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Professor Miroslav Sirota

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Department of Psychology
Professor Miroslav Sirota

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Biography

I obtained my PhD from Comenius University (Slovakia). Before moving to the United Kingdom, I worked as a statistician for research companies and held a teaching fellow position. I conducted my post-doctoral research at the University of Hertfordshire and King's College London. Before joining our department in 2015, I was briefly a lecturer at Kingston University. I am coordinating activities of the Antimicrobials: Behaviour and Cognition (ABC) Network, a network of researchers and other stakeholders interested in the role human behaviours play in spreading antimicrobial resistance (https://www.a-bc.network/). I serve on the editorial board of several journals (e..g, the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, Judgment and Decision-Making). I also serve as a member of the Study Selection Committee of the Psychological Science Accelerator, an international network of psychological laboratories across the world aiming to conduct large-scale pre-registered studies. My collaborators and I have secured over 20 grants, amounting to an overall value of over £3.6 million, from funders such as the British Academy, the National Institute for Health Research, Cancer Research UK, EU Horizon 2020, the Experimental Psychology Society, and the Leverhulme Trust.

Qualifications

  • PhD.

  • MSc.

Research and professional activities

Research interests

In my research, I am trying to understand how people judge, reason, and make decisions in situations of uncertainty.

My current research interests are centred on two key topics: (i) exploring the reasons and mechanisms behind why individuals do or do not correct their errors, and (ii) examining the psychology of human behaviours and cognition in relation to antimicrobial resistance.

Why people expect antibiotics even when not needed?

Open to supervise

Risk and probability communication

Open to supervise

Why people (do not) correct their own errors in judgments and reasoning (e.g., intuitive and deliberate errors, effect of feedback)

Open to supervise

Teaching and supervision

Current teaching responsibilities

  • Decision making science in theory and practice (PS512)

  • MSc Psychology Research Project (PS900)

  • Research Methods in Psychology (PS954)

Previous supervision

Andriana Theodoropoulou
Andriana Theodoropoulou
Thesis title: Using Signal Detection Theory to Understand People’S Antibiotic Expectations
Degree subject: Psychology
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 16/7/2024
Kelly Wolfe
Kelly Wolfe
Thesis title: Age Differences in Risk-Taking Behaviour: The Role of Risk Preference and Cognitive Ability.
Degree subject: Psychology
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 1/7/2021
Andriana Theodoropoulou
Andriana Theodoropoulou
Degree subject: Research Methods in Psychology
Degree type: Master of Science
Awarded date: 7/10/2020
Dawn Holford
Dawn Holford
Thesis title: Integrating Dual-Process and Pragmatic Theories for the Processing of Verbal and Numerical Food Quantifiers
Degree subject: Psychology
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 15/1/2020
Alistair Thorpe
Alistair Thorpe
Thesis title: The Role of Information in the Reduction of Clinically Inappropriate Expectations of Antibiotics
Degree subject: Psychology
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 30/10/2019

Publications

Journal articles (96)

Gross, R., Sievert, EDC., Korn, L., Juanchich, M., Sirota, M., Betsch, C. and Böhm, R., (2025). . JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance. 7 (2), dlaf034-

Juanchich, M., Whiley, LA. and Sirota, M., (2024). . Journal of Behavioral Decision Making. 37 (1)

Sirota, M., Navarrete, G. and Juanchich, M., (2024). . Cognition. 245, 105722-105722

Sirota, M., (2024). . JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance. 6 (1), dlae018-

Juanchich, M., Oakley, CM., Sayer, H., Holford, DL., Bruine de Bruin, W., Booker, C., Chadborn, T., Vallee-Tourangeau, G., Wood, R. and Sirota, M., (2024). . Health Psychology. 43 (10), 718-729

Sirota, M. and Juanchich, M., (2024). . Communications Medicine. 4 (1), 141-

Findor, A., Hruška, M., Gould, JA., Hlatky, R., Tomková, Z. and Sirota, M., (2023). . Journal of Homosexuality. 70 (4), 729-753

Buchanan, EM., Lewis, SC., Hanel, PHP., Chiu, F., Sirota, M. and et al, (2023). . Scientific Data. 10 (1)

Sobkow, A., Sirota, M. and Olszewska, A., (2023). . Journal of Behavioral Decision Making. 36 (2)

Juanchich, M., Sirota, M. and Halvor Teigen, K., (2023). . Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 76 (11), 2629-2649

Buchanan, EM., Lewis, SC., Paris, B., Forscher, PS., Pavlacic, JM., Beshears, JE., Drexler, SM., Gourdon-Kanhukamwe, A., ..., Gross, JJ., de Holanda Coelho, GL., Hanel, PHP., Sirota, M., ... and Primbs, MA., (2023). The Psychological Science Accelerator’s COVID-19 rapid-response dataset. Scientific Data. 10 (1), 87-

Sirota, M., Juanchich, M. and Holford, DL., (2023). . Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. 152 (7), 2052-2073

Byrd, N., Joseph, B., Gongora, G. and Sirota, M., (2023). . Journal of Intelligence. 11 (4), 76-76

Holford, D., Fasce, A., Hanel, PHP., Sirota, M. and et al, (2023). . Science Communication. 45 (4), 539-554

Huber, C., Dreber, A., Huber, J., Johannesson, M., Kirchler, M., Weitzel, U., Abellán, M., Adayeva, X., Ay, FC., Barron, K., Berry, Z., Bönte, W., Brütt, K., Bulutay, M., Campos-Mercade, P., Cardella, E., Claassen, MA., Cornelissen, G., Dawson, IGJ., Delnoij, J., Demiral, EE., Dimant, E., Doerflinger, JT., Dold, M., Emery, C., Fiala, L., Fiedler, S., Freddi, E., Fries, T., Gasiorowska, A., Glogowsky, U., M. Gorny, P., Gretton, JD., Grohmann, A., Hafenbrädl, S., Handgraaf, M., Hanoch, Y., Hart, E., Hennig, M., Hudja, S., Hütter, M., Hyndman, K., Ioannidis, K., Isler, O., Jeworrek, S., Jolles, D., Juanchich, M., Pratap KC, R., Khadjavi, M., Kugler, T., Li, S., Lucas, B., Mak, V., Mechtel, M., Merkle, C., Meyers, EA., Mollerstrom, J., Nesterov, A., Neyse, L., Nieken, P., Nussberger, A., Palumbo, H., Peters, K., Pirrone, A., Qin, X., Rahal, RM., Rau, H., Rincke, J., Ronzani, P., Roth, Y., Saral, AS., Schmitz, J., Schneider, F., Schram, A., Schudy, S., Schweitzer, ME., Schwieren, C., Scopelliti, I., Sirota, M., Sonnemans, J., Soraperra, I., Spantig, L., Steimanis, I., Steinmetz, J., Suetens, S., Theodoropoulou, A., Urbig, D., Vorlaufer, T., Waibel, J., Woods, D., Yakobi, O., Yilmaz, O., Zaleskiewicz, T., Zeisberger, S. and Holzmeister, F., (2023). . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120 (23), e2215572120-

Sirota, M., (2023). . Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 46, e141-

Juanchich, M., Sirota, M. and Holford, DL., (2023). . Medical Decision Making. 43 (7-8), 835-849

Sirota, M., Habersaat, KB., Betsch, C., Bonga, DL., Borek, A., Buckel, A., Butler, R., Byrne-Davis, L., Caudell, M., Charani, E., Geiger, M., Gross, M., Hart, J., Kostopoulou, O., Krockow, EM., Likki, T., Lo Fo Wong, D., Santana, AP., Sievert, EDC., Theodoropoulou, A., Thorpe, A., Wanat, M. and Böhm, R., (2023). . Nature Human Behaviour. 8 (1), 11-13

Schaerer, M., du Plessis, C., Nguyen, MHB., van Aert, RCM., Tiokhin, L., Lakens, D., Giulia Clemente, E., Pfeiffer, T., Dreber, A., Johannesson, M., Clark, CJ. and Luis Uhlmann, E., (2023). On the trajectory of discrimination: A meta-analysis and forecasting survey capturing 44 years of field experiments on gender and hiring decisions. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. 179, 104280-104280

Holford, DL., Juanchich, M. and Sirota, M., (2022). . Journal of Behavioral Decision Making. 35 (1)

Holford, DL., Sirota, M. and Juanchich, M., (2022). . Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied. 28 (3), 486-508

Bago, B., Kovacs, M., Protzko, J., Kekecs, Z., Nagy, T., Hoekstra, R., Li, M., Musser, ED., Arvanitis, A., Iones, MT., Bayrak, F., Papadatou-Pastou, M., Belaus, A., Storage, D., Thomas, AG., Buchanan, EM., Becker, B., Baskin, E., Kendrick, K., Sirota, M., Lynds, TM., Calvillo, DP., Mensink, MC., Zezelj, I., Wagge, JR., Röer, JP., Vaughn, LA., Reyna, C., Wood, S., Adamkovic, M., Brown, BT., Lu, JG., Liu, X., Gill, T., Gollwitzer, M., Magraw-Mickelson, Z., Batres, C., Hristova, E., Grinberg, M., Marcu, GM., Mackinnon, SP., Frank, D-A., Bialek, M., Wilton, LS., Parzuchowski, M., Kocalar, HE., Burak, EGD., Solas, SÁ., Evans, TR., Levitan, C., Paruzel-Czachura, M., Findor, A., Shane-Simpson, C., Puvia, E., Vally, Z., Vadillo, MA., Zein, RA., Lantian, A., Czoschke, S., Carnes, N., Peters, KO., Fiedler, S., Lazarevic, LB., Milfont, TL., Celniker, J., Wlodarczyk, A., Chopik, WJ., Stephen, ID., Shi, J., fei, X., Owsley, NC., Li, Y., Feldman, G., Dixson, B., Mitkidis, P., Lalot, F., Mirisola, A., Zheng, X., Quiamzade, A., Tiede, KE., Fleischmann, A., Rutjens, BT., Becker, M., Purić, D., Tonkovic, M., Dumačić, F., Lins, S., Zhang, DC., Reips, U-D., Gordon-Finlayson, AR., Harris, EA., McLatchie, N., Yoon, S., Lange, EB., Matibag, C-J., Hudson, CA., Stevens-Wilson, LJ., Tunstead, LV., West, S-L., Reinero, DA., Batalha, L., Clancy, RF., Castille, CM., Szekely-Copîndean, RD., Karimi-Malekabadi, F., Olsen, J., Kaminski, G., Twardawski, M., Schild, C., Ścigała, KA., Kačmár, P., Stieger, S., Mattiassi, A., Bilancini, E., Lenz, JN., Moeini-Jazani, M., Pärnamets, P., Sternisko, A., Ochoa, D., Jokic, B., Hidding, J., Leliveld, MC., Perez, CC., Yilmaz, O., Kühberger, A., Steffens, NK., Alper, S., Albalooshi, S., Eudave Ramos, L., Susa, KJ., Schmidt, K., Voracek, M., Ghossainy, ME., Barzykowski, K., Adamus, S., Hartanto, A., GRATON, A., Jaeger, B., Moreau, D., Sievers, E., Goh, JX., Boudesseul, J., Lammers, J., Paterlini, J., Rybus, K., Szostak, N., Huskey, R., Janssen, SMJ., Lima, TJS., Gjoneska, B., Chartier, CR., Primbs, M., Ross, RM., Dutra, NB. and Aczel, B., (2022). . Nature Human Behaviour. 6 (6), 880-895

Legate, N., Nguyen, T-VT., Hanel, PHP., Holford, DL., Sirota, M., Chiu, F. and et al, (2022). . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119 (22), e2111091119-e2111091119

Bago, B., Kovacs, M., Protzko, J., Nagy, T., Kekecs, Z., Palfi, B., Adamkovic, M., Adamus, S., Albalooshi, S., Albayrak-Aydemir, N., Alfian, IN., Alper, S., Alvarez-Solas, S., Alves, SG., Amaya, S., Andresen, PK., Anjum, G., Ansari, D., Arriaga, P., Aruta, JJBR., Arvanitis, A., Babincak, P., Barzykowski, K., Bashour, B., Baskin, E., Batalha, L., Batres, C., Bavolar, J., Bayrak, F., Becker, B., Becker, M., Belaus, A., Białek, M., Bilancini, E., Boller, D., Boncinelli, L., Boudesseul, J., Brown, BT., Buchanan, EM., Butt, MM., Calvillo, DP., Carnes, NC., Celniker, JB., Chartier, CR., Chopik, WJ., Chotikavan, P., Chuan-Peng, H., Clancy, RF., Çoker, O., Correia, RC., Adoric, VC., Cubillas, CP., Czoschke, S., Daryani, Y., de Grefte, JAM., de Vries, WC., Burak, EGD., Dias, C., Dixson, BJW., Du, X., Dumančić, F., Dumbravă, A., Dutra, NB., Enachescu, J., Esteban-Serna, C., Eudave, L., Evans, TR., Feldman, G., Felisberti, FM., Fiedler, S., Findor, A., Fleischmann, A., Foroni, F., Francová, R., Frank, D-A., Fu, CHY., Gao, S., Ghasemi, O., Ghazi-Noori, A-R., Ghossainy, ME., Giammusso, I., Gill, T., Gjoneska, B., Gollwitzer, M., Graton, A., Grinberg, M., Groyecka-Bernard, A., Harris, EA., Hartanto, A., Hassan, WANM., Hatami, J., Heimark, KR., Hidding, JJJ., Hristova, E., Hruška, M., Hudson, CA., Huskey, R., Ikeda, A., Inbar, Y., Ingram, GPD., Isler, O., Isloi, C., Iyer, A., Jaeger, B., Janssen, SMJ., Jiménez-Leal, W., Jokić, B., Kačmár, P., Kadreva, V., Kaminski, G., Karimi-Malekabadi, F., Kasper, ATA., Kendrick, KM., Kennedy, BJ., Kocalar, HE., Kodapanakkal, RI., Kowal, M., Kruse, E., Kučerová, L., Kühberger, A., Kuzminska, AO., Lalot, F., Lamm, C., Lammers, J., Lange, EB., Lantian, A., Lau, IY-M., Lazarevic, LB., Leliveld, MC., Lenz, JN., Levitan, CA., Lewis, SC., Li, M., Li, Y., Li, H., Lima, TJS., Lins, S., Liuzza, MT., Lopes, P., Lu, JG., Lynds, T., Máčel, M., Mackinnon, SP., Maganti, M., Magraw-Mickelson, Z., Magson, LF., Manley, H., Marcu, GM., Seršić, DM., Matibag, C-J., Mattiassi, ADA., Mazidi, M., McFall, JP., McLatchie, N., Mensink, MC., Miketta, L., Milfont, TL., Mirisola, A., Misiak, M., Mitkidis, P., Moeini-Jazani, M., Monajem, A., Moreau, D., Musser, ED., Narhetali, E., Ochoa, DP., Olsen, J., Owsley, NC., Özdoğru, AA., Panning, M., Papadatou-Pastou, M., Parashar, N., Pärnamets, P., Paruzel-Czachura, M., Parzuchowski, M., Paterlini, JV., Pavlacic, JM., Peker, M., Peters, K., Piatnitckaia, L., Pinto, I., Policarpio, MR., Pop-Jordanova, N., Pratama, AJ., Primbs, MA., Pronizius, E., Purić, D., Puvia, E., Qamari, V., Qian, K., Quiamzade, A., Ráczová, B., Reinero, DA., Reips, U-D., Reyna, C., Reynolds, K., Ribeiro, MFF., Röer, JP., Ross, RM., Roussos, P., Ruiz-Dodobara, F., Ruiz-Fernandez, S., Rutjens, BT., Rybus, K., Samekin, A., Santos, AC., Say, N., Schild, C., Schmidt, K., Ścigała, KA., Sharifian, M., Shi, J., Shi, Y., Sievers, E., Sirota, M., Slipenkyj, M., Solak, Ç., Sorokowska, A., Sorokowski, P., Söylemez, S., Steffens, NK., Stephen, ID., Sternisko, A., Stevens-Wilson, L., Stewart, SLK., Stieger, S., Storage, D., Strube, J., Susa, KJ., Szekely-Copîndean, RD., Szostak, NM., Takwin, B., Tatachari, S., Thomas, AG., Tiede, KE., Tiong, LE., Tonković, M., Trémolière, B., Tunstead, LV., Türkan, BN., Twardawski, M., Vadillo, MA., Vally, Z., Vaughn, LA., Verschuere, B., Vlašiček, D., Voracek, M., Vranka, MA., Wang, S., West, S-L., Whyte, S., Wilton, LS., Wlodarczyk, A., Wu, X., Xin, F., Yadanar, S., Yama, H., Yamada, Y., Yilmaz, O., Yoon, S., Young, DM., Zakharov, I., Zein, RA., Zettler, I., Žeželj, IL., Zhang, DC., Zhang, J., Zheng, X., Hoekstra, R. and Aczel, B., (2022). Publisher Correction: Situational factors shape moral judgements in the trolley dilemma in Eastern, Southern and Western countries in a culturally diverse sample. Nature Human Behaviour. 6 (6), 897-898

Sirota, M., Thorpe, A. and Juanchich, M., (2022). . Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition. 11 (4), 587-597

Dorison, C., Lerner, JS., Heller, BH., Rothman, A., Kawachi, II., Wang, K., Rees, VW., Gill, BP., Gibbs, N., Hanel, PHP., Sirota, M., Chiu, F., Holford, DL., Theodoropoulou, A., Coles, NA. and et al, (2022). . Affective Science. 3 (3), 577-602

Sirota, M., Theodoropoulou, A. and Juanchich, M., (2021). . Thinking and Reasoning. 27 (1), 142-159

Sirota, M., Dewberry, C., Juanchich, M., Valuš, L. and Marshall, A., (2021). . Journal of Behavioral Decision Making. 34 (3), 322-343

Thorpe, A., Sirota, M., Orbell, S. and Juanchich, M., (2021). . British Journal of Psychology. 112 (3), 804-827

Jones, BC., DeBruine, LM., Flake, JK., Liuzza, MT., Antfolk, J., Arinze, NC., Ndukaihe, ILG., Bloxsom, NG., Lewis, SC., Foroni, F., Willis, ML., Cubillas, CP., Vadillo, MA., Turiegano, E., Gilead, M., Simchon, A., Saribay, SA., Owsley, NC., Jang, C., Mburu, G., Calvillo, DP., Wlodarczyk, A., Qi, Y., Ariyabuddhiphongs, K., Jarukasemthawee, S., Manley, H., Suavansri, P., Taephant, N., Stolier, RM., Evans, TR., Bonick, J., Lindemans, JW., Ashworth, LF., Hahn, AC., Chevallier, C., Kapucu, A., Karaaslan, A., Leongómez, JD., Sánchez, OR., Valderrama, E., Vásquez-Amézquita, M., Hajdu, N., Aczel, B., Szecsi, P., Andreychik, M., Musser, ED., Batres, C., Hu, C-P., Liu, Q-L., Legate, N., Vaughn, LA., Barzykowski, K., Golik, K., Schmid, I., Stieger, S., Artner, R., Mues, C., Vanpaemel, W., Jiang, Z., Wu, Q., Marcu, GM., Stephen, ID., Lu, JG., Philipp, MC., Arnal, JD., Hehman, E., Xie, SY., Chopik, WJ., Seehuus, M., Azouaghe, S., Belhaj, A., Elouafa, J., Wilson, JP., Kruse, E., Papadatou-Pastou, M., De La Rosa-Gómez, A., González-Santoyo, I., Hsu, T., Kung, C-C., Wang, H-H., Freeman, JB., Oh, D., Schei, V., Sverdrup, TE., Levitan, CA., Cook, CL., Chandel, P., Kujur, P., Parganiha, A., Parveen, N., Pati, AK., Pradhan, S., Singh, MM., Pande, B., Bavolar, J., Kačmár, P., Zakharov, I., Álvarez-Solas, S., Baskin, E., Thirkettle, M., Schmidt, K., Christopherson, CD., Leonis, T., Suchow, JW., Olofsson, JK., Jernsäther, T., Lee, A-S., Beaudry, JL., Gogan, TD., Oldmeadow, JA., Balas, B., Stevens, LM., Colloff, MF., Flowe, HD., Gülgöz, S., Brandt, MJ., Hoyer, K., Jaeger, B., Ren, D., Sleegers, WWA., Wissink, J., Kaminski, G., Floerke, VA., Urry, HL., Chen, S-C., Pfuhl, G., Vally, Z., Basnight-Brown, DM., Ijzerman, H., Sarda, E., Neyroud, L., Badidi, T., Van der Linden, N., Tan, CBY., Kovic, V., Sampaio, W., Ferreira, P., Santos, D., Burin, DI., Gardiner, G., Protzko, J., Schild, C., Ścigała, KA., Zettler, I., O'Mara Kunz, EM., Storage, D., Wagemans, FMA., Saunders, B., Sirota, M., Sloane, GV., Lima, TJS., Uittenhove, K., Vergauwe, E., Jaworska, K., Stern, J., Carvalho, L., Ask, K., van Zyl, CJJ., Körner, A., Weissgerber, SC., Boudesseul, J., Ruiz-Dodobara, F., Ritchie, KL., Michalak, NM., Blake, KR., White, D., Gordon-Finlayson, AR., Anne, M., Janssen, SMJ., Lee, KM., Nielsen, TK., Tamnes, CK., Zickfeld, JH., Dalla Rosa, A., Vianello, M., Kocsor, F., Kozma, L., Putz, Á., Tressoldi, P., Irrazabal, N., Chatard, A., Lins, S., Pinto, IR., Lutz, J., Adamkovic, M., Babincak, P., Baník, G., Ropovik, I., Coetzee, V., Dixson, BJW., Ribeiro, G., Peters, K., Steffens, NK., Tan, KW., Thorstenson, CA., Fernandez, AM., Hsu, RMCS., Valentova, JV., Varella, MAC., Corral-Frías, NS., Frías-Armenta, M., Hatami, J., Monajem, A., Sharifian, MH., Frohlich, B., Lin, H., Inzlicht, M., Alaei, R., Rule, NO., Lamm, C., Pronizius, E., Voracek, M., Olsen, J., Mac Giolla, E., Akgoz, A., Özdoğru, AA., Crawford, MT., Bennett-Day, B., Koehn, MA., Okan, C., Ansari, D., Gill, T., Miller, JK., Dunham, Y., Yang, X., Alper, S., Borras-Guevara, ML., Cai, SJ., Tiantian, D., Danvers, AF., Feinberg, DR., Armstrong, MM., Gilboa- Schechtman, E., McCarthy, RJ., Muñoz-Reyes, JA., Polo, P., Shiramazu, VKM., Yan, W-W-J., Forscher, PS., Chartier, CR. and Coles, NA., (2021). . Nature Human Behaviour. 5 (1), 159-169

Medvedeva, A., Saw, R., Silvestri, C., Sirota, M., Fuggetta, G. and Galli, G., (2021). . Brain Stimulation. 14 (3), 564-570

Holford, DL., Juanchich, M., Foulsham, T., Sirota, M. and Clarke, ADF., (2021). . Judgment and Decision Making. 16 (4), 969-1009

Wolfe, K., Sirota, M. and Clarke, ADF., (2021). . Royal Society Open Science. 8 (9), 201445-

Juanchich, M., Sirota, M., Jolles, D. and Whiley, LA., (2021). . European Journal of Social Psychology. 51 (6), 969-989

Wang, K., Goldenberg, A., Hanel, PHP., Holford, DL., Sirota, M., Chiu, F. and et al, (2021). . Nature Human Behaviour. 5 (8), 1089-1110

Liu, D., Juanchich, M., Sirota, M. and Orbell, S., (2021). . Thinking and Reasoning. 27 (1), 69-96

Juanchich, M. and Sirota, M., (2020). . Psychological Research. 84 (8), 2325-2338

Landy, J., Jia, M., Ding, I., Viganola, D., Tierney, W., Dreber, A., Johanneson, M., Pfeiffer, T., Ebersole, C., Gronau, Q., Ly, A., Bergh, DVD., Marsman, M., Derks, K., Wagenmakers, E-J., Proctor, A., Bartels, D., Bauman, C., Brady, W., Cheung, F., Cimpian, A., Dohle, S., Donnellan, B., Hahn, A., Hall, M., Jimenez-Leal, W., Johnson, D., Lucas, R., Monin, B., Montealegre, A., Mullen, E., Pang, J., Ray, J., Reinero, D., Reynolds, J., Sowden, W., Storage, D., Su, R., Tworek, C., Bavel, JV., Walco, D., Wills, J., Xu, X., Yam, KC., Yang, X., Cunningham, W., Schweinsberg, M., Urwitz, M., Adamkovic, M., Alaei, R., Albers, C., Allard, A., Anderson, I., Andreychik, M., Babincak, P., Baker, B., Banik, G., Baskin, E., Bavolar, J., Berkers, R., Bialek, M., Blanke, J., Breuer, J., Brizi, A., Brown, S., Bruhlmann, F., Bruns, H., Caldwell, L., Campercy, J-F., Chan, E., Chang, Y-P., Cheung, B., Chin, A., Cho, K., Columbus, S., Conway, P., Corretti, C., Craig, A., Curran, P., Danvers, A., Dawson, I., Day, M., Dietl, E., Doerflinger, J., Domenici, A., Dranseika, V., Edelsbrunner, P., Edlund, J., Fisher, M., Fung, A., Genschow, O., Gnambs, K., Goldberg, M., Graf-Vlachy, L., Hafenbrack, A., Hafenbradl, S., Hartanto, A., Heck, P., Heffner, J., Hilgard, J., Holzmeister, F., Horchak, O., Huang, T., Huffmeier, J., Hughes, S., Hussey, I., Imhoff, R., Jaeger, B., Jamro, K., Johnson, S., Jones, A., Keller, L., Kombeiz, O., Krueger, L., Lantian, A., Laplante, J., Lazarevic, L., Leclerc, J., Legate, N., Leonhardt, J., Leung, D., Levitan, C., Lin, H., Liu, Q., Liuzza, M., Locke, K., Ly, A., MacEacheron, M., Madan, C., Manley, H., Mari, S., Martoncik, M., McLean, S., McPhetres, J., Mercier, B., Michaels, C., Mullarkey, M., Musser, E., Nalborczyk, L., Nilsonne, G., Otis, N., Otner, S., Otto, P., Oviedo-Trespalacios, O., Paruzel-Czachura, M., Pellegrini, F., Pereira, V., Perfecto, H., Pfuhl, G., Phillips, M., Plonsky, O., Pozzi, M., Puric, D., Raymond-Barker, B., Redman, D., Reynolds, C., Ropovik, I., Roseler, L., Ruessmann, J., Ryan, W., Sablaturova, N., Schuepfer, K., Schutz, A., Sirota, M., Stefan, M., Stocks, E., Strosser, G., Suchow, J., Szabelska, A., Tey, K., Teokhin, L., Troian, J., Utesch, T., Vasquez-Echevarria, A., Vaughn, LA., Verschoor, M., Helverson, BV., Wallisch, P., Weissgerber, S., Wichman, A., Woike, J., Zezelj, I., Zickfield, J., Ahn, Y., Blaettchen, P., Kang, X., Lee, YJ., Parker, P., Parker, P., Song, J., Very, M-A., Wong, L. and Uhlmann, E., (2020). . Psychological Bulletin. 146 (5), 451-479

Juanchich, M., Sirota, M. and Bonnefon, J-F., (2020). . Journal of Behavioral Decision Making. 33 (4), 427-443

Juanchich, M. and Sirota, M., (2020). . Applied Cognitive Psychology. 34 (2), 526-534

Thorpe, A., Sirota, M., Juanchich, M. and Orbell, S., (2020). . British Journal of Health Psychology. 25 (2), 358-376

Liu, D., Juanchich, M., Sirota, M. and Orbell, S., (2020). . Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 73 (4), 481-494

Juanchich, M., Shepherd, TG. and Sirota, M., (2020). . Climatic Change. 162 (3), 1677-1698

Liu Xiaodan, D., Juanchich, M. and Sirota, M., (2020). . Acta Psychologica. 208, 103088-103088

Thorpe, A., Sirota, M., Juanchich, M. and Orbell, S., (2020). . Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied. 26 (3), 422-431

Juanchich, M., Sirota, M. and Bonnefon, J-F., (2019). . Journal of Behavioral Decision Making. 32 (2), 179-193

Sirota, M. and Juanchich, M., (2019). . Medical Decision Making. 39 (1), 32-40

Galli, G., Vadillo, MA., Sirota, M., Feurra, M. and Medvedeva, A., (2019). . Brain Stimulation. 12 (2), 231-241

Juanchich, M. and Sirota, M., (2019). . Journal of Cognitive Psychology. 31 (1), 116-129

Walasek, L., Juanchich, M. and Sirota, M., (2019). . Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 82, 35-46

Løhre, E., Juanchich, M., Sirota, M., Teigen, KH. and Shepherd, TG., (2019). . Weather, Climate and Society. 11 (3), 565-575

Clarke, RM., Paterson, P. and Sirota, M., (2019). . Vaccine. 37 (20), 2712-2720

Clarke, RM., Paterson, P. and Sirota, M., (2019). . Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics. 15 (9), 2081-2089

Liu, D., Juanchich, M., Sirota, M. and Orbell, S., (2019). . Food Quality and Preference. 78, 103739-103739

Vallee-Tourangeau, G., Promberger, M., Moon, K., Wheelock, A., Sirota, M., Norton, C. and Sevdalis, N., (2018). . Vaccine. 36 (44), 6540-6545

Sirota, M., Juanchich, M., Petrova, D., Garcia-Retamero, R., Walasek, L. and Bhatia, S., (2018). . Medical Decision Making. 38 (3), 366-376

Galli, G., Sirota, M., Gruber, MJ., Ivanof, BE., Ganesh, J., Materassi, M., Thorpe, A., Loaiza, V., Cappelletti, M. and Craik, FIM., (2018). . Experimental Aging Research. 44 (4), 311-328

Juanchich, M., Walasek, L. and Sirota, M., (2018). . British Journal of Psychology. 109 (3), 604-630

Sirota, M. and Juanchich, M., (2018). . Behavior Research Methods. 50 (6), 2511-2522

Moshontz, H., Campbell, L., Ebersole, CR., IJzerman, H., Urry, HL., Forscher, PS., Grahe, JE., McCarthy, RJ., Musser, ED., Protzko, J., Flake, JK., Forero, DA., Janssen, SMJ., Keene, J., Aczel, B., Ansari, D., Antfolk, J., Baskin, E., Batres, C., Lucia, M., Brick, C., Castille, CM., Chandel, P., Chopik, WJ., Clarance, D., Corker, KS., Dixson, B., Dranseika, V., Dunham, Y., Evans, TR., Fiedler, S., Fu, CHY., Gardiner, G., Garrison, SM., Gill, T., Hahn, A., Jaeger, B., Kačmár, P., Gwenaël, K., Kanske, P., Kekecs, Z., Kline, M., Koehn, MA., Kujur, P., Levitan, C., Miller, JK., Okan, C., Olsen, J., Oviedo-Trespalacios, O., gru, AAÖU., Pande, B., Parganiha, A., Parveen, N., Pfuhl, G., Pradhan, S., Ropovik, I., Rule, N., Saunders, B., Schei, V., Schmidt, K., Singh, MM., Sirota, M., Solas, SÁ., Steltenpohl, CN., Stieger, S., Storage, D., Sullivan, GB., Szabelska, A., Tamnes, CK., Vadillo, MA., vanpaemel, W., Vergauwe, E., Verschoor, M., Vianello, M., Voracek, M., Williams, GP., Wilson, JP., Zickfeld, JH., Awlia, D., Chatard, A., Fernandez, AM., Kapucu, A., Mensink, MC. and Chartier, CR., (2018). . Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science. 1 (4), 501-515

Sirota, M., Juanchich, M. and Bonnefon, J-F., (2018). . Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied. 24 (4), 431-439

Costantini, M., Migliorati, D., Donno, B., Sirota, M. and Ferri, F., (2018). . Cognition. 171, 52-64

Moshontz, H., Campbell, L., Ebersole, CR., IJzerman, H., Urry, HL., Forscher, PS., Grahe, JE., McCarthy, RJ., Musser, ED., Antfolk, J., Castille, CM., Evans, TR., Fiedler, S., Flake, JK., Forero, DA., Janssen, SMJ., Keene, JR., Protzko, J., Aczel, B., Solas, SA., Ansari, D., Awlia, D., Baskin, E., Batres, C., Borras-Guevara, ML., Brick, C., Chandel, P., Chatard, A., Chopik, WJ., Clarance, D., Coles, NA., Corker, KS., Dixson, BJW., Dranseika, V., Dunham, Y., Fox, NW., Gardiner, G., Garrison, SM., Gill, T., Hahn, AC., Jaeger, B., Kacmar, P., Kaminski, G., Kanske, P., Kekecs, Z., Kline, M., Koehn, MA., Kujur, P., Levitan, CA., Miller, JK., Okan, C., Olsen, J., Oviedo-Trespalacios, O., Ozdogru, AA., Pande, B., Parganiha, A., Parveen, N., Pfuhl, G., Pradhan, S., Ropovik, I., Rule, NO., Saunders, B., Schei, V., Schmidt, K., Singh, MM., Sirota, M., Steltenpohl, CN., Stieger, S., Storage, D., Sullivan, GB., Szabelska, A., Tamnes, CK., Vadillo, MA., Valentova, JV., Vanpaemel, W., Varella, MAC., Vergauwe, E., Verschoor, M., Vianello, M., Voracek, M., Williams, GP., Wilson, JP., Zickfeld, JH., Arnal, JD., Aydin, B., Chen, S-C., DeBruine, LM., Fernandez, AM., Horstmann, KT., Isager, PM., Jones, B., Kapucu, A., Lin, H., Mensink, MC., Navarrete, G., Silan, MA. and Chartier, CR., (2018). The Psychological Science Accelerator: Advancing Psychology Through a Distributed Collaborative Network. ADVANCES IN METHODS AND PRACTICES IN PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE. 1 (4), 501-515

Kostopoulou, O., Sirota, M., Round, T., Samaranayaka, S. and Delaney, BC., (2017). . Medical Decision Making. 37 (1), 9-16

Galli, G., Feurra, M., Pavone, EF., Sirota, M. and Rossi, S., (2017). . Biological Psychology. 125, 36-44

Sirota, M., Round, T., Samaranayaka, S. and Kostopoulou, O., (2017). . Health Psychology. 36 (4), 402-409

Sirota, M., Kostopoulou, O., Round, T. and Samaranayaka, S., (2017). . Health Psychology. 36 (5), 477-485

Juanchich, M. and Sirota, M., (2017). . Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied. 23 (4), 386-402

Navarrete, G., Correia, R., Sirota, M., Juanchich, M. and Huepe, D., (2017). . Frontiers in Psychology. 6, 1327-

Juanchich, M., Gourdon-Kanhukamwe, A. and Sirota, M., (2017). . Judgment and Decision Making. 12 (5), 445-465

Galli, G., Sirota, M., Materassi, M., Zaninotto, F. and Terry, P., (2017). . Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. 12 (11), 1758-1765

Vallée-Tourangeau, F., Steffensen, SV., Vallée-Tourangeau, G. and Sirota, M., (2016). . Acta Psychologica. 170, 195-205

Vallee-Tourangeau, F., Sirota, M. and Vallee-Tourangeau, G., (2016). . Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications. 1 (26), 26-

Juanchich, M. and Sirota, M., (2016). . Journal of Risk Research. 19 (3), 388-404

Juanchich, M., Dewberry, C., Sirota, M. and Narendran, S., (2016). . Journal of Behavioral Decision Making. 29 (1), 52-59

Sirota, M. and Juanchich, M., (2015). . Judgment and Decision Making. 10 (3), 232-240

Vallée-Tourangeau, G., Sirota, M., Juanchich, M. and Vallée-Tourangeau, F., (2015). . Frontiers in Psychology. 6 (JUN), 712-

Juanchich, M. and Sirota, M., (2015). How to improve people's interpretation of probabilities of precipitation. Journal of Risk Research

Sirota, M., Kostovi?ov�, L. and Vall�e-Tourangeau, F., (2015). . Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 68 (1), 1-9

Gilhooly, KJ., Georgiou, GJ., Sirota, M. and Paphiti-Galeano, A., (2015). . Thinking & Reasoning. 21 (1), 130-146

Sirota, M., Kostovi?ov�, L. and Vall�e-Tourangeau, F., (2015). . Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. 22 (5), 1465-1473

Sirota, M., Vallée-Tourangeau, G., Vallée-Tourangeau, F. and Juanchich, M., (2015). . Frontiers in Psychology. 6 (1141), 1141-

Sirota, M., Kostovičová, L. and Juanchich, M., (2014). . Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. 21 (4), 961-968

Sirota, M., Juanchich, M., Kostopoulou, O. and Hanak, R., (2014). . Medical Decision Making. 34 (4), 419-429

Sirota, M., Juanchich, M. and Hagmayer, Y., (2014). . Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. 21 (1), 198-204

HANÁK, R., SIROTA, M. and JUANCHICH, M., (2013). EXPERTS USE COMPENSATORY STRATEGIES MORE OFTEN THAN NOVICES IN HIRING DECISIONS. Studia Psychologica. 55 (4), 251-263

Juanchich, M. and Sirota, M., (2013). Do people really say it is “likely” when they believe it is only “possible”? Effect of politeness on risk communication. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 66 (7), 1268-1275

Juanchich, M., Sirota, M., Karelitz, TM. and Villejoubert, G., (2013). Can membership-functions capture the directionality of verbal probabilities?. Thinking & Reasoning. 19 (2), 231-247

Sirota, M. and Juanchich, M., (2012). Risk Communication on Shaky Ground. Science. 338 (6112), 1286-1287

Sirota, M. and Juanchich, M., (2012). To what extent do politeness expectations shape risk perception? Even numerical probabilities are under their spell!. Acta Psychologica. 141 (3), 391-399

Juanchich, M., Sirota, M. and Butler, CL., (2012). The perceived functions of linguistic risk quantifiers and their effect on risk, negativity perception and decision making. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. 118 (1), 72-81

Cavojova, V., Sirota, M. and Belovicova, Z., (2012). Slovak validation of the Basic Empathy Scale in pre-adolescents.. Studia Psychologica. 54 (3), 195-208

Gilhooly, KJ., Georgiou, GJ., Garrison, J., Reston, JD. and Sirota, M., (2012). Don’t wait to incubate: Immediate versus delayed incubation in divergent thinking. Memory & Cognition. 40 (6), 966-975

Sirota, M. and Juanchich, M., (2011). Role of numeracy and cognitive reflection in bayesian reasoning with natural frequencies. Studia Psychologica. 53 (2), 151-161

Cavojova, V., Belovicova, Z. and Sirota, M., (2011). Mindreading and emphaty as predictors of prosocial behavior.. Studia Psychologica. 53 (4), 351-362

Sirota, M., (2008). The evidence of Bayesian reasoning and its place in the context of the empirical argument about rationality. Filozofia. 63 (5), 417-426

Book chapters (2)

Juanchich, M., Sirota, M. and Bonnefon, J-F., Verbal Uncertainty. In: The Oxford Handbook of Experimental Semantics and Pragmatics. Oxford University Press. 354- 368

Gilhooly, K., Georgiou, G., Garrison, J., Reston, JD. and Sirota, M., (2015). Don't wait to incubate: immediate versus delayed incubation in divergent thinking. In: Studies of Thinking. Routledge. 253- 269. 9781138848870

Conferences (2)

Vallée-Tourangeau, F., Sirota, M. and Vallée-Tourangeau, G., (2016). Do Do Do, The The The: Interactivity and Articulatory Suppression in Mental Arithmetic

Vallée-Tourangeau, F., Sirota, M. and Villejoubert, G., (2013). Reducing the Impact of Math Anxiety on Mental Arithmetic: The Importance of Distributed Cognition

Grants and funding

2022

On the Purpose of Cognitive Reflection

Leverhulme Trust

2018

Rationally irrational: When people don�t correct errors in their reasoning

Leverhulme Trust

A utility-based signal detection account of severity effect

Experimental Psychology Society

2015

Measuring Intuition Inhibition without Math

The British Academy

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