Cognitive Psychology: Academic Discipline — Prolific Citations Library

Explore 12 peer-reviewed papers in Cognitive Psychology (2021–2026). Academic research using Prolific for high-quality human data collection.

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Papers (12 of 12)

Unlocking Cognitive Potential: How Working Memory Training Impacts Reading Skills in Aging Adults

Authors: S Assecondi

Year: 2026

Published in: SPRINGER

Institution: University of Trento

Research Area: Geropsychology, Cognitive intervention research, Psycholinguistics, Neuropsychology

Discipline: Psychology, Cognitive Science

Working memory training shows modest improvements in reading comprehension for younger adults but not older adults, highlighting the need for ecologically valid measures in cognitive training programs.

Methods: Participants underwent a 5-day cognitive training program targeting visuo-spatial working memory to evaluate effects on reading comprehension as a proxy for everyday functions.

Key Findings: The relationship between visuo-spatial working memory improvements and reading comprehension performance across age groups.

Sample Size: 175
Fostering appropriate reliance on large language models: The role of explanations, sources, and inconsistencies

Authors: SSY Kim, JW Vaughan, QV Liao, T Lombrozo

Year: 2025

Published in: Proceedings of the ..., 2025 - dl.acm.org

Institution: Wake Forest University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Princeton University, University of California Berkeley

Research Area: Appropriate Reliance on LLMs, Explainable AI, Human-AI Interaction, Cognitive Psychology

Discipline: Cognitive Psychology, Artificial Intelligence, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)

The study examines factors that influence users' reliance on LLM responses, finding explanations increase reliance, while sources and inconsistent explanations reduce reliance on incorrect responses.

Methods: Think-aloud study followed by a pre-registered, controlled experiment to assess the impact of explanations, sources, and inconsistencies in LLM responses on user reliance.

Key Findings: Users' reliance on LLM responses, accuracy, and the influence of explanations, inconsistencies, and sources on these measures.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3706598.3714020

Citations: 38

Sample Size: 308
Influence of believed AI involvement on the perception of digital medical advice

Authors: M Reis, F Reis, W Kunde

Year: 2024

Published in: Nature Medicine, 2024 - nature.com

Institution: University of Cambridge, Julius Maximilians Universität

Research Area: AI in Healthcare, Medical Ethics, Cognitive Psychology, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) in Medicine

Discipline: AI in Healthcare, Medical Ethics, Cognitive Psychology

The study found that medical advice labeled as being sourced from AI (or AI supervised by humans) is perceived as less reliable and empathetic compared to advice labeled as originating solely from a human physician, resulting in reduced willingness to follow such advice.

Methods: Two preregistered studies were conducted where participants were presented with identical medical advice scenarios but with manipulated labels for the advice source ('AI', 'human physician', 'human+AI').

Key Findings: Participants' perceptions of reliability, empathy, and willingness to follow medical advice based on the perceived source.

Citations: 78

Sample Size: 2280
Comparing data quality from an online and in-person lab sample on dynamic theory of mind tasks

Authors: AC Krendl, K Hugenberg, DP Kennedy

Year: 2024

Published in: Behavior research methods, 2024 - Springer

Institution: Indiana University

Research Area: Psychological Research Methods, Data Quality in Online Experiments, Theory of Mind Assessment

Discipline: Research Methodology, Cognitive Psychology

This study found that online samples can reliably complete dynamic, complex theory of mind tasks, though familiarity with task content can influence performance.

Methods: Compared in-lab and online participants' performance on two dynamic theory of mind tasks, using one familiar and one relatively novel TV-based paradigm and counterbalancing task order.

Key Findings: Performance on theory of mind tasks, including inferring beliefs, understanding motivations, detecting deception, identifying faux pas, and understanding emotions.

Citations: 13

Sample Size: 668
Conversational AI Powered by Large Language Models Amplifies False Memories in Witness Interviews

Authors: Samantha Chan, Pat Pataranutaporn, Aditya Suri, Wazeer Zulfikar, Pattie Maes

Year: 2024

Published in: ArXiv

Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of California

Research Area: Cognitive Psychology, False Memory Research, Human-AI Interaction, Conversational AI

Discipline: Cognitive Psychology, Artificial Intelligence
Visualizing threat and trustworthiness prior beliefs in face perception in high versus low paranoia

Authors: A Bott, H Steer, J Faße, T Lincoln

Year: 2024

Published in: Nature

Institution: Universität Hamburg

Research Area: Face perception, Paranoia, Threat prior beliefs, Predictive Processing in Psychology.

Discipline: Psychology, Cognitive Science, Behavioral Science
From lab-testing to web-testing in cognitive research: Who you test is more important than how you test

Authors: K Uittenhove, S Jeanneret, E Vergauwe

Year: 2023

Published in: Journal of Cognition, 2023 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Institution: University of Lausanne, University of Geneva, EPFL, University of Neuchâtel, NiH

Research Area: Cognitive Psychology, Research Methodology, Behavioral Research Methods, Web-based Behavioral Research

Discipline: Cognitive Research, Psychology

Citations: 83
How to run behavioural experiments online: Best practice suggestions for cognitive psychology and neuroscience

Authors: N Gagné, L Franzen

Year: 2023

Published in: ... Open: the official journal of the ..., 2023 - swisspsychologyopen.com

Institution: Concordia University, University of Lübeck

Research Area: Cognitive Psychology, Neuroscience, Behavioral Research Methods

Discipline: Cognitive Psychology, Neuroscience

Citations: 75
Online experimentation and sampling in cognitive aging research.

Authors: NR Greene, M Naveh-Benjamin

Year: 2022

Published in: Psychology and Aging, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org

Institution: University of Kansas, University of Arkansas, University of California Riverside

Research Area: Cognitive Aging Research, Online Experimentation, Sampling Methods in Psychology

Discipline: Psychology, Cognitive Aging Research

Citations: 56
Auditory distraction can be studied online! A direct comparison between in-person and online experimentation

Authors: EM Elliott, R Bell, S Gorin, N Robinson

Year: 2022

Published in: Journal of Cognitive ..., 2022 - Taylor & Francis

Institution: University of Hull, Liverpool John Moores University, University of Derby

Research Area: Online Experimental Methodology, Auditory Perception, Cognitive Psychology

Discipline: Cognitive Science, Experimental Psychology

Citations: 38
Perceptual judgments are resistant to the advisor's perceived level of trustworthiness: A deep fake approach

Authors: M Van der Biest, S Verschooren, F Verbruggen

Year: 2022

Published in: Plos one, 2025 - journals.plos.org

Institution: Ghent University

Research Area: Cognitive Psychology, Decision-Making, Trust in AI, Deep Fakes

Discipline: Psychology, Cognitive Science

Citations: 2
Online data collection in auditory perception and cognition research: Recruitment, testing, data quality and ethical considerations

Authors: T Eerola, J Armitage, N Lavan

Year: 2021

Published in: Auditory Perception & ..., 2021 - Taylor & Francis

Institution: Durham University

Research Area: Auditory Perception and Cognition, Research Methodology, Data Quality, Ethics in Online Research

Discipline: Cognitive Psychology, Research Methodology

Citations: 54