FERNANDO
BLANCO BREGÓN
PROFESOR TITULAR DE UNIVERSIDAD
Publications (44) Publications de FERNANDO BLANCO BREGÓN
2024
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A large-scale study and six-month follow-up of an intervention to reduce causal illusions in high school students
Royal Society Open Science, Vol. 11, Núm. 8
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Which learning techniques supported by cognitive research do students use at secondary school? Prevalence and associations with students’ beliefs and achievement
Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, Vol. 9, Núm. 1
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É máis crible a prensa científica ca o telediario?
Ciencia parece pero non é (Consellería de Cultura, Educación e Ordenación Universitaria), pp. 55-67
2023
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Expensive seems better: The price of a non-effective drug modulates its perceived efficacy
Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, Vol. 8, Núm. 1
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I want to believe: Prior beliefs influence judgments about the effectiveness of both alternative and scientific medicine
Judgment and Decision Making, Vol. 18, Núm. 1
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Recent advances in the study of the illusion of causality: theory, methods, and practical implications
Psicológica: Revista de metodología y psicología experimental, Vol. 44, Núm. 2
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Scarcity affects cognitive biases: The case of the illusion of causality
Acta Psychologica, Vol. 239
2022
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Causality bias
Cognitive Illusions: Intriguing Phenomena in Thinking, Judgment, and Memory: Third edition (Taylor and Francis), pp. 108-123
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Editorial: Understanding and Overcoming Biases in Judgment and Decision-Making With Real-Life Consequences
Frontiers in Psychology
2021
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The more, the merrier: Treatment frequency influences effectiveness perception and further treatment choice
Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, Vol. 28, Núm. 2, pp. 665-675
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The tendency to stop collecting information is linked to illusions of causality
Scientific Reports, Vol. 11, Núm. 1
2020
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Are the symptoms really remitting? How the subjective interpretation of outcomes can produce an illusion of causality
Judgment and Decision Making, Vol. 15, Núm. 4, pp. 572-585
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Diseases that resolve spontaneously can increase the belief that ineffective treatments work
Social Science and Medicine, Vol. 255
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When Success Is Not Enough: The Symptom Base-Rate Can Influence Judgments of Effectiveness of a Successful Treatment
Frontiers in Psychology, Vol. 11
2019
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Base-rate expectations modulate the causal illusion
PLoS ONE, Vol. 14, Núm. 3
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Learning Mechanisms Underlying Accurate and Biased Contingency Judgments
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cognition, Vol. 45, Núm. 4, pp. 373-389
2018
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Bayesian methods for addressing long-standing problems in associative learning: The case of PREE
Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, Vol. 71, Núm. 9, pp. 1844-1859
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Causal illusions in the service of political attitudes in Spain and the United Kingdom
Frontiers in Psychology, Vol. 9, Núm. JUN
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Reduced selective learning in patients with fibromyalgia vs healthy controls
Pain, Vol. 159, Núm. 7, pp. 1268-1276
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The illusion of causality: A cognitive bias underlying pseudoscience
Pseudoscience: The Conspiracy against Science (The MIT Press), pp. 45-76