Working Papers
Embrey, J. R., Moore, A. M., Ursu, R. M., & Bartels, D. (in prep) Complexity costs in consumer search
Embrey, J. R., Otto, A. R., & Bartels, D. (in prep) Error sensitivity underlies apparent effort costs
Embrey, J. R. & Krefeld-Schwalb, A. (under review) Cognitive ability affects the coherence between preference estimates. Preprint
Journal Publications
Newell, B.R,. Bateman, H., Dobrescu, L., Embrey, J. R., Nian, R., & Thorp, S., (2025) Undefined benefit: Projections and anchors as guides to retirement decumulation. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance Preprint
Embrey, J. R. & Inzlicht, M. (2025) Are metabolic costs needed to explain cognitive fatigue? Trends in Cognitive Sciences. Article
Embrey, J. R., Salim, J., Garner, K., & Watson, P. (2025) Modelling Pavlovian Bias in Depressed and Healthy Adolescents. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
Schulze, C., Aka, A., Bartels, D. M., Bucher, S. F., Embrey, J. R., Gureckis, T. M., Haeubl, G., Ho, M. K., Krajbich, I., Moore, A. K., Oettingen, G., Ongchoco, J. D. K., Oprea, R., Reinholtz, N., & Newell, B. R. (2025) A Timeline of Cognitive Costs in Decision Making. Trends in Cognitive Sciences View Article
Embrey, J. R., Mason, A., Donkin, C., & Newell, B. R. (2025) On-task errors drive effort avoidance more than opportunity costs. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General View Article
Embrey, J. R., Mason, A., & Newell, B. R. (2024) Too hard, too easy, or just right? The effect of context on effort and boredom aversion. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. Advance Online Publication View Article
Embrey, J. R., Li, A. X., Liew, S. X., & Newell, B. R. (2024). The effect of non-instrumental information on reward learning. Memory & Cognition. Advance Online Publication. View Article
Embrey, J. R., Donkin, C., & Newell, B. R. (2023). Is all mental effort equal? The role of cognitive demand-type on effort avoidance. Cognition, 236, 105440 View Article
Liew, S., Embrey, J. R., & Newell, B, R. (2023). The non-unitary nature of information preference. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 30, 1966-1974 View Article
Liew, S., Embrey, J. R., Navarro, D., & Newell, B. R. (2023). Comparing anticipation and uncertainty-penalty accounts of non-instrumental information seeking. Decision, 10(3), 247-267 View Article
Conference Papers
Embrey, J. R., Donkin, C., & Newell, B. (2022). Does mental effort avoidance depend on the ‘type of effort’? Proceedings of the 44th annual conference of the cognitive science society, 44, 2803-2809.
Embrey, J. R., Liew, S. X., Ghai, I., & Newell, B. (2021). The effect of uncertainty and outcome probability on non-instrumental information seeking. Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, 43, 1257-1263.
Embrey, J. R., Liew, S. X., Navarro, D., & Newell, B. R. (2020). Do you want to know a secret? The role of valence and delay in early information preference. Proceedings of the 42nd annual conference of the cognitive science society, 42, 273-279.
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