John Smith
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My current research largely involves:
*the relationship between stochastic choice and imperfect perception
*the relationship between stochastic choice and imperfect perception
(Reality is objective, you just perceive it imperfectly)
Stochastic choice and noisy introspective beliefs, with Sean Duffy (coming soon) Supplemental Material
The random thickness of indifference, with Sean Duffy, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2026, 245: 107524 Supplemental Material
An economist and a psychologist form a line: What can imperfect perception of length tell us about stochastic choice? with Sean Duffy, Theory and Decision, 2025, 99: 701-734 Supplemental Material
Stochastic choice and imperfect perception of line lengths: What is hiding in the noise? with Sean Duffy, Journal of Economic Psychology, 2025, 106: 102787 Supplemental Material
Imperfect perception and stochastic choice in experiments, with Pablo Brañas-Garza, Elements in Behavioural and Experimental Economics, 2024, Cambridge University Press
Visual judgments of length in the economics laboratory: Are there brains in stochastic choice? with Sean Duffy and Steven Gussman (RUC ’17), Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 2021, 93: 101708 Supplemental Material
*and scrutinizing claims of learning that do not analyze observations across trials
*and scrutinizing claims of learning that do not analyze observations across trials
Signal Detection Theory's Learning Problem, with Sean Duffy and Johanna Hertel (coming soon) Supplemental Material
On the dynamics of the responses in Frydman and Jin (2022),with Johanna Hertel (April 2026) Appendix Supplemental Material
On Bayesian integration in sensorimotor learning: Another look at Kording and Wolpert (2004), with Sean Duffy, Johanna Hertel, Deniz Igan, and Marcelo Pinheiro, Cortex, 2022, 153: 87-96 Supplemental Material Stage 1 IPA on OSF
Central tendency bias in belief elicitation, with Paolo Crosetto, Antonio Filippin, and Peter Katuščák, Journal of Economic Psychology, 2020, 78: 102273 Supplemental Material
On the Category Adjustment Model: Another look at Huttenlocher, Hedges, and Vevea (2000), with Sean Duffy, Mind and Society, 2020, 19: 163-193 Supplemental Material
Omitted-variable bias and other matters in the defense of the category adjustment model: A comment on Crawford (2019), with Sean Duffy, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 2020, 85: 101501 Supplemental Material
Category effects on stimulus estimation: Shifting and skewed frequency distributions-A reexamination, with Sean Duffy, Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 2018, 25(5): 1740-1750 Supplemental Material Psychonomic Blog
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Spring 2026 Office Hours
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