Session 2

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When:
9:15 AM, Thursday 28 May 2026 EDT (7 hours 15 minutes)
Theme : The psychology of reasoning: Biases, beliefs and rationality

Janie Brisson
Speaker

Henry Markovits
Speaker

Valerie Thompson
Speaker

Gordon Pennycook
Speaker

Maggie E. Toplak
Speaker

Sub Sessions

Introduction
9:15 AM EDT - 9:30 AM EDT | 15 minutes
Psychology

Janie Brisson
Speaker
Measuring qualitative differences in reasoning: The dual strategy model
Université du Québec à Montréal
9:30 AM EDT - 10:30 AM EDT | 1 hour
Psychology

Résumé  References  

Henry Markovits
Speaker
To be confirmed
10:45 AM EDT - 11:45 AM EDT | 1 hour
Psychology

Valerie Thompson
Speaker
How reasoning impacts beliefs, attitudes, and ideologies
1:30 PM EDT - 2:30 PM EDT | 1 hour
Psychology

I will outline research that investigates how basic research on human reasoning can help us understand consequential "everyday" beliefs and behaviors; from religious beliefs to to climate change denial to the spread of misinformation (and more!). ReferencesPennycook, G., Fugelsang, J.A., & Koehler, D.J. (2015). Everyday consequences of analytic thinking. Current Directions in Psychological Sci...

Gordon Pennycook
Speaker
Conspiratorial Thinking, Contested Beliefs and Actively Open-Minded Thinking
2:30 PM EDT - 3:30 PM EDT | 1 hour
Psychology

There has been considerable interest in how conspiratorial thinking is related to measures of rationality. The earliest scales measuring individual differences conspiratorial thinking were constructed under the assumption that such beliefs were clearly and obviously irrational. Our earlier research with the Comprehensive Assessment of Rational Thinking (CART) included a subtest to assess the tendency to endorse conspiracy beliefs. The endorsement of conspiracy b...

Maggie E. Toplak
Speaker
Panel of the session
3:45 PM EDT - 4:30 PM EDT | 45 minutes
Psychology

Janie Brisson
Panelist

Henry Markovits
Panelist

Valerie Thompson
Panelist

Gordon Pennycook
Panelist

Maggie E. Toplak
Panelist

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