014-01-01_meder-2014cg/ Structure induction in diagnostic causal reasoning https://bmeder.org/publication/2014-01-01_meder-2014si/ Wed, 01 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://bmeder.org/publication/2014-01-01_meder-2014si/ Decision making in uncertain times: what can cognitive and decision sciences say about or learn from economic crises? https://bmeder.org/publication/2013-01-01_meder-2013trends/ Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://bmeder.org/publication/2013-01-01_meder-2013trends/ Repeated causal decision making https://bmeder.org/publication/2013-01-01_hagmayer-2013repeated/ Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://bmeder.org/publication/2013-01-01_hagmayer-2013repeated/ Sequential diagnostic reasoning with verbal information https://bmeder.org/publication/2013-01-01_meder-2013verbal/ Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://bmeder.org/publication/2013-01-01_meder-2013verbal/ The assumption of class-conditional independence in category learning https://bmeder.org/publication/2013-01-01_jarecki-2013cci/ Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://bmeder.org/publication/2013-01-01_jarecki-2013cci/ Information search with situation-specific reward functions https://bmeder.org/publication/2012-01-01_meder-2012wr/ Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://bmeder.org/publication/2012-01-01_meder-2012wr/ Category transfer in sequential causal learning: The unbroken mechanism hypothesis https://bmeder.org/publication/2011-01-01_hagmayer-2011mechanism/ Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://bmeder.org/publication/2011-01-01_hagmayer-2011mechanism/ How causal reasoning can bias empirical evidence https://bmeder.org/publication/2010-01-01_hagmayer-2010te/ Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://bmeder.org/publication/2010-01-01_hagmayer-2010te/ Observing and intervening: Rational and heuristic models of causal decision making https://bmeder.org/publication/2010-01-01_meder-2010open/ Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://bmeder.org/publication/2010-01-01_meder-2010open/ Spontaneous causal learning while controlling a dynamic system https://bmeder.org/publication/2010-01-01_hagmayer-2010spont/ Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://bmeder.org/publication/2010-01-01_hagmayer-2010spont/ The tight coupling between category and causal learning https://bmeder.org/publication/2010-01-01_waldmann-2010bu/ Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://bmeder.org/publication/2010-01-01_waldmann-2010bu/ A rational model of elemental diagnostic inference https://bmeder.org/publication/2009-01-01_meder-2009rational/ Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000 https://bmeder.org/publication/2009-01-01_meder-2009rational/ A transitivity heuristic of probabilistic causal reasoning https://bmeder.org/publication/2009-01-01_vonsydow-2009trans/ Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000 https://bmeder.org/publication/2009-01-01_vonsydow-2009trans/ Causal induction enables adaptive decision making https://bmeder.org/publication/2009-01-01_meder-2009causaldaptive/ Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000 https://bmeder.org/publication/2009-01-01_meder-2009causaldaptive/ The role of learning data in causal reasoning about observations and interventions https://bmeder.org/publication/2009-01-01_meder-2009el/ Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000 https://bmeder.org/publication/2009-01-01_meder-2009el/ Causal learning through repeated decision making https://bmeder.org/publication/2008-01-01_hagmayer-2008causal/ Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://bmeder.org/publication/2008-01-01_hagmayer-2008causal/ Inferring interventional predictions from observational learning data https://bmeder.org/publication/2008-01-01_meder-2008inferring/ Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://bmeder.org/publication/2008-01-01_meder-2008inferring/ Seeing versus doing: Causal Bayes nets as psychological models of causal reasoning https://bmeder.org/publication/2006-01-01_meder-2006thesis/ Sun, 01 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000 https://bmeder.org/publication/2006-01-01_meder-2006thesis/ Doing after seeing https://bmeder.org/publication/2005-01-01_meder-2005doing/ Sat, 01 Jan 2005 00:00:00 +0000 https://bmeder.org/publication/2005-01-01_meder-2005doing/