By Professor Ben Newell

Books

Newell BR; Shanks DR, 2023, Open Minded Searching for Truth about the Unconscious Mind, MIT Press

Newell BR; Lagnado DA; Shanks DR, 2022, Straight choices: The psychology of decision making, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003289890

Newell BR; Lagnado DA; Shanks DR, 2015, Straight choices: The psychology of decision making: Second edition, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315727080

Newell BR; Lagnado D; Shanks D, 2010, Straight Choices, Psychology Press, Hove, UK and New York, USA

Newell BR; Lagnado DA; Shanks DR, 2007, Straight choices: The psychology of decision making, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203960837

Book Chapters

Ghasemi O; Newell BR, 2025, 'Heuristics', in Elgar Encyclopedia of Behavioural and Experimental Economics, pp. 234 - 236, http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781802207736.00075

Ghasemi O; Newell BR, 2025, 'Intuition', in Elgar Encyclopedia of Behavioural and Experimental Economics, pp. 264 - 266, http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781802207736.00085

Westbrook JI; Seaman K; Wabe N; Raban MZ; Urwin R; Badgery-Parker T; Mecardo C; Mumford V; Nguyen AD; Root J; Balmer S; Waugh K; Pinto S; Burge B; Aldeguer E; Dunstan T; Jorgensen M; Gray L; Bucknall T; Etherton-Beer C; Newell B; Caughey G; Beattie E; Xenos K; Cumming A, 2024, 'Designing an Informatics Infrastructure for a National Aged Care Medication Roundtable', in , pp. 404 - 408, http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/SHTI230996

, 2023, '[ Front Matter ]', in , The MIT Press, pp. i - viii, http://dx.doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/14922.003.0001

, 2023, 'Feeling the Future; Precipitating a Crisis', in Open Minded, The MIT Press, pp. 119 - 128, http://dx.doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/14922.003.0012

, 2023, 'Moving, Deciding, and Free Will', in Open Minded, The MIT Press, pp. 17 - 40, http://dx.doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/14922.003.0005

, 2023, 'One, Two, or More? System(s) of Thinking', in Open Minded, The MIT Press, pp. 101 - 116, http://dx.doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/14922.003.0010

, 2023, 'Preface', in , The MIT Press, pp. ix - x, http://dx.doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/14922.003.0002

, 2023, 'Reclaiming the Science of the Mind', in Open Minded, The MIT Press, pp. 3 - 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/14922.003.0004

, 2023, 'Research Biases', in Open Minded, The MIT Press, pp. 129 - 146, http://dx.doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/14922.003.0013

, 2023, 'Research Reformed', in Open Minded, The MIT Press, pp. 147 - 164, http://dx.doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/14922.003.0014

, 2023, 'Rethinking Unconscious Bias', in Open Minded, The MIT Press, pp. 73 - 86, http://dx.doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/14922.003.0008

, 2023, 'The Leaking of Information', in Open Minded, The MIT Press, pp. 57 - 72, http://dx.doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/14922.003.0007

, 2023, 'The Mind Reclaimed?', in Open Minded, The MIT Press, pp. 165 - 180, http://dx.doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/14922.003.0015

, 2023, 'The Ripples of Activation', in Open Minded, The MIT Press, pp. 41 - 56, http://dx.doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/14922.003.0006

, 2023, 'Think, Blink, or Sleep On It?', in Open Minded, The MIT Press, pp. 87 - 100, http://dx.doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/14922.003.0009

Schulze C; Newell BR, 2017, 'Decision making under risk: An experience-based perspective', in International Handbook of Thinking and Reasoning, pp. 502 - 522

Newell BR, 2017, 'The anatomy of an unconscious decision', in Radman Z (ed.), Before Consciousness: In Search of Fundamentals of Mind, Imprint Academic, pp. 174 - 191

Newell BR, 2016, 'Decision making', in An Introduction to Applied Cognitive Psychology, pp. 197 - 221, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315732954-15

Newell BR; Schulze C, 2016, 'Probability Matching', in Pohl R (ed.), Cognitive Illusions, pp. 62 - 78

Newell BR, 2013, 'Judgment under Uncertainty', in Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Psychology, Oxford University Press, New York, pp. 602 - 615

Newell BR; Weston NJ; Shanks DR, 2011, 'Empirical Tests of a Fast-and-Frugal Heuristic: Not Everyone "Takes-the-Best"', in Heuristics the Foundations of Adaptive Behavior, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199744282.003.0018

Newell BR; Dunn JC; Kalish M, 2011, 'Chapter six Systems of Category Learning Fact or Fantasy?', in Advances in Research and Theory, Elsevier, pp. 167 - 215, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-385527-5.00006-1

Newell BR; Dunn J; Kalish M, 2011, 'Systems of category learning: Fact or fantasy?', in Psychology of Learning and Motivation - Advances in Research and Theory, Academic Press Inc, San Diego, CA, USA, pp. 167 - 215, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-385527-5.00006-1

Newell BR; Shanks D, 2007, 'Perspectives on the `tools` of decision-making', in Roberts MJ (ed.), Integrating the Mind, Psychology Press, East Sussex, U.K. and New York, USA, pp. 131 - 151

Taylor RP; Newell BR; Spehar B; Clifford C, 2005, 'Fractals: A resonance between art and nature', in Emmer M (ed.), Mathematics & Culture II - Visual perfection: Mathematics and Creativity, Springer Publishing Company, Berlin, pp. 53 - 64

Journal articles

Ghasemi O; Malavasi M; Ransom CA; Newell BR, 2026, 'A decade of weather anomalies and natural disasters and their influence on environmental beliefs and actions across Australia', Journal of Environmental Psychology, 110, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2026.102932

Newell BR; Bateman H; Dobrescu L; Embrey J; Nian R; Thorp S, 2025, 'Undefined benefit: Projections and anchors as guides to retirement decumulation', Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, 48, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbef.2025.101113

Schulze C; Aka A; Bartels DM; Bucher SF; Embrey JR; Gureckis TM; Häubl G; Ho MK; Krajbich I; Moore AK; Oettingen G; Ongchoco JDK; Oprea R; Reinholtz N; Newell BR, 2025, 'A timeline of cognitive costs in decision-making', Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 29, pp. 827 - 839, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2025.04.004

Ghasemi O; Cologna V; Mede NG; Stanley SK; Strahm N; Ross R; Alfano M; Kerr JR; Marques MD; Berger S; Besley JC; Brick C; Joubert M; Maibach E; Mihelj S; Newell BR; Oreskes N; Schäfer MS, 2025, 'Gaps in public trust between scientists and climate scientists: a 68 country study', Environmental Research Letters, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/add1f9

Szollosi A; Wang-Ly N; Newell BR, 2025, 'Nudges for people who think', Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 32, pp. 1131 - 1141, http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13423-024-02613-1

Bovingdon B; Cheesman P; Grant D; Joseph P; Michael A; Moffitt S; Mortlock T; Mullins G; Newell BR; Papas M, 2025, 'Climate risk and response: Generating an industry-informed, future-focused, research agenda', Australian Journal of Management, 50, pp. 291 - 311, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/03128962251326088

Liu Y; Newell BR; Lee JE; Hayes BK, 2025, 'Examining the Relationship Between Early Experience, Selective Attention, and the Formation of Learning Traps', Cognitive Science, 49, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cogs.70070

Ghasemi O; Harris AJL; Newell BR, 2025, 'From preference shifts to information leaks: Examining Individuals' sensitivity to information leakage in the framing effect', Cognition, 258, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2025.106087

Vanunu Y; Newell BR, 2025, 'The impact of sampling bias on preferences for skewed distributions in decisions from experience', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 122, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2418336122

Embrey JR; Mason A; Donkin C; Newell BR, 2025, 'On-Task Errors Drive Effort Avoidance More Than Opportunity Costs', Journal of Experimental Psychology General, 154, pp. 1916 - 1938, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/xge0001752

Neal T; Newell BR; Pitman A, 2025, 'Reconsidering the macroeconomic damage of severe warming', Environmental Research Letters, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/adbd58

Thoma AI; Newell BR; Schulze C, 2025, 'Emerging Adaptivity in Probability Learning: How Young Minds and the Environment Interact', Journal of Experimental Psychology General, 154, pp. 1523 - 1544, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/xge0001747

Ghasemi O; Malavasi M; Ransom C; Newell B, 2025, 'Ten Years of Extreme Weather Events and Their Influence on Climate Beliefs and Behaviours Across Australia', , http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-14756

Hurlstone MJ; White B; Newell BR, 2025, 'Threshold uncertainty, early warning signals and the prevention of dangerous climate change', Royal Society Open Science, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.240425

Osborn Popp PJ; Newell BR; Bartels DM; Gureckis TM, 2025, 'Can Cognitive Discovery Be Incentivized With Money?', Journal of Experimental Psychology General, 154, pp. 1025 - 1037, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/xge0001682

Newell B; Ghasemi O, 2025, 'Evaluating the Impact of Climate Risk Scores on Property Purchase Decisions', , http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-13476

Ghasemi O; Almasi M; Khaki M; Fallahi F; Solhirad M; Newell BR, 2025, 'Exposure to individual climate solutions does not reduce support for systemic solutions: a cross-cultural study in Australia and Iran', Behavioural Public Policy, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/bpp.2025.10021

Mason A; Szollosi A; Newell BR, 2025, 'Learning the Lie of the Land: How People Construct Mental Representations of Distributions', Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition, 51, pp. 515 - 525, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/xlm0001402

O E; Camilleri AR; Newell BR, 2025, 'The Impact of Climate Literacy and Financial Literacy on Consumer Willingness to Decarbonise', Australasian Marketing Journal, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14413582251368421

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