Sophia M Dowell
Biographic Data
| ID | 10209206 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sophia M Dowell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sophia M |
| FAMILY NAME | Dowell |
| SIGNATURE | DOWELL S M |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Sydney |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1329-3749 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 1 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Rating our certainty
Although metacognitive reflection (e.g., thinking about our confidence or certainty in a decision) is often assumed to improve decision-making, recent research suggests that eliciting confidence ratings can sometimes produce counterintuitive results, including the amplification of subjective beliefs. We report three experiments investigating how trial-by-trial confidence judgments affect the extremity of beliefs. In Experiments 1 and 2, participa…
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Rating our certainty
Although metacognitive reflection (e.g., thinking about our confidence or certainty in a decision) is often assumed to improve decision-making, recent research suggests that eliciting confidence ratings can sometimes produce counterintuitive results, including the amplification of subjective beliefs. We report three experiments investigating how trial-by-trial confidence judgments affect the extremity of beliefs. In Experiments 1 and 2, participa…
Certainty (1 works) · Confidence interval (1 works) · Counterintuitive (1 works) · Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (1 works) · Low Confidence (1 works) · Memory Processes and Influences (1 works) · Metacognition (1 works) · Metamemory (1 works) · Overconfidence effect (1 works) · Social and Intergroup Psychology (1 works)