Research

Simon, D. & Melnikoff, D.E. (2024). The problem with zeal: Simulating pre-trial decision making by adversarial prosecutors. Journal of Law & Empirical Analysis, 1(2), 2755323X241296360.

Melnikoff, D.E., Strohminger, N. (2023). Bayesianism and wishful thinking are compatible. Nature Human Behaviour, 8(4), 692-701.

Kurdi, B., Melnikoff, D.E., Hannay, J.W., Korkmaz, A., Lee, K.M., Ritchie, E., Surdel, N., Vuletich, H.A., Yang, X., Payne, B.K., Ferguson, M.J. (2023). Probing the automaticity features of the Affect Misattribution Procedure. Behavior Research Methods, 56(4), 3161-3194.

Melnikoff, D.E. & Strohminger, N. (2024). Bayesianism and wishful thinking are compatible. Nature Human Behaviour, 8(4), 692-701.

Kurdi, B., Melnikoff, D.E., Hannay, J.W., Korkmaz, A., Lee, K.M, Ritchie, E., Surdel, N., Vuletich, H.A., Yang, X., Payne, B.K.,, Ferguson, M.J. (2023). Testing the automaticity features of the Affect Misattribution Procedure: The roles of awareness and automaticity. Behavior Research Methods, 56(4), 3161-3194.

Amir, D.*, Melnikoff, D.E.*, Warneken, F., Blake, P.R., Corbit, J., Callaghan, T.C., Barry, O., Bowie, A., Kleutsch, L., Kramer, K.L., Ross, E., Vongsachang, H., Wrangham, R., McAuliffe, K. (2023). Computational signatures of inequity aversion in children across seven societies. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 156(10), 2882-2896.

Melnikoff, D.E., Carlson, R.W., & Stillman, P.E. (2023). The structure of immersive and engaging activities: Insights from a computational model of flow. In A. Kruglanski, A. Fishbach, & K. Copetz (Eds.), Goal Systems Theory: Psychological Processes and Applications. New York: Oxford University Press.

Melnikoff, D.E., Kurdi, B. (2022). What implicit measures of bias can do. Psychological Inquiry, 33(3), 185-192.

Melnikoff, D.E., Carlson, R.W., & Stillman, P.E. (2022). A computational theory of the subjective experience of flow. Nature Communications, 13, 2252.

Bena, J., Melnikoff, D.E., Mierop, A., Corneille, O. (2022). Revisiting dissociation hypotheses with a structural fit approach: The case of the prepared reflex framework. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 100, 104297.

Melnikoff, D.E. & Bargh, J.A. (2022). Impression formation, right side up. In E. Balcetis & G. Moskowitz (Eds.), Handbook on Impression Formation: A Social Psychological Approach (pp. 185-198). New York: Routledge.

Melnikoff, D.E., Bargh, J.A., & Wood, W. (2021). Editorial: On the nature and scope of habits and model-free control. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 760841.

Melnikoff, D.E. & Strohminger, N. (2020). The automatic influence of advocacy among lawyers and novices. Nature Human Behaviour, 4, 1258-1264.

Melnikoff, D.E., Lambert, R., & Bargh, J.A. (2020). Attitudes as prepared reflexes. Journal of Experimental and Social Psychology, 88, 103950.

Melnikoff, D.E., Mann, T.C., Stillman, P.E., Shen, X., & Ferguson, M.J. (2020). Tracking prejudice: A mouse-tracking measure of evaluative conflict predicts discriminatory behavior. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 12, 266-272.

Bargh, J.A. & Melnikoff, D.E. (2019). Does physical warmth prime social warmth? Reply to Chabris et al. Social Psychology, 50, 207-210.

Melnikoff, D.E. & Bargh, J.A. (2019). Problems with the dual-systems approach to temporal cognition. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 42, e264.

Melnikoff, D.E. & Valian, V.V. (2019). Gender disparities in awards to neuroscience researchers. Archives of Scientific Psychology, 7, 4-11.

Melnikoff, D.E. & Bargh, J.A. (2018). The mythical number two. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 22, 280-293.

Melnikoff, D.E. & Bargh, J.A. (2018). The insidious number two. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 22, 668-669.

Melnikoff, D.E. & Bailey, A.H. (2018). Preferences for moral vs. immoral traits in others are conditional. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115, E592-E600.

Melnikoff, D.E. & Bailey, A.H. (2018). Reply to Landy et al.: Terms and condition may apply. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115, E5637-E5638.

Einstein, E.B., Patterson, C.A., Hon, B.J., Regan, K.A., Reddi, J., Melnikoff, D.E., Mateer, M.J., Schulz, S., Johnson, B.N., & Tallent, M.K. (2010). Somatostatin signaling in neuronal cilia is critical for object recognition memory. Journal of Neuroscience, 30, 4306-4314.