Publications

Peer-reviewed or edited publications on reasoning, belief, cognitive psychology, personality assessment, pseudoscience, education, popular culture, and psychological science.

Profiles

Titles and external links can be updated with downloadable PDFs, DOI links, Google Scholar, ResearchGate, and media coverage.

Peer-Reviewed Publications

An asterisk (*) denotes an undergraduate student researcher.

*Johnson, T. J., Kaiser, M. Y., & Swan, A. B. (2019). Social and cognitive effects of smartphone use in face-to-face verbal interactions. Psi Chi Journal of Psychological Research, 24(4), 265–273. https://doi.org/10.24839/2325-7342.JN24.4.265

Calvillo, D. P., Swan, A. B., & Rutchick, A. M. (2019). Motivated reasoning with political syllogisms. Thinking & Reasoning. https://doi.org/10.1080/13546783.2019.1688188

Media Coverage

Swan, A. B., Calvillo, D. P., & Revlin, R. (2018). To detect or not to detect: A replication and extension of the three-stage model. Acta Psychologica, 187(C), 54–65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2018.05.003

 

Swan, A. B., & Revlin, R. (2015). Inhibition failure is mediated by a disposition toward flexible thinking. In D. C. Noelle, R. Dale, A. S. Warlaumont, J. Yoshimi, T. Matlock, C. D. Jennings, & P. P. Maglio (Eds.), Proceedings of the 37th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 2314–2319). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.

Barrett, M. E., Swan, A. B., Mamikonian, A., Ghajoyan, I., Kramarova, O., & Youmans, R. J. (2014). Technology in note taking and assessment: The effects of congruence on student performance.
International Journal of Instruction, 7(1), 51–60.

*Swan, A. B., *Cohen, A., *Evans, S. R., & Drescher, B. A. (2013). Influence of taste quality on affective state. Psi Chi Journal of Psychological Research, 18(2), 61–66.
https://doi.org/10.24839/2164-8204.JN18.2.61

Swan, A. B., Chambers, A. Y., & Revlin, R. (2013). Scope of real beliefs in belief revision. In M. Knauff, M. Pauen, N. Sebanz, & I. Wachsmuth (Eds.), Proceedings of the 35th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1414–1419). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.

Other Publications

Swan, A. B., & Swirsky, J. M. (2026, April). Gendered portrayals of magic and emotion in popular culture. Psi-chi-ology Lab (Psychology Pop Culture Corner Series).
Swan, A. B. (2025, September). A Psychologist Goes to the Movies. [Audiobook]. Audible Original. Creator/Writer/Performer.
Swan, A. B. (2025, August). Film pedagogy with the CinemaPsych Podcast and film database website. Psychology Teacher Network. American Psychological Association.
Swan, A. B. (2023, January). Understanding Cognitive Biases. [Video Lecture Series]. The Great Courses Plus (The Teaching Company). Creator/Writer/Performer.
Swan, A. B. (2022, February). Fictional films in your psych classes? Your students will learn something! E-Xcellence in Teaching. The Society for the Teaching of Psychology.
Stein, R., Swan, A., & Sarraf, M. (2020, November). Conservatives value personal stories more than liberals do when evaluating scientific evidence. The Conversation.