Sean Devine
Biographic Data
| ID | 6747667 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sean Devine |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sean |
| FAMILY NAME | Devine |
| SIGNATURE | DEVINE S |
| AFFILIATIONS | McGill University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0445-2763 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Throwing good effort after bad
The sunk-cost effect, an influential decision-making bias elicited by the consideration of past, irrecoverable resource investments toward a choice option, is well-documented for economic decisions. Contrary, evidence for sunk-cost effects for non-monetary costs, such as cognitive effort, has been mixed. Here, we present findings from two experiments in self-reported healthy adults (Exp.1 in-person, n = 36; Exp.2 online, n = 89), in which partici…
Increased attention towards progress information near a goal state
Distinguishing between intrinsic and instrumental sources of the value of choice
Considerable evidence suggests that people value the freedom to choose. However, it is unclear whether this preference for choice stems purely from choice's intrinsic value, or whether people prefer to choose because it tends to provide instrumental information about desirable outcomes. To address this question, participants completed a novel choice task in which they could freely choose to exert choice or not, manipulating the level of instrumen…
Changes in the prevalence of muscular, but not thin, bodies bias young men’s judgments about body size
Human ageing is associated with more rigid concept spaces
Information about task progress modulates cognitive demand avoidance
Seizing the opportunity
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Seizing the opportunity
Information about task progress modulates cognitive demand avoidance
Human ageing is associated with more rigid concept spaces
Distinguishing between intrinsic and instrumental sources of the value of choice
Considerable evidence suggests that people value the freedom to choose. However, it is unclear whether this preference for choice stems purely from choice's intrinsic value, or whether people prefer to choose because it tends to provide instrumental information about desirable outcomes. To address this question, participants completed a novel choice task in which they could freely choose to exert choice or not, manipulating the level of instrumen…
Changes in the prevalence of muscular, but not thin, bodies bias young men’s judgments about body size
Increased attention towards progress information near a goal state
Throwing good effort after bad
The sunk-cost effect, an influential decision-making bias elicited by the consideration of past, irrecoverable resource investments toward a choice option, is well-documented for economic decisions. Contrary, evidence for sunk-cost effects for non-monetary costs, such as cognitive effort, has been mixed. Here, we present findings from two experiments in self-reported healthy adults (Exp.1 in-person, n = 36; Exp.2 online, n = 89), in which partici…
Psychology (7 works) · Cognitive psychology (6 works) · Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (6 works) · Cognition (4 works) · Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Task (project management) (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works) · Economics (2 works)