Publications

Fact-checking election-campaign misinformation: Impacts on noncommitted voters’ feelings and behavior

Prike, T., Baker, J., & Ecker, U. K. H. (2024). Fact-checking election-campaign misinformation: Impacts on noncommitted voters’ feelings and behavior. Political Psychology, 00(1-20). https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.13059

Source-credibility information and social norms improve truth discernment and reduce engagement with misinformation online

Prike, T., Butler, L. H., & Ecker, U. K. H. (2024). Source-credibility information and social norms improve truth discernment and reduce engagement with misinformation online. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 6900. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-57560-7

Intellectual humility is associated with greater misinformation discernment and metacognitive insight but not response bias

Prike, T., Holloway, J., & Ecker, U. K. H. (2024). Intellectual humility is associated with greater misinformation discernment and metacognitive insight but not response bias. Advances.in/Psychology, 2, e020433. https://doi.org/10.56296/aip00025

Investigating immersion and migration decisions for agent-based modelling: A cautionary tale

Bijak, J., Modirrousta-Galian, A., Higham, P., Prike, T., Hinsch, M., & Nurse, S. (2024). Investigating immersion and migration decisions for agent-based modelling: A cautionary tale [version 3; peer review: 3 approved, 1 approved with reservations]. Open Research Europe, 3(34). https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.15581.3

(Mis)Information Game: A social media simulator

Butler, L. H., Lamont, P., Wan, D. L. Y., Prike, T., Nasim, M., Walker, B., Fay, N., & Ecker, U. K. H. (2024). The (Mis)Information Game: A social media simulator. Behavior Research Methods, 56(3), 2376–2397. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-023-02153-x

Nudge-based misinformation interventions are effective in information environments with low misinformation prevalence

Butler, L. H., Prike, T., & Ecker, U. K. H. (2024). Nudge-based misinformation interventions are effective in information environments with low misinformation prevalence. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 11495. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-62286-7

Don’t believe them! Reducing misinformation influence through source discreditation

Ecker, U. K. H., Prike, T., Paver, A. B., Scott, R. J., & Swire-Thompson, B. (2024). Don’t believe them! Reducing misinformation influence through source discreditation. Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 9(1), 52. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41235-024-00581-7

The Influence of Age on the Effectiveness of Misinformation Retractions

McIlhiney, P., Prike, T., & Ecker, U. (2024). The Influence of Age on the Effectiveness of Misinformation Retractions. OSF. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/rh6vf

Exploring the potential of using a text-based game to inform simulation models of risky migration decisions

Modirrousta-Galian, A., Prike, T., Higham, P., Hinsch, M., Nurse, S., Belabbas, S., & Bijak, J. (2024). Exploring the potential of using a text-based game to inform simulation models of risky migration decisions. Simulation & Gaming. https://doi.org/10.1177/10468781241242925

Countering AI-Generated Misinformation With Pre-Emptive Source Discreditation and Debunking

Spearing, E. R., Prike, T., Swire-Thompson, B., Lewandowsky, S., & Ecker, U. (2024). Countering AI-Generated Misinformation With Pre-Emptive Source Discreditation and Debunking. OSF. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/bp5y7

Simulation studies of social systems: Telling the story based on provenance patterns

Wilsdorf, P., Reinhardt, O., Prike, T., Hinsch, M., Bijak, J., & Uhrmacher, A. M. (2024). Simulation studies of social systems: Telling the story based on provenance patterns. Royal Society Open Science, 11(8), 240258. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.240258

Examining the replicability of backfire effects after standalone corrections

Prike, T., Blackley, P., Swire-Thompson, B., & Ecker, U. K. H. (2023). Examining the replicability of backfire effects after standalone corrections. Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 8(1), 39. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41235-023-00492-z

Effective correction of misinformation

Prike, T., & Ecker, U. K. H. (2023). Effective correction of misinformation. Current Opinion in Psychology, 54, 101712. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2023.101712

Would I lie to you? Party affiliation is more important than Brexit in processing political misinformation

Prike, T., Reason, R., Ecker, U. K. H., Swire-Thompson, B., & Lewandowsky, S. (2023). Would I lie to you? Party affiliation is more important than Brexit in processing political misinformation. Royal Society Open Science, 10(2), 220508. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.220508

Best practices for ethical conduct of misinformation research: A scoping review and critical commentary

Greene, C. M., de Saint Laurent, C., Murphy, G., Prike, T., Hegarty, K., & Ecker, U. K. H. (2023). Best practices for ethical conduct of misinformation research: A scoping review and critical commentary. European Psychologist, 28(3), 139–150. https://doi.org/10.1027/1016-9040/a000491

Open Science, Replicability, and Transparency in Modelling

Prike, T. (2022). Open Science, Replicability, and Transparency in Modelling. In J. Bijak (Ed.), Towards Bayesian Model-Based Demography: Agency, Complexity and Uncertainty in Migration Studies (pp. 175–183). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-83039-7_10

How safe is this trip? Judging personal safety in a pandemic based on information from different sources

Prike, T., Bijak, J., Higham, P. A., & Hilton, J. (2022). How safe is this trip? Judging personal safety in a pandemic based on information from different sources. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 28, 509–524. https://doi.org/10.1037/xap0000415

The Boundaries of Cognition and Decision Making

Prike, T., Higham, P. A., & Bijak, J. (2022). The Boundaries of Cognition and Decision Making. In J. Bijak (Ed.), Towards Bayesian Model-Based Demography: Agency, Complexity and Uncertainty in Migration Studies (pp. 93–112). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-83039-7_6

Bayesian Model-Based Approach: Impact on Science and Policy

Bijak, J., Hinsch, M., Nurse, S., Prike, T., & Reinhardt, O. (2022). Bayesian Model-Based Approach: Impact on Science and Policy. In J. Bijak (Ed.), Towards Bayesian Model-Based Demography: Agency, Complexity and Uncertainty in Migration Studies (pp. 155–174). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-83039-7_9

Migration Decision-Making and Its Key Dimensions

Czaika, M., Bijak, J., & Prike, T. (2021). Migration Decision-Making and Its Key Dimensions. The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 697(1), 15–31. https://doi.org/10.1177/00027162211052233

Teaching a Modeling Process: Reflections From An Online Course

Bijak, J., Hilton, J., Hinsch, M., Lipscombe, K., Nurse, S., Prike, T., Smith, P. W. F., Reinhardt, O., Uhrmacher, A. M., Higham, P. A., & Grow, A. (2021). Teaching a Modeling Process: Reflections From An Online Course. 2021 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1109/WSC52266.2021.9715415

The relationship between anomalistic belief, misperception of chance and the base rate fallacy

Prike, T., Arnold, M. M., & Williamson, P. (2020). The relationship between anomalistic belief, misperception of chance and the base rate fallacy. Thinking & Reasoning, 26(3), 447–477. https://doi.org/10.1080/13546783.2019.1653371

Modelling Migration: Decisions, Processes and Outcomes

Bijak, J., Higham, P. A., Hilton, J., Hinsch, M., Nurse, S., Prike, T., Smith, P. W. F., Reinhardt, O., & Uhrmacher, A. M. (2020). Modelling Migration: Decisions, Processes and Outcomes. 2020 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC), 2613–2624. https://doi.org/10.1109/WSC48552.2020.9384072

The relationship between anomalistic belief and biases of evidence integration and jumping to conclusions

Prike, T., Arnold, M. M., & Williamson, P. (2018). The relationship between anomalistic belief and biases of evidence integration and jumping to conclusions. Acta Psychologica, 190, 217–227. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2018.08.006

Psychics, aliens, or experience? Using the Anomalistic Belief Scale to examine the relationship between type of belief and probabilistic reasoning

Prike, T., Arnold, M. M., & Williamson, P. (2017). Psychics, aliens, or experience? Using the Anomalistic Belief Scale to examine the relationship between type of belief and probabilistic reasoning. Consciousness and Cognition, 53, 151–164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2017.06.003

No pain no gain: The positive impact of punishment on the strategic regulation of accuracy

Arnold, M. M., Chisholm, L. M., & Prike, T. (2016). No pain no gain: The positive impact of punishment on the strategic regulation of accuracy. Memory, 24(2), 146–153. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2014.990982

Comparative difficulty and the strategic regulation of accuracy: The impact of test-list context on monitoring and meta-metacognition

Arnold, M. M., & Prike, T. (2015). Comparative difficulty and the strategic regulation of accuracy: The impact of test-list context on monitoring and meta-metacognition. Acta Psychologica, 157, 155–163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2015.02.018