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2026

Between law and conscience: Act legality shapes moral evaluation

Kara-Yakoubian, M., Fugelsang, J. A., & Walker, A. C. (2026)

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. Link >> View PDF >>

The emotional cost of political engagement

Walker, A. C., Son, J. Y., Teoh, Y. Y., & FeldmanHall, O. (In Press)

Emotion. Link >> View PDF >>

Everyone I don't like is biased: Affective evaluations and the bias blind spot

Walker, A. C., Collins, R. N., Walker, H. E. K., Fugelsang, J. A., & Mandel, D. R. (In Press)

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. Link >> View PDF >>

Testing the causal impact of social media usage around the globe

Rathje, S., Asimovic, N., Venture, T., Mughal, S., Karsting, H., Robertson, C. E., ... Walker, A. C., ... Van Bavel, J. J. (Stage 1 In Principle Acceptance of Registered Report). Nature.

Predicting progress: Intellectual humility and accuracy forecasts of global welfare

Grossmann, I., Rudnev, M., Clark, C. Diep, P., Elnakouri, A., Walker, A. C., Izydorczak, K., & Tetlock, P. E. (Invited Resubmission)

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Statistical reasoning regarding possible adverse outcomes of vaccination

Walker, A. C., Gretton, J. D., Meyers, E. A., van der Valk, A. M., Fugelsang, J. A., & Koehler, D. J. (Invited Resubmission)

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The morality of partiality: How relationship expectations shape moral evaluations

Gasimova, Z., Aggarwal, A. S., Fugelsang, J. A., & Walker, A. C. (Under Review)

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Judging my-side versus thy-side: Meta-forecasting accuracy predicts forecasting accuracy in the political domain

Ng, P. H. S., Walker, A. C., Collins, R. N., Fugelsang, J. A., Oakes, H., Walker, H. E. K., & Mandel, D. R. (Under Review)

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2025

Partisan language in a polarized world: In-group language provides reputational benefits to speakers while polarizing audiences

Walker, A. C., Fugelsang, J. A., & Koehler, D. J. (2025)

Cognition. Link >> View PDF >>

Disclosing sample bias fails to fully correct judgments of partisan extremity

van der Valk, A. M., Walker, A. C., Fugelsang, J. A., & Koehler, D. J. (2025)

Cognition. Link >> View PDF >>

2023

Using icon arrays to communicate gambling information reduces the appeal of scratch card games

Walker, A. C., Stange, M., Dixon, M. J., Fugelsang, J. A., & Koehler, D. J. (2023)

Journal of Gambling Studies. Link >> View PDF >>

Push outcomes bias perceptions of scratch card games

Walker, A. C., Stange, M., Dixon, M. J., Fugelsang, J. A., & Koehler, D. J. (2023) 

Journal of Gambling Studies. Link >> View PDF >>

Social and moral psychology of COVID-19 across 69 countries

Azevedo, F., Pavlovic, T., Rego, G. G., Ay, F. C., Gjoneska, B., Etienne, T., ... Walker, A. C., ... Sampaio, W. M. (2023)

Scientific Data. Link >>

2022

Hypothesized drivers of the bias blind spot: Cognitive sophistication, introspection bias, and conversational processes

Mandel, D. R., Collins, R. C., Walker, A. C., Fugelsang, J. A., & Risko, E. F. (2022)

Judgment and Decision Making. Link >> View PDF >>

National identity predicts public health support during a global pandemic

Van Bavel, J. J., Cichocka, A., Capraro, V., Sjastad, H., Nezlek, J. B., Pavlovic, T., … Walker, A. C., … Boggio, P. S. (2022)

Nature Communications. Link >> View PDF >>

Predicting attitudinal and behavioral responses to COVID-19 pandemic using machine learning

Pavlovic, T., Azevedo, F., De, K., Riano-Moreno, J. C., Maglic, M., Gkinopoulos, T., … Walker, A. C., … Van Bavel, J. J. (2022)

PNAS Nexus. Link >> View PDF >>

Culture as a moderator of epistemically suspect beliefs

Majima, Y., Walker, A. C., Turpin, M. H., & Fugelsang, J. A. (2022)

Frontiers in Psychology. Link >> View PDF >>

Beauty and truth, truth and beauty: Chiastic structure increases the subjective accuracy of statements

Kara-Yakoubian, M., Walker, A. C., Sharpinskyi, K., Assadourian, G., Fugelsang, J. A., & Harris, R. (2022)

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology. Link >>

2021

Controlling the narrative: Euphemistic language affects judgments of actions while avoiding perceptions of dishonesty

Walker, A. C., Turpin, M. H., Meyers, E. A., Stolz, J. A., Fugelsang, J. A., & Koehler, D. J. (2021)

Cognition. Link >> View PDF >>

Better the two devils you know, than the one you don’t: Predictability influences moral judgments of immoral actors

Walker, A. C.*, Turpin, M. H.*, Fugelsang, J. A, & Białek, M. (2021)

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. Link >> View PDF >>

* Equal Contribution

The search for predictable moral partners: Predictability and moral (character) preferences

Turpin, M. H.*, Walker, A. C.*, Fugelsang, J. A., Sorokowski, P., Grossmann, I., & Białek, M. (2021)

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. Link >> View PDF >>

* Equal Contribution

Unclaimed prize information increases the appeal of scratch card games

Stange, M., Walker, A. C., Fugelsang, J. A., Koehler, D. J., & Dixon, M. J. (2021)

International Gambling Studies. Link >>

A brief forewarning intervention overcomes negative effects of salient changes in COVID-19 guidance

Gretton, J. D., Meyers, E. A., Walker, A. C., Fugelsang, J. A., & Koehler, D. J. (2021) 

Judgment and Decision Making. Link >> View PDF >>

Bullshit ability as an honest signal of intelligence

Turpin, M. H.*, Kara-Yakoubian, M.*, Walker, A. C., Walker, H. E. K., Fugelsang, J. A., & Stolz, J. A. (2021)

Evolutionary Psychology. Link >> View PDF >>

* Equal Contribution

Improving the public’s perception of autonomous vehicles by communicating the consistency of autonomous vehicle algorithms

Walker, H. E. K., Walker, A. C., Muda, R., Turpin, M. H., Trick, L. M., Fugelsang, J. A., & Białek, M. (2021)

Proceedings of the 30th Annual Canadian Association of Road Safety Professionals / 14th Annual La Prevéntion Routière Internationale Joint Conference. View PDF >>

2020

Foreign language does not affect gambling-related judgments

Muda, R.*, Walker, A. C.*, Pienkosz, D., Fugelsang, J. A., & Białek, M. (2020)

Journal of Gambling Studies. Link >>

* Equal Contribution

The environmental malleability of base rate neglect

Turpin, M. H., Meyers, E. A., Walker, A. C., Białek, M., Stolz, J. A., & Fugelsang, J. A. (2020)

Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. Link >> View PDF >>

Reducing the number of non-naïve participants in Mechanical Turk samples

Meyers, E. A., Walker, A. C., Fugelsang, J. A., & Koehler, D. J. (2020)

Methods in Psychology. Link >> View PDF >>

2019

Bullshit makes the art grow profounder

Turpin, M. H., Walker, A. C., Kara-Yakoubian, M., Gabert, N. N., Fugelsang, J. A., & Stolz, J. A. (2019)

Judgment and Decision Making. Link >> View PDF >>

Graphical depiction of statistical information improves gambling-related judgments

Walker, A. C., Stange, M., Dixon, M. J., Koehler, D. J., & Fugelsang, J. A. (2019)

Journal of Gambling Studies. Link >> View PDF >>

Finding meaning in the clouds: Illusory pattern perception predicts receptivity to pseudo-profound bullshit

Walker, A. C., Turpin, M. H., Stolz, J. A., Fugelsang, J. A., & Koehler, D. J. (2019)

Judgment and Decision Making. Link >> View PDF >>

Intuition speed as a predictor of choice and confidence in point spread predictions

Walker, A. C., Turpin, M. H., Fugelsang, J. A., & Koehler, D. J. (2019)

Judgment and Decision Making. Link >> View PDF >>

2018

Exploring relationships between problem gambling, scratch card gambling, and individual differences in thinking style

Stange, M., Walker, A. C., Koehler, D. J., Fugelsang, J. A., & Dixon, M. J. (2018)

Journal of Behavioral Addictions. Link >> View PDF >>

Unclaimed prize information biases perceptions of winning in scratch card gambling

Walker, A. C., Stange, M., Fugelsang, J. A., Koehler, D. J., & Dixon, M. J. (2018)

Journal of Gambling Studies. Link >> View PDF >>

2017

Dual-task interference effects on cross-modal numerical order and sound intensity judgments: The more the louder? 

Alards-Tomalin, D., Walker, A. C., Nepon, H., & Leboe-McGowan, L. C. (2017)

The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. Link >>

2016

Numerical context and time perception: Contrast effects and the perceived duration of numbers

Alards-Tomalin, D., Walker, A. C., Kravetz, A., & Leboe-McGowan, L. C. (2016)

Perception. Link >>

2015

Is 9 louder than 1? Audiovisual cross-model interactions between number magnitude and judged sound loudness

Alards-Tomalin, D., Walker, A. C., Shaw, J. D. M., & Leboe-McGowan, L. C. (2015)

Acta Psychologica. Link >>

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