Katya Tentori
Biographic Data
| ID | 1092230 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Katya Tentori |
| GIVEN NAMES | Katya |
| FAMILY NAME | Tentori |
| SIGNATURE | TENTORI K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Trento |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5968-9936 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 73 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Counterfactual curiosity in real decisions: The roles of outcome valence and aging
Non-instrumental counterfactual curiosity (i.e., the search for information about forgone options that is not useful for improving future outcomes) has especially been observed after outcomes perceived as negative and, consequently, attributed to forms of regret management. In three online experiments ( N = 620), we extended the study of counterfactual curiosity about economically incentivized decisions in younger and older adults. Participants p…
Sunk-cost fallacy across real and hypothetical decision making in younger and older adults
Counterfactual thoughts in complex causal domain: Content, benefits, and implications for their function
The reliability of previous findings on two crucial aspects of counterfactual thinking, namely the content of counterfactual modifications and their impact on future performance, has been questioned for the frequent use of tasks characterised by simple causal domains, that restrict participants’ possibility to consider a broad range of modifications. To overcome this limitation, we utilised a new experimental task featuring a complex causal domai…
Sensory and multisensory reasoning: Is Bayesian updating modality-dependent
“If only” counterfactual thoughts about cooperative and uncooperative decisions in social dilemmas
We examined how people think about how things could have turned out differently after they made a decision to cooperate or not in three social interactions: the Prisoner’s dilemma (Experiment 1), the Stag Hunt dilemma (Experiment 2), and the Chicken game (Experiment 3). We found that participants who took part in the game imagined the outcome would have been different if a different decision had been made by the other player, not themselves; they…
The misunderstanding of vaccine efficacy
State of the field: Measuring information and confirmation
New Axioms for Probability and Likelihood Ratio Measures
Probability ratio and likelihood ratio measures of inductive support and related notions have appeared as theoretical tools for probabilistic approaches in the philosophy of science, the psychology of reasoning, and artificial intelligence. In an effort of conceptual clarification, several authors have pursued axiomatic foundations for these two families of measures. Such results have been criticized, however, as relying on unduly demanding or po…
How the conjunction fallacy is tied to probabilistic confirmation: Some remarks on Schupbach (2009)
A Second Look at the Logic of Explanatory Power (with Two Novel Representation Theorems)
We discuss the probabilistic analysis of explanatory power and prove a representation theorem for posterior ratio measures recently advocated by Schupbach and Sprenger. We then prove a representation theorem for an alternative class of measures that rely on the notion of relative probability distance. We end up endorsing the latter, as relative distance measures share the properties of posterior ratio measures that are genuinely appealing, while …
Irrelevant Conjunction: Statement and Solution of a New Paradox
The so-called problem of irrelevant conjunction has been seen as a serious challenge for theories of confirmation. It involves the consequences of conjoining irrelevant statements to a hypothesis that is confirmed by some piece of evidence. Following Hawthorne and Fitelson, we reconstruct the problem with reference to Bayesian confirmation theory. Then we extend it to the case of conjoining irrelevant statements to a hypothesis that is dis confir…
Consumer decision in the context of a food hazard: The effect of commitment
Is domain-general thinking a domain-specific adaptation
On Bayesian Measures of Evidential Support: Theoretical and Empirical Issues
Epistemologists and philosophers of science have often attempted to express formally the impact of a piece of evidence on the credibility of a hypothesis. In this paper we will focus on the Bayesian approach to evidential support. We will propose a new formal treatment of the notion of degree of confirmation and we will argue that it overcomes some limitations of the currently available approaches on two grounds: (i) a theoretical analysis of the…
Contingent application of the cancellation editing operation: The role of semantic relatedness between risky outcomes
This article presents findings on the restructuring component of the decision process. Two experiments are described employing hypothetical vacation choice dilemmas. The aim was to explore the conditions under which outcomes common to two risky prospects with the same probabilities of occurrence are or are not cancelled and how consequent decisions are influenced. The design of the options presented to participants was based on pilot work to esta…
On Bayesian Measures of Evidential Support: Theoretical and Empirical Issues
Epistemologists and philosophers of science have often attempted to express formally the impact of a piece of evidence on the credibility of a hypothesis. In this paper we will focus on the Bayesian approach to evidential support. We will propose a new formal treatment of the notion of degree of confirmation and we will argue that it overcomes some limitations of the currently available approaches on two grounds: (i) a theoretical analysis of the…
A Second Look at the Logic of Explanatory Power (with Two Novel Representation Theorems)
We discuss the probabilistic analysis of explanatory power and prove a representation theorem for posterior ratio measures recently advocated by Schupbach and Sprenger. We then prove a representation theorem for an alternative class of measures that rely on the notion of relative probability distance. We end up endorsing the latter, as relative distance measures share the properties of posterior ratio measures that are genuinely appealing, while …
State of the field: Measuring information and confirmation
New Axioms for Probability and Likelihood Ratio Measures
Probability ratio and likelihood ratio measures of inductive support and related notions have appeared as theoretical tools for probabilistic approaches in the philosophy of science, the psychology of reasoning, and artificial intelligence. In an effort of conceptual clarification, several authors have pursued axiomatic foundations for these two families of measures. Such results have been criticized, however, as relying on unduly demanding or po…
The misunderstanding of vaccine efficacy
Contingent application of the cancellation editing operation: The role of semantic relatedness between risky outcomes
This article presents findings on the restructuring component of the decision process. Two experiments are described employing hypothetical vacation choice dilemmas. The aim was to explore the conditions under which outcomes common to two risky prospects with the same probabilities of occurrence are or are not cancelled and how consequent decisions are influenced. The design of the options presented to participants was based on pilot work to esta…
How the conjunction fallacy is tied to probabilistic confirmation: Some remarks on Schupbach (2009)
Contingent application of the cancellation editing operation: The role of semantic relatedness between risky outcomes
This article presents findings on the restructuring component of the decision process. Two experiments are described employing hypothetical vacation choice dilemmas. The aim was to explore the conditions under which outcomes common to two risky prospects with the same probabilities of occurrence are or are not cancelled and how consequent decisions are influenced. The design of the options presented to participants was based on pilot work to esta…
On Bayesian Measures of Evidential Support: Theoretical and Empirical Issues
Epistemologists and philosophers of science have often attempted to express formally the impact of a piece of evidence on the credibility of a hypothesis. In this paper we will focus on the Bayesian approach to evidential support. We will propose a new formal treatment of the notion of degree of confirmation and we will argue that it overcomes some limitations of the currently available approaches on two grounds: (i) a theoretical analysis of the…
Is domain-general thinking a domain-specific adaptation
Consumer decision in the context of a food hazard: The effect of commitment
Irrelevant Conjunction: Statement and Solution of a New Paradox
The so-called problem of irrelevant conjunction has been seen as a serious challenge for theories of confirmation. It involves the consequences of conjoining irrelevant statements to a hypothesis that is confirmed by some piece of evidence. Following Hawthorne and Fitelson, we reconstruct the problem with reference to Bayesian confirmation theory. Then we extend it to the case of conjoining irrelevant statements to a hypothesis that is dis confir…
How the conjunction fallacy is tied to probabilistic confirmation: Some remarks on Schupbach (2009)
A Second Look at the Logic of Explanatory Power (with Two Novel Representation Theorems)
We discuss the probabilistic analysis of explanatory power and prove a representation theorem for posterior ratio measures recently advocated by Schupbach and Sprenger. We then prove a representation theorem for an alternative class of measures that rely on the notion of relative probability distance. We end up endorsing the latter, as relative distance measures share the properties of posterior ratio measures that are genuinely appealing, while …
New Axioms for Probability and Likelihood Ratio Measures
Probability ratio and likelihood ratio measures of inductive support and related notions have appeared as theoretical tools for probabilistic approaches in the philosophy of science, the psychology of reasoning, and artificial intelligence. In an effort of conceptual clarification, several authors have pursued axiomatic foundations for these two families of measures. Such results have been criticized, however, as relying on unduly demanding or po…
State of the field: Measuring information and confirmation
The misunderstanding of vaccine efficacy
“If only” counterfactual thoughts about cooperative and uncooperative decisions in social dilemmas
We examined how people think about how things could have turned out differently after they made a decision to cooperate or not in three social interactions: the Prisoner’s dilemma (Experiment 1), the Stag Hunt dilemma (Experiment 2), and the Chicken game (Experiment 3). We found that participants who took part in the game imagined the outcome would have been different if a different decision had been made by the other player, not themselves; they…
Sensory and multisensory reasoning: Is Bayesian updating modality-dependent
Counterfactual thoughts in complex causal domain: Content, benefits, and implications for their function
The reliability of previous findings on two crucial aspects of counterfactual thinking, namely the content of counterfactual modifications and their impact on future performance, has been questioned for the frequent use of tasks characterised by simple causal domains, that restrict participants’ possibility to consider a broad range of modifications. To overcome this limitation, we utilised a new experimental task featuring a complex causal domai…
Counterfactual curiosity in real decisions: The roles of outcome valence and aging
Non-instrumental counterfactual curiosity (i.e., the search for information about forgone options that is not useful for improving future outcomes) has especially been observed after outcomes perceived as negative and, consequently, attributed to forms of regret management. In three online experiments ( N = 620), we extended the study of counterfactual curiosity about economically incentivized decisions in younger and older adults. Participants p…
Sunk-cost fallacy across real and hypothetical decision making in younger and older adults
Computer Science (10 works) · Epistemology (9 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Artificial Intelligence (7 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Mathematics (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (5 works) · Philosophy and History of Science (5 works) · Probabilistic logic (5 works)