Bio

1. the computational mechanisms underpinning effortful choice;
2. applying theories of judgements and decision-making to large-scale, real-world, consumer data.

Recent Media

Psychology Today. Images of Thin Models May Be Distorting Our Sense of Reality. [Article].
 
PsyPost.org. New research suggests a basic cognitive mechanism underlies the normalization of thin female bodies.[Post].
 
Under the Cortex. Underweight and Overexposed: How Women’s Perceptions of Thinness Are Distorted. [Podcast].

In Revision

Devine, S., da Silva Castanheira, K., Fleming, S. M., & Otto, A. R. (2023). Distinguishing between Intrinsic and Instrumental Sources of the Value of Choice. Cognition. Preprint. [Data + Code].
 
Devine, S., Roy, M., Beierholm, U., Otto, A.R. (2023). Proximity to Rewards Modulates Parameters of Effortful Control Exertion. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. Preprint. [Data + Code].
 
Devine, S., Otto, A. R., Uanhoro, J. O., & Flake, J. K. (2022). Approaches for Quantifying the ICC in Multilevel Logistic Models: A Didactic Demonstration. Collabra: Psychology. Preprint. [Code].

Under Review

Devine, S., James Goulding, John Harvey, Anya Skatova^† & A. Ross Otto^†. (2023). Decoy Effects in the Wild: Evidence for (and Constraints on) Attraction Effects in Real-World Consumer Choices. Psychological Science. Preprint.
 
Levari., D., Mastroianni, A.M., Verrey, J.J., Gim, I., Devine, S., Gilbert, D.T. (2023). Costly task takeovers in human performance. Science.
 
Devine, S., Falk, C. F., & Fujimoto, K. A. (2023). Comparing the Accuracy of Three Predictive Information Criteria for Bayesian Linear Multilevel Model Selection. Multivariate Behavioral Research. Preprint. [Data + Code].
 
Devine, S., Germain, N., Kasprzyk, A., Eppinger, B. (2023). Changes in The Prevalence of Muscular, but Not Thin Bodies, Bias Young Men’s Judgments About Body Size. Journal of Men and Masculinity. Preprint. [Data + Code].

2023

Devine, S., Vassena, E., & Otto, A. R. (2023). More than a Feeling: Physiological Measures of Affect Index the Integration of Effort Costs and Rewards During Effortful Decision-Making. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13415-023-01095-3.[Data + Code].

2022

Otto, A.R, Devine, S., Bornstein, A.M., Louie, K (2022). Context-dependent choice and evaluation in real-world consumer behavior. Scientific Reports, 12, 17744. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-22416-5. [Data + Code].
 
Devine, S., Neumann, C., Levari, D., Eppinger, B. (2022). Human Ageing is Associated with More Rigid Concept Spaces. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-022-02197-8. [Data + Code].
 
Devine, S., Germaine, N., Elrich, S., & Eppinger, B. Changes in The Prevalence Of Thin Bodies Biases Young Women's Judgements about Body Size. (2022). Psychological Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/09567976221082941 https://doi.org/10.1177/09567976221082941. [Data + Code].
 
Devine, S. & Otto, A.R. (2022). Information about task progress modulates cognitive demand avoidance. Cognition (255). 105107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2022.105107. [Data + Code].

2021

Devine, S., Neumann, C., Otto, A.R., Bolenz, F., Reiter, A., Eppinger, B. (2021). Seizing the opportunity: Lifespan differences in the effects of the opportunity cost of time on cognitive control, Cognition (216). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2021.104863. [Data].
 
Ruel, A., Devine, S., & Eppinger, B. (2021). Resource-rational approach to meta-control problems across the lifespan. Wiley Interdisciplinary Review of Cognitive Science, e1556. https://doi.org/10.1002/wcs.1556.

2020

Devine, S., Bautista Perpinya, M., Delrue, V., Gaillard, S., Jorna, T. F. K., Meer, M. van der, Millett, L., Pozzebon, C., Visser, J. (2020). Science Fails. Let’s Publish. Journal of Trial and Error, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.36850/ed1.

Tutorials

(March, 2022) Introduction to Bayesian statistics for Psychologists. Presented to students from Concordia University.
 
(October, 2021) Introduction to Maximum Likelihood Estimation for Psychological Models. Presented to students from Concordia University, McGill University, and TU Dresden.
 
(June-July 2021) Multilevel Modeling: Basic and Advanced Topics. Presented to students from Concordia University, McGill University, and TU Dresden.
 
(April 2020) Programming Experiments Online Using jsPsych. Presented to Concordia University and TU Dresden Cognition Labs.
 
(April 2020) Python for Psychologists. Presented to Concordia University students.
 
(October 2019) Designing Psychological Experiments Using PsychoPy. Presented to Concordia University Students.

Fun facts

• I have a cat named Neil who I love very much, pictured at the top of the page, visible to the eye, but apparently not the poorly optimized model.
• I once told the same joke, every day, for 365 days, in a row, on the internet.

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