• Refereed Journal Articles

• Books

• Book Chapters

• Selected Lectures/Videos

• News Articles

Refereed Journal Articles:

• Reyna, V. F. (2020). A scientific theory of gist communication and misinformation resistance, with implications for health, education, and policy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1912441117
• Reyna, V. F. (2020). Decision making about risk in the era of the novel coronavirus disease. CHEST, 158(4), 1310-1311. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2020.07.005
• Reyna, V. F. (2020). Of viruses, vaccines, and variability: Qualitative meaning matters. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2020.05.015
• Reyna, V. F., & Broniatowski, D. (2020). Abstraction: An alternative neurocognitive account of recognition, prediction, and decision making. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 43, E144. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X19003017
• Reyna, V. F., & Brust-Renck, P. G. (2020). How representations of number and numeracy predict decision paradoxes: A fuzzy-trace theory approach. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 22(6), 606-628. https://doi.org/10.1002/bdm.2179
• Garavito, D. M. N., Reyna, V. F., DeTello, J. E., Landow, B. R., & Tarpinian, L. M. (2020). Intentions to report concussion symptoms in nonprofessional athletes: A fuzzy-trace theory approach. Applied Cognitive Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3734
• George, L. S., Prigerson, H. G., Epstein, A. S., Richards, K. L., Shen, M. J., Derry, H. M., Reyna, V. F., Shah, M. A., & Maciejewski, P. K. (2020). Palliative chemotherapy or radiation and prognostic understanding among advanced cancer patients: The role of perceived treatment intent. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 23(1), 33-39. https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2018.0651
• Helm, R. K., Hans, V. P., Reyna, V. F., & Reed, K. (2020). Numeracy in the jury box: Numerical ability, meaningful anchors, and damage award decision making. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 34(2), 434-448. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3629
• Loeckenhoff, C. E., Rutt, J. L., Samanez-Larkin, G. R., Gallagher, C., O’Donoghue, T., & Reyna, V. F. (2020). Age effects in sequence-construction for a continuous cognitive task: Similar sequence-trends but fewer switch-points. The Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 75(4), 762-771. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gby090

• Brainerd, C. J., & Reyna, V. F. (2019). Fuzzy-trace theory, false memory, and the law. Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 6, 79-86. https://doi.org/10.1177/2372732218797143

• Broniatowski, D. A., & Reyna, V. F. (2019). To illuminate and motivate: A fuzzy-trace model of the spread of information online. Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10588-019-09297-2

• Derry, H. M., Maciejewski, P. K., Epstein, A. S., Shah, M. A., LeBlanc, T. W., Reyna, V. F., & Prigerson, H. G. (2019). Associations between anxiety, poor prognosis, and accurate understanding of scan results among advanced cancer patients. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 22(8). Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2018.0624

• Lockenhoff, C. E., Rutt, J. L., Samanez-Larkin, G. R., O’Donoghue, T., & Reyna, V. F. (2019). Preferences for temporal sequences of real outcomes differ across domains but do not vary by age. The Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences (74, 3), 430-439. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbx094

• McCormick, M., Reyna, V. F., Ball, K., Katz, J., & Deshpande, G. (2019). Neural underpinnings of financial decision bias in older adults: Putative theoretical models and a way to reconcile them. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 13, 184. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2019.00184

• Reed, K., Hans, V. P., & Reyna, V. F. (2019). Accounting for awards: An examination of juror reasoning behind pain and suffering damage award decisions. Denver Law Review, 96(4), 841-867. https://10.3758/s13428-019-01284-4
• Wolfe, C. R., Dandignac, M., & Reyna, V. F. (2019). A theoretically motivated method for automatically evaluating texts for gist inferences. Behavior Research Methods, 51(6), 2419-2437. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-019-01284-4
• Wolfe, C. R., Dandignac, M., Sullivan, R., Moleski, T., & Reyna, V. F. (2019). Automatic evaluation of cancer treatment texts for gist inferences and comprehension. Medical Decision Making, 39(8), 939-949. https://doi.org/10.1177/0272989X19874316  
• Reyna, V. F. (2018). Neurobiological models of risky decision-making and adolescent substance useCurrent Addiction Reports. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s40429-018-0193-z
• Reyna, V. F. (2018). When irrational biases are smart: A fuzzy-trace theory of complex decision making. Journal of Intelligence, 6(2), 29. doi: 10.3390/jintelligence6020029
• Brainerd, C. J., & Reyna, V. F. (2018). Complementarity in false memory illusions Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 147(3), 305-327. doi: 10.1037/xge0000381
• Broniatowski, D. A., Klein, E. Y., May, L., Martinez, E. M., Ware, C., & Reyna, V. F. (2018). Patients’ and clinicians’ perceptions of antibiotic prescribing for upper respiratory infections in the acute care setting Medical Decision Making, 38(5), 547-561. doi: 10.1177/0272989X18770664

• Broniatowski, D. A., & Reyna, V. F. (2018). A formal model of fuzzy-trace theory: Variations on framing effects and the Allais paradox. Decision, 5(4), 205-252. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/dec0000083

• Helm, R. K., Reyna, V. F., Franz, A. A., & Novick, R. Z. (2018). Too young to plead? Risk, rationality, and plea bargaining’s innocence problem in adolescents Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 24(2), 180-191. doi: 10.1037/law0000156

• Helm, R. K., Reyna, V. F., Franz, A. A., Novick, R. Z., Dincin, S., & Cort, A. E. (2018). Limitations on the ability to negotiate justice: Attorney perspectives on guilt, innocence, and legal advice in the current plea system. Psychology, Crime and Law. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/1068316X.2018.1457672
• Poldrack, R. A., Monahan, J., Imrey, P. B., Reyna, V. F., Raichle, M., Faigman, D., & Buckholtz, J. W. (2018). Predicting violent behavior: What can neuroscience add? Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 22(2), 111-123. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2017.11.003
• Wolfe, C. R., Reyna, V. F., & Smith, R. J. (2018). On judgments of approximately equal. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 31(1), 151-163. doi: 10.1002/bdm.2061
• Reyna, V. F. & Wilhelms, E. A. (2017). The gist of delay of gratification: Understanding and predicting problem behaviors. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 30(2), 610-625. doi: 10.1002/bdm.1977
• Helm, R. K., Hans, V. P., & Reyna, V. F. (2017). Trial by numbers. Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy, 27(1), 107-133.
• Klein, E. Y., Martinez, E. M., May, L., Saheed, M., Reyna, V. F., & Broniatowski, D. A. (2017). Categorical risk perception drives variability in antibiotic prescribing in the emergency department: A mixed methods observational study. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 32(10), 1083-1089. doi: 10.1007/s11606-017-4099-6
• Lockenhoff, C. E., Rutt, J. L., Samanez-Larkin, G. R., O’Donoghue, T., & Reyna, V. F. (2017). Preferences for temporal sequences of real outcomes differ across domains but do not vary by age. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbx094
• Rahimi-Golkhandan, S., Garavito, D. M. N., Reyna-Brainerd, B. B., and Reyna, V. F. (2017). A fuzzy trace theory of risk and time preferences in decision making: Integrating cognition and motivation. In J.R. Stevens  (Ed.), Impulsivity: How risk and time influence decision making (pp. 115-144). New York: Springer.
• Brainerd, C. J., Nakamura, K., Reyna, V. F., & Holliday, R. E. (2017). Overdistribution illusions: Categorical judgments produce them, confidence ratings reduce them. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 146(1), 20-40. doi: 10.1037/xge0000242.
• Brust-Renck, P. G., Nolte, J., & Reyna, V. F. (2017). Numeracy in health and risk messaging. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Communication. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/acrefore/978019028613.013.354.
• Brust-Renck, P. G., Reyna, V. F., Wilhelms, E. A., Wolfe, C. R., Widmer, C. L., Cedillos-Whynott, E. M., & Morant, A. K. (2017). Active engagement in a web-based tutorial to prevent obesity grounded in fuzzy-trace theory predicts higher knowledge and gist comprehension. Behavior Research Methods, 49, 1386-1398. doi: 10.3758/s13428-01600794-1.
• Helm, R. K., & Reyna, V. F. (2017). Logical but incompetent plea decisions: A new approach to plea bargaining grounded in cognitive theory. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1037/law0000125.
• Ishikawa, T., Jiang, A., Brussoni, M., Reyna, V. F., Weldon, R. B., Bruce, B., & Pike, I. (2017). Perceptions of injury risk associated with booster seats and seatbelts: The ejection stereotype hypothesis. Hypothesis, 15(1), e1. doi: 10.5779/hypothesis.v14i1.455.
• Romer, D., Reyna, V. F., & Satterthwaite, T. D. (2017). Beyond stereotypes of adolescent risk taking: Placing the adolescent brain in developmental context. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 27 (19-34). doi: 10.1016/j.dcn.2017.07.007.
• Blalock, S. J., & Reyna, V. F. (2016). Using fuzzy-trace theory to understand and improve health judgments, decisions, and behaviors: A literature review. Health Psychology, 35(8), 781-792. doi: 10.1037/hea0000384.
• Blalock, S. J., DeVellis, F. R., Chewning, B., Sleath, B. L., & Reyna, V. F. (2016). Gist and verbatim communication concerning medication risks/benefits. Patient Education and Counseling, 99(6), 988-994. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2015.12.001.
• Furlan, S., Agnoli, F., & Reyna, V. F. (2016). Intuition and analytic processes in probabilistic reasoning: The role of time pressure.. Learning and Individual Differences, 45, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.lindif.2015.11.006.
• Neumann, C., Kaye, D., Jackson, G., Reyna, V. F., & Ranadive, A. (2016). Presenting qualitative information on forensic science evidence in the court room. CHANCE, 29(1), 37-43. doi: 10.1080/09332480.2016.1156365.
• Reyna, V. F. & Wilhelms, E. A. (2016). The gist of delay of gratification: Understanding and predicting problem behaviors. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1002/bdm.1977.
• Reyna, V. F., Corbin, J. C., Weldon, R. B., & Brainerd, C. J. (2016). How fuzzy-trace theory predicts true and false memories for words, sentences, and narratives. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 5(1), 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jarmac.2015.12.003.
• Romer, A. L., Reyna, V. F., Pardo, S. T. (2016). Are rash impulsive and reward sensitive traits distinguishable? A test in young adults.. Personality and Individual Differences, 99, 308-312. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2016.05.027.
• Wolfe, C. R., Reyna, V. F., Widmer, C. L., Cedillos-Whynott, E. M., Brust-Renck, P. G., Weil, A. M., & Hu, X. (2016). Understanding genetic breast cancer risk: Processing loci of the BRCA Gist Intelligent Tutoring System. Learning and Individual Differences, 49, 178-189. doi: 10.1016/j.lindif.2016.06.009.
• Brainerd, C. J., Wang, Z., Reyna, V. F., & Nakamura, K. (2015). Episodic memory does not add up: Verbatim-gist superposition predicts violations of the additive law of probability. Journal of Memory and Language, 84, 224-245. doi: 10.1015/j.jml.2015.06.006.
• Broniatowski, D. A., Klein, E. Y., & Reyna, V. F. (2015). Germs are germs, and why not take a risk?: Patients' expectations for prescribing antibiotics in an inner city emergency department. Medical Decision Making, 35, 60-67. doi: 10.1177/0272989X14553472.
• Chick, C. F., Reyna, V. F., & Corbin, J. C. (2015). Framing effects are robust to linguistic disambiguation: A critical test of contemporary theory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1037/xlm0000158.
• Corbin, J. C., Reyna, V. F., Weldon, R. B., & Brainerd, C. J. (2015). How reasoning, judgment, and decision making are colored by gist-based intuition: A fuzzy-trace theory approach. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 4(4), 344-355. doi: 10.1016/j.jarmac.2015.09.001.
• Elstad, E. A., Sutkowi-Hemstreet, A., Vu, M., Sheridan, S. L., Harris, R., Reyna, V. F., … Brewer, N. T. (2015). Clinicians’ perceptions of the benefits and harms of prostate and colorectal cancer screening. Medical Decision Making, 35(4),467-476 . doi: 10.1177/0272989X15569780.
• Fraenkel, L., Lim, J., Tsao, G. G., Reyna, V. F., & Monto, A. (2015). Treat now or defer?: Examining Hepatitis C virus treatment preference heterogeneity using segmentation analysis. Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology. Advance online publication.
• Fraenkel, L., Matzko, C. K., Webb, D. E., Oppermann, B., Charpentier, P., Peters, E., Reyna, V. F., & Newman, E. D. (2015). Use of decision support for improved knowledge, values clarification, and informed choice in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Care and Research, 67(11), 1496-1502. doi: 10.1002/acr.22659.
• Landa, Y., Mueser, K., Wyka, K., Shreck, E., Jespersen, R., Jacobs, M., Griffin, K., van der Gaag, M., Reyna, V. F., Beck, A., Silbersweig, D., & Walkup, J. (2015). Development of a group and family-based cognitive behavioral therapy program for youth at risk for psychosis. Early Intervention in Psychiatry. Advance online publication. doi:10.1111/eip.12204.
• Reyna, V. F., & Landa, Y. (2015). Multiple traces or fuzzy traces?: Converging evidence for applications of modern cognitive theory to psychotherapy. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 38, 39. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X14000399.
• Reyna, V. F., Hans, V. P., Corbin, J. C., Yeh, R., Lin, K., & Royer, C. (2015). The gist of juries: Testing a model of damage award decision making. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 21(3), 280-294. doi: 10.1037/law0000048.
• Reyna, V. F., Nelson, W. L., Han, P. K., & Pignone, M. P. (2015). Decision making and cancer. American Psychologist, 70(2), 105-118. doi: 10.1037/a0036834.
• Reyna, V. F., Weldon, R. B., & McCormick, M. J. (2015). Educating intuition: Reducing risky decisions using fuzzy-trace theory. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 24(4), 392-398. doi: 10.1177/0963721415588081.
• Reyna, V. F., Wilhelms, E. A., McCormick, M. J., & Weldon, R. B (2015). Development of risky decision making: Fuzzy-trace theory and neurobiological perspectives. Child Development Perspectives, 9(2), 122-127. doi: 10.1111/cdep.12117.
• Widmer, C. L., Wolfe, C. R., Reyna, V. F., Cedillos-Whynott, E. M., Brust-Renck, P. G., & Weil, A. M. (2015). Tutorial dialogues and gist explanations of genetic breast cancer risk. Behavior Research Methods, 47, 632-648. doi: 10.3758/s13428-015-0592-1.
• Brainerd, C. J., Holliday, R. E., Nakamura, K., & Reyna, V. F. (2014). Conjunction illusions and conjunction fallacies in episodic memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 40(6), 1610-1623. doi: 10.1037/xlm0000017.
• Reyna, V. F., & Brainerd, C. B. (2014). Fuzzy universality of probability judgment. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111(48), 16984-16985. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1420118111.
• Reyna, V. F., & Mills, B. A. (2014). Theoretically motivated interventions for reducing sexual risk taking in adolescence: A randomized controlled experiment applying fuzzy-trace theory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 143(4), 1627-1648. doi: 10.1037/a0036717.
• Reyna, V. F., Chick, C. F., Corbin, J. C., & Hsia, A. N. (2014). Developmental reversals in risky decision-making: Intelligence agents show larger decision biases than college students. Psychological Science, 25(1), 76-84. doi: 10.1177/0956797613497022.
• Wolfe, C. R., Reyna, V. F., Widmer, C. L., Cedillos, E. M., Fisher, C. R., Brust-Renck, P. G., & Weil, A. M. (2014). Efficacy of a web-based intelligent tutoring system for communicating genetic risk of breast cancer: A fuzzy-trace theory approach. Medical Decision Making. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/0272989X14535983.
• Brainerd, C. J., Reyna, V. F., Gomes, C. F. A., Kenney, A. E., Gross, C. J., Taub, E. S., Spreng, R. N., & Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (2013). Dual-retrieval models and neurocognitive impairment. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1037/a0034057.
• Brainerd, C. J., Reyna, V. F., Petersen, R. G., Smith, G. E., Kenney, A. E., Gross, C. J., Taub, E. S., Plassman, B. L., & Fisher, G. G. (2013). The apolipoprotein E genotype predicts longitudinal transitions to mild cognitive impairment but not to Alzheimer’s dementia: Findings from a nationally representative study. Neuropsychology, 27(1), 80-94.
• Brainerd, C. J., Wang, Z., & Reyna, V. F. (2013). Superposition of episodic memories: Overdistribution and quantum models. Topics in Cognitive Science, 5773-799. doi: 10.1111/tops.12039.
• Brust-Renck, P. G., Royer, C. E., & Reyna, V. F. (2013). Communicating numerical risk: Human factors that aid understanding in health care. Reviews of Human Factors and Ergonomics, 8(1), 235-276. doi: 10.1177/1557234X13492980.
• Fagerlin, A., Pignone, M., Abhyankar, P., Col, N., Feldman-Stewart, D., Gavaruzzi, T., Kryworuchko, J., Levin, C. A., Pieterse, A. H., Reyna, V. F., Stiggelbout, A., Scherer, L. D., Wills, C., & Witteman, H. O. (2013). Clarifying values: An updated review. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 13 (Suppl 2): S8.
• Fisher, C. R., Wolfe, C. R., Reyna, V. F., Widmer, C. L., Cedillos, E. M., & Brust-Renck, P. G. (2013). A signal detection analysis of gist-based discrimination of genetic breast cancer risk. Behavior Research Methods, 45(3), 613-622. doi:10.3758/s13428-013-0364-8.
• Marchell, T. C., Lewis, D. D., Croom, K., Lesser, M. L., Murphy, S. H., Reyna, V. F., Frank, J., & Staiano-Coico, L. (2013). The slope of change: An environmental management approach to reduce drinking on a day of celebration at a U.S. college. Journal of American College Health, 61(6), 324-334. doi: 10.1080/07448481.2013.788008.
• Reyna, V. F., Chaudhry, S., Brust-Renck, P. G., Wilhelms, E. A., & Royer, C. E. (2013). Risk taking. Oxford Bibliographies Online Psychology. doi: 10.1093/obo/9780199828340-0007.
• Reyna, V. F., Croom, K., Staiano-Coico, L., Lesser, M. L., Lewis, D., Frank, J., & Marchell, T. (2013). Endorsement of a personal responsibility to adhere to the minimum drinking age law predicts consumption, risky behaviors, and alcohol-related harms. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 19(3), 380-394. doi: 10.1037/a0032538.
• Wilhelms, E. A. , & Reyna, V. F. (2013). Fuzzy trace theory and medical decisions by minors: Differences in reasoning between adolescents and adults. Journal of Medicine and Philosophy,.
• Wilhelms, E. A., & Reyna, V. F. (2013). Effective Ways to Communicate Risk and Benefit. Virtual Mentor, 15(1), 34-41.
• Wolfe, C. R., Widmer, C. L., Reyna, V. F., Hu, X., Cedillos, E. M., Fisher, C. R., Brust-Renck, P. G., Williams, T. C., Damas, I., & Weil, A. M. (2013). The development and analysis of tutorial dialogues in AutoTutor Lite. Behavior Research Methods, 45(3), 623-636. doi:10.3758/s13428-013-0352-z.
• Betsch, C., Brewer, N. T., Brocard, P., Davies, P., Gaissmaier, W., Haase, N., Leask, J., Renkewitz, F., Renner, B., Reyna, V. F., Rossmann, C., Sachse, K., Schachinger, A., Siegrist, M., Stryk, M. (2012). Opportunities and challenges of web 2.0 for vaccination decisions. Vaccine, 30(25), 3727-3733. doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.02.025 .
• Brainerd, C. J., & Reyna, V. F. (2012). Reliability of children's testimony in the era of developmental reversals. Developmental Review, 32, 224-267. doi:10.1016/j.dr.2012.06.008.
• Brainerd, C. J., Aydin, C., Reyna, V. F. (2012). Development of dual-retrieval processes in recall: Learning, forgetting, and reminiscence.. Journal of Memory and Language, 66(4), 763-788. doi:10.1016/j.jml.2011.12.002.
• Brainerd, C. J., Reyna, V. F., Holliday, R. E., & Nakamura, K. (2012). Overdistribution in source memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 38(2), 413-439. doi:10.1037/a0025645.
• Brewer, N. T., Richman, A. R., DeFrank, J. T., Reyna, V. F. & Carey, L. A (2012). Improving communication of breast cancer recurrence risk. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 133 553-561. doi:10.1007/s10549-011-1791-9.
• DeFrank, J., Richman, A., Carey, L., Reyna, V. F., & Brewer, N. T. (2012). Improving communication of genomic test results for breast cancer recurrence risk.[abstract]. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 43, S7.
• Fraenkel, L., Peters, E., Charpentier, P., Olson, B., Errante, L., Schoen, R., & Reyna, V.F. (2012). A decision tool to improve the quality of care in Rheumatoid Arthritis. Arthritis Care & Research 64(7), 977-985. doi: 10.1002/acr.21657.
• Furlan S., Agnoli, F., & Reyna, V. F. (2012). Children's competence or adults' incompetence? Different developmental trajectories in different tasks. Developmental Psychology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1037/a0030509.
• Liberali, J. M., Reyna, V. F., Furlan, S., Stein, L. M., Pardo, S. T. (2012). Individual differences in numeracy and cognitive reflection, with implications for biases and fallacies in probability judgment.. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 25, 361-381. doi:10.1002/bdm.752.
• Reyna, V. F. (2012). Risk perception and communication in vaccination decisions: A fuzzy-trace theory approach. Vaccine, 30, 3790-3797. doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.11.070.
• Reyna, V. F. (2012). A new intuitionism: Meaning, memory, and development in fuzzy-trace theory [Presidential Address].. Judgment and Decision Making, 7(3), 332-359..
• Reyna, V. F. (2012). Book Review: Foundations for tracing intuition: Challenges and methods by A. Glöckner & C Witteman (Eds.). Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 25(2), 212. doi: 10.1002/bdm.733.
• Wolfe, C. R., Fisher, C. R., & Reyna, V. F. (2012). Semantic coherence and inconsistency in estimating conditional probabilities. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making. Advance online publication. doi:10.1002/bdm.1756.
• Wolfe, C. R., Fisher, C. R., Reyna, V. F., & Hu, X. (2012). Improving internal consistency in conditional probability estimation with an Intelligent Tutoring System and web-based tutorials. International Journal of Internet Science, 7, 38-54.
• Brainerd, C.J., Reyna, V.F., & Zember, E. (2011). Theoretical and forensic implications of developmental studies of the DRM illusion. Memory & Cognition, 39, 365-380. doi:10.3758/s13421-010-0043-2.
• Brainerd, C.J., Reyna, V.F., Petersen, R.C., Smith, G.E. & Taub, E.S. (2011). Is the Apolipoprotein E genotype a biomarker for mild cognitive impairment? Findings from a nationally representative study. Neuropsychology, 25(6), 679-689. doi:10.1037/a0024483.
• Hans, V.P. & Reyna, V.F. (2011). To dollars from sense: Qualitative to quantitative translation in jury damage awards.. Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, 8(S1) 120-147. doi:10.1111/j.1740-1461.2011.01233.x.
• Hans, V.P., & Reyna, V.F. (2011). To dollars from sense: Qualitative to quantitative translation in jury damage awards. Cornell legal studies research paper No. 11-25. Retrieved July 12, 2011 from SSRN http://ssrn.com/abstract=1876667.
• Holliday, R.E., Brainerd, C.J., & Reyna, V.F. (2011). Developmental reversals in false memory: Now you see them, now you don't!. Developmental Psychology, 47(2), 442-449. doi:10.1037/a0021058 .
• Reyna, V. F. (2011). The paradoxes of Maurice Allais in economics and psychology. Medical Decision Making, 31, 221-222. doi:10.1177/0272989X11399338.
• Reyna, V.F., Brainerd, C.J. (2011). Dual processes in decision making and developmental neuroscience: A fuzzy-trace model. Developmental Review, 31, 180-206. doi:10.1016/j.dr.2011.07.004 .
• Reyna, V.F., Estrada, S.M., DeMarinis, J.A., Myers, R.M., Stanisz, J.M., Mills, B.A. (2011). Neurobiological and memory models of risky decision making in adolescents versus young adults. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 37(5), 1125-1142. doi:10.1037/a0023943.
• Brainerd, C. J. & Reyna, V.F. (2010). Recollective and Nonrecollective Recall. Journal of Memory and Language, 63(3), 425-445. doi:10.1016/j.jml.2010.05.002.
• Brainerd, C. J., & Reyna, V. F., Aydin, C. (2010). Remembering in contradictory minds: Disjunction fallacies in episodic memory.. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition,36(3), 711-735. doi:10.1037/a0018995.
• Brainerd, C. J., Holliday, R. E., Reyna, V. F., Yang, Y., & Toglia, M. P. (2010). Developmental reversals in false memory: Effects of emotional valence and arousal.. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 107(2), 137-154. doi:10.1016/j.jecp.2010.04.013.
• Marche, T.A., Brainerd, C.J., & Reyna, V.F. (2010). Distinguishing True From False Memories in Forensic Contexts: Can Phenomenology Tell Us What is Real?. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 24(8), 1168-1182. doi:10.1002/acp.1629 .
• Wolfe, C. R. & Reyna, V. F. (2010). Semantic coherence and fallacies in estimating joint probabilities. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 23(2), 203-223. doi:10.1002/bdm.650.
• Wolfe, C.R., & Reyna, V. F. (2010). Assessing semantic coherence and logical fallacies in joint probability estimates.. Behavior Research Methods, 42(2), 366-372. doi:10.3758/BRM.42.2.373.
• Brainerd, C. J., Reyna, V. F., & Howe, M. L. (2009). Trichotomous processes in early memory development, aging, and cognitive impairment: A Unified Theory. Psychological Review, 116, 783-832. doi:10.1037/a0016963.
• Croom, K., Lewis, D., Marchell, T., Lesser, M.L., Reyna, V. F., Kubicki-Bedford, L., Feffer, M., & Staiano-Coico, L. (2009). Impact of an Online Alcohol Education Course on Behavior and Harm for Incoming First-Year College Students: Short-Term Evaluation of a Randomized Trial. Journal of American College Health, 57(4), 445-454. doi:10.3200/JACH.57.4.445-454.
• Lloyd, F. J., & Reyna, V. F. (2009). Clinical gist and medical education: Connecting the dots. . The Journal of the American Medical Association, 302(12):1332-1333. doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1383.
• Odegard, T. N., Cooper, C. M., Lampinen, J. M., Reyna, V. F., & Brainerd, C. J. (2009). Children’s eyewitness memory for multiple real-life events.. Child Development, 80(6), 1877-1890. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8624.2009.01373.x.
• Reyna, V. F., Nelson, W., Han, P., & Dieckmann, N. F. (2009). How numeracy influences risk comprehension and medical decision making.. Psychological Bulletin, 135, 943-973. doi:10.1037/a0017327.
• Brainerd, C. J., & Reyna, V. F. (2008). Episodic over-distribution: A signature effect of recollection without familiarity. Journal of Memory and Language, 58, 765-786. doi:10.1016/j.jml.2007.08.006.
• Brainerd, C. J., Reyna, V. F., & Ceci, S. J. (2008). Developmental reversals in false memory: A review of data and theory. Psychological Bulletin, 134(3), 343- 382. doi:10.1037/0033-2909.134.3.343.
• Brainerd, C. J., Reyna, V. F., Ceci, S.J., & Holliday, R.E. (2008). Understanding developmental reversals in false memory: Reply to Ghetti (2008) and Howe (2008). Psychological Bulletin, 134(5), 773-777. doi:10.1037/0033-2909.134.3.343.
• Brainerd, C. J., Stein, L. M., Silveira, R. A., Rohenkohl, G., & Reyna, V. F (2008). How does negative emotion cause false memories?. Psychological Science, 19, 919-925. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02177.x.
• Brainerd, C.J., Yang, Y., Reyna, V.F., Howe, M.L., & Mills, B.A. (2008). Semantic processing in "associative" false memory. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 15(6), 1035-1053. doi:10.3758/PBR.15.6.1035.
• Holliday, R. E., Brainerd, C. J., & Reyna, V. F. (2008). Recall of details never experienced: Effects of age, repetition, and semantic cues. Cognitive Development, 23, 67-78. doi:10.1016/j.cogdev.2007.05.002.
• Mills, B., Reyna, V.F., & Estrada, S (2008). Explaining Contradictory Relations Between Risk Perception and Risk Taking. Psychological Science, 19, 429-33. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02104.x .
• Nelson, W., Reyna, V. F., Fagerlin, A., Lipkus, I., & Peters, E. (2008). Clinical Implications of Numeracy: Theory and Practice. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 35(3), 261-274. doi:10.1007/s12160-008-9037-8.
• Odegard, T. N., Brainerd, C. J., & Reyna, V. F. (2008). Attention to global-gist processing eliminates age effects in false memories. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 99, 96-113. doi:10.1016/j.jecp.2007.08.007.
• Reyna, V. F., & Brainerd, C. J. (2008). Numeracy, ratio bias, and denominator neglect in judgments of risk and probability. Learning and Individual Differences, 18(1), 89-107. doi:10.1016/j.lindif.2007.03.011.
• Reyna, V. F., & Rivers, S. E. (2008). Current theories of risk and rational decision making. [Editorial] Developmental Review, 28(1), 1-11. doi:10.1016/j.dr.2008.01.002.
• Reyna, V.F. (2008). A Theory of Medical Decision Making and Health: Fuzzy Trace Theory. Medical Decision Making, 28(6), 850-865. doi:10.1177/0272989X08327066.
• Reyna, V.F. (2008). Theories of Medical Decision Making and Health: An Evidence-Based Approach. Medical Decision Making, 28(6), 829-833. doi:10.1177/0272989X08327069.
• Rivers, S. E., Reyna, V. F., & Mills, B. A. (2008). Risk taking under the influence: A fuzzy-trace theory of emotion in adolescence. Developmental Review, 28, 107-144. doi:10.1016/j.dr.2007.11.002.
• Brainerd, C. J., & Reyna, V. F. (2007). Explaining developmental reversals in false memory. Psychological Science, 18(5), 442-448. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9280.2007.01919.x .
• Reyna, V. F., & Brainerd, C. J. (2007). The importance of mathematics in health and human judgment: Numeracy, risk communication, and medical decision making. Learning and Individual Differences, 17(2), 147-159. doi:10.1016/j.lindif.2007.03.010.
• Reyna, V. F., & Mills, B. A. (2007). Converging evidence supports fuzzy-trace theory’s nested sets hypothesis (but not the frequency hypothesis). Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 30, 278-280. doi:10.1017/S0140525X07001872.
• Brainerd, C. J., Forrest, T. J., Karibian, D., & Reyna, V. F. (2006). Development of the false-memory illusion. Developmental Psychology, 42, 962-979. doi:10.1037/0012-1649.42.5.962.
• Brainerd, C. J., Reyna, V. F., & Estrada, S. (2006). Recollection rejection of false narrative statements. Memory, 14(6), 672-691. doi:10.1080/09658210600648449.
• Reyna, V. F., & Farley, F. (2006). Risk and rationality in adolescent decision-making: Implications for theory, practice, and public policy. Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 7(1), 1-44. doi:10.1111/j.1529-1006.2006.00026.x.
• Reyna, V. F., & Lloyd, F. J. (2006). Physician decision-making and cardiac risk: Effects of knowledge, risk perception, risk tolerance, and fuzzy processing. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 12, 179-195. doi:10.1037/1076-898X.12.3.179.
• Adam, M. B., & Reyna, V. F. (2005). Coherence and correspondence criteria for rationality: Experts’ estimation of risks of sexually transmitted infections. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 18(3), 169-186. doi:10.1002/bdm.493.
• Brainerd, C. J., & Reyna, V. F. (2004). Fuzzy-trace theory and memory development. Developmental Review, 24, 396-439. doi:10.1016/j.dr.2004.08.005.
• Brainerd, C. J., Holliday, R. E., & Reyna, V. F. (2004). Behavioral measurement of remembering phenomenologies: So simple a child can do it. Child Development, 75, 505-522. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8624.2004.00689.x.
• Reyna, V. F. (2004). How people make decisions that involve risk: A dual process approach. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 13, 60-66. doi:10.1111/j.0963-7214.2004.00275.x.
• Reyna, V. F. (2004). Language: The best acts of mind. PsycCRITIQUES. [Originally published in Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, (1996), 41(6), 566-567.] Review.
• Brainerd, C. J., Payne, D. G., Wright, R., & Reyna, V. F. (2003). Phantom recall. Journal of Memory and Language, 48, 445-467. doi:10.1016/S0749-596X(02)00501-6.
• Brainerd, C. J., Reyna, V. F., Wright, R., & Mojardin, A. H. (2003). Recollection rejection: False-memory editing in children and adults. Psychological Review, 110, 762-784. doi:10.1037/0033-295X.110.4.762.
• Reyna, V. F., & Adam, M. B. (2003). Fuzzy-trace theory, risk communication, and product labeling in sexually transmitted diseases. Risk Analysis, 23, 325-342. doi:10.1111/1539-6924.00332.
• Wright, A. L., Schwindt, L., Bassford, T., Reyna, V. F., Shisslak, C. M., St. Germain, P. A., & Reed, K.L. (2003). Gender differences in academic advancement: Patterns, causes, and potential solutions in one U.S. college of medicine. Academic Medicine, 78, 500-508.
• Brainerd, C. J., & Reyna, V. F. (2002). Recollection rejection: How children edit their false memories. Developmental Psychology, 38, 156-172. doi:10.1037/0012-1649.38.1.156.
• Brainerd, C. J., & Reyna, V. F. (2002).  Fuzzy-trace theory and false memory - reprint. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 11, 164-168. doi:10.1111/1467-8721.00192.
• Brainerd, C. J., Reyna, V. F., & Forrest, T. J. (2002). Are young children susceptible to the false-memory illusion?. Child Development, 73, 1363-1377. doi:10.1111/1467-8624.00477.
• Brainerd, C. J., Wright, R., Reyna, V. F., & Payne, D. G. (2002). Dual retrieval processes in free and associative recall. Journal of Memory and Language, 46, 120-152. doi:10.1006/jmla.2001.2796.
• Holliday, R. E., Reyna, V. F., & Hayes, B. K. (2002). Memory processes underlying misinformation effects in child witnesses. Developmental Review, 22, 37-77. doi: 10.1006/drev.2001.0534.
• Reyna, V. F., Holliday, R. E., & Marche, T. (2002). Explaining the development of false memories. (Invited article on developmental forensics for a special issue) . Developmental Review, 22, 436-489. doi:10.1016/S0273-2297(02)00003-5.
• Wolfe, C. J., & Reyna, V. F. (2002). Using net cloak to develop server-side web-based experiments without writing CGI programs. Behavior Research Methods Instruments and Computers, 34, 204-207. doi:10.3758/BF03195444.
• Brainerd, C. J., & Reyna, V. F. (2001). Fuzzy-trace theory: Dual processes in memory, reasoning, and cognitive neuroscience. Advances in Child Development and Behavior, 28, 49-100. doi:10.1016/S0065-2407(02)80062-3.
• Brainerd, C. J., Wright, R., Reyna, V. F., & Mojardin, A.H. (2001). Conjoint recognition and phantom recollection. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 27, 341-361. doi:10.1037/0278-7393.27.2.307.
• Lenert, L. A., Sherbourne, C. D., & Reyna, V. F. (2001). Utility elicitation using single item questions compared with a computerized interview. Medical Decision Making, 21, 97-104. doi:10.1177/0272989X0102100202.
• Lloyd, F. J., & Reyna, V. F. (2001). A web exercise in evidence-based medicine using cognitive theory. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 16(2), 94-99. doi:10.1111/j.1525-1497.2001.00214.x.
• Reyna, V. F., & Hamilton, A. J. (2001). The importance of memory in informed consent for surgical risk. Medical Decision Making, 21, 152-155. doi:10.1177/0272989X0102100209.
• Reyna, V. F., Lloyd, F., & Whalen, P. (2001). Genetic testing and medical decision making. Archives of Internal Medicine, 161(20), 2406-2408. doi:10.1001/archinte.161.20.2406.
• Reyna, V. F. (2000b). Fuzzy-trace theory and source monitoring: An evaluation of theory and false memory data. Learning and Individual Differences, 12, 163-175. doi:10.1016/S1041-6080(01)00034-6.
• Reyna, V.F. (2000a). Data, development, and dual processes in rationality. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 23, 694-695.
• Brainerd, C. J., Reyna, V. F., & Mojardin, A. H. (1999). Conjoint Recognition. Psychological Review, 106(1), 160-179. doi:10.1037/0033-295X.106.1.160.
• Brainerd, C. J., & Reyna, V. F. (1998). When things that were never experienced are easier to “remember” than things that were. Psychological Science, 9, 484-489. doi:10.1111/1467-9280.00089.
• Brainerd, C. J., & Reyna, V. F. (1998). Fuzzy-trace theory and children's false memories. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 71, 81-129. doi:10.1006/jecp.1998.2464.
• Brainerd, C. J., Stein, L., & Reyna, V. F. (1998). On the development of conscious and unconscious memory. Developmental Psychology, 34, 342-357. doi:10.1037/0012-1649.34.2.342.
• Lloyd, F. J., & Reyna, V. F. (1998). Physicians’ decisions and agency for health care policy and research guidelines predict medical outcomes for patients with chest pain [abstract]. Medical Decision Making, 18, 489.
• Reyna, V. F., & Brainerd, C. J. (1998). Fuzzy-trace theory and false memory: New frontiers. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 71, 194-209. doi:10.1006/jecp.1998.2472.
• Lloyd, F. J., Reyna, V. F., Liebowitz, R., & Valenzuela, T. (1997). The AHCPR unstable angina algorithm in practice. The Journal of the American Medical Association, 277(12), 961. doi:10.1001/jama.1997.03540360029014.
• Reyna, V. F., & Brainerd, C. J. (1997). Fuzzy-trace theory applied to the theory and practice of law: Commentary on law’s memory by Paul C. Wohlmuth. Journal of Contemporary Issues, 8, 287-298.
• Reyna, V. F., & Lloyd, F. J. (1997). Theories of false memory in children and adults. Learning and Individual Differences, 9(2), 95-123. doi:10.1016/S1041-6080(97)90002-9.
• Reyna, V. F., Lloyd, F. J., & Woodard, R. (1997). Deviations from practice guidelines for unstable angina [abstract]. Medical Decision Making, 17, 538.
• Brainerd, C. J., & Reyna, V. F. (1996). Mere memory testing creates false memories in children. Developmental Psychology, 32, 467-478. doi:10.1037/0012-1649.32.3.467.
• Reyna, V. F. (1996). Conceptions of memory development, with implications for reasoning and decision making. Annual Review of Child Development, 12, 87-118.
• Brainerd, C. J., & Reyna, V. F. (1995). Autosuggestibility in memory development. Cognitive Psychology, 28, 65-101. doi:10.1006/cogp.1995.1003.
• Brainerd, C. J., & Reyna, V. F. (1995). Learning rate, learning opportunities and the development of forgetting. Developmental Psychology, 31, 251-262. doi:10.1037/0012-1649.31.2.251.
• Brainerd, C. J., Reyna, V. F., & Brandse, E. (1995). Are children's false memories more persistent than their true memories?. Psychological Science, 6, 359-364. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9280.1995.tb00526.x.
• Brainerd, C. J., Reyna, V. F., & Kneer, R. (1995). False-recognition reversal: When is similarity distinctive?. Journal of Memory and Language, 34, 157-185. doi:10.1006/jmla.1995.1008.
• Reyna, V. F., & Brainerd, C. J. (1995). Fuzzy-trace theory: An interim synthesis [The first issue of 1995 was devoted to this invited target article on a theory developed by my colleagues and me]. Learning and Individual Differences, 7, 1-75. doi:10.1016/1041-6080(95)90031-4.
• Reyna, V. F., & Kiernan, B. (1995). Children's memory and metaphorical interpretation. Metaphor and Symbolic Activity, 10, 309-331.
• Reyna, V.F., Brainerd, C.J. (1995). Fuzzy-trace theory: Some foundational issues. Learning and Individual Differences, 7(2), 145-162. doi:10.1016/1041-6080(95)90028-4.
• Reyna, V. F., & Ellis, S. C. (1994). Fuzzy-trace theory and framing effects in children's risky decision making. Psychological Science, 5, 275-279. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9280.1994.tb00625.x.
• Reyna, V. F., & Kiernan, B. (1994). The development of gist versus verbatim memory in sentence recognition: Effects of lexical familiarity, semantic content, encoding instruction, and retention interval. Developmental Psychology, 30, 178-191. doi:10.1037/0012-1649.30.2.178.
• Brainerd, C. J., Reyna, V.F., Harnishfeger, K.K., & Howe, M.L (1993). Is retrievability grouping good for recall?. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 122, 249-268. doi:10.1037/0096-3445.122.2.249.
• Brainerd, C. J., & Reyna, V. F. (1993). Memory independence and memory interference in cognitive development. Psychological Review, 100, 42-67. doi:10.1037/0033-295X.100.1.42.
• Brainerd, C. J., Olney, C. A., & Reyna, V. F. (1993). Optimization versus effortful processing in children's cognitive triage: Criticisms, reanalyzes, and new data. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 55, 353-373.
• Reyna, V. F. (1993). Theory and reality in psycholinguistics. Psychological Science, 4, 19-23. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.1993.tb00550.x.
• Smith, K. J., Reyna, V. F., & Brainerd, C. J. (1993). The debate continues [Editorial]. Phi Delta Kappa, 74, 407-410.
• Brainerd, C. J., & Reyna, V. F. (1992). Explaining “memory-free” reasoning. Psychological Science, 3, 332-339. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9280.1992.tb00042.x.
• Brainerd, C. J., & Reyna, V. F. (1992). The memory independence effect: What do the data show? What do the theories claim?. Developmental Review, 12, 164-186. doi:10.1016/0273-2297(92)90007-O.
• Brainerd, C. J., Reyna, V. F., Howe, M.L., & Kevershan, J. (1991). Fuzzy-trace theory and cognitive triage in memory development. Developmental Psychology, 27, 351-369. doi:10.1037/0012-1649.27.3.351.
• Reyna, V. F. (1991). Class inclusion, the conjunction fallacy, and other cognitive illusions. Developmental Review, 11, 317-336. doi:10.1016/0273-2297(91)90017-I.
• Reyna, V. F., & Brainerd, C. J. (1991). Fuzzy-trace theory and children’s acquisition of scientific and mathematical concepts. Learning and Individual Differences, 3, 27-60. doi:10.1016/1041-6080(91)90003-J.
• Reyna, V. F., & Brainerd, C.J. (1991). Fuzzy-trace Theory and Framing Effects in Choice: Gist Extraction, Truncation, and Conversion . Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 4, 249-262. doi:10.1002/bdm.3960040403.
• Brainerd, C .J., Reyna, V. F., & Howe, M. L. (1990). Children’s cognitive triage: Optimal retrieval or effortful processing?. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 49, 428-447. doi:10.1016/0022-0965(90)90068-J.
• Brainerd, C. J., & Reyna, V. F. (1990). Can age x learnability interactions explain the development of forgetting?. Developmental Psychology, 26, 194-203. doi:10.1037/0012-1649.26.2.194 .
• Brainerd, C. J., & Reyna, V. F. (1990). Inclusion illusions: Fuzzy-trace theory and perceptual salience effects in cognitive development. Developmental Review, 10, 365-403. doi:10.1016/0273-2297(90)90020-5.
• Brainerd, C. J., & Reyna, V. F. (1990). Gist is the grist: Fuzzy-trace theory and the new intuitionism. Developmental Review, 10, 3-47. doi:10.1016/0273-2297(90)90003-M.
• Brainerd, C. J., Reyna, V. F., Howe, & M. L., Kevershan, J. (1990). The last shall be first: How memory strength affects children’s retrieval. Psychological Science, 1, 247-252. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9280.1990.tb00208.x.
• Brainerd, C.J., Reyna, V.F., Howe, M.L., & Kingma, J. (1990). The Development of Forgetting and Reminiscence. With Commentary by Robert E. Gutentag and a Reply by C.J. Brainerd. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 55(3-4, Serial No. 222). doi:10.2307/1166106.
• Perkins, W. S., & Reyna, V. F. (1990). The effects of expertise on preference and typicality in investment decision making. Advances in Consumer Research, 17, 1-6.
• Reyna, V. F. (1990). Decisions and revisions. Review of Decision making: Descriptive, normative, and prescriptive interactions. Contemporary Psychology, 35, 952-953.
• Reyna, V. F., & Brainerd, C. J. (1990). Fuzzy processing in transitivity development. Annals of Operations Research, 23, 37-63.
• Reyna, V. F., Brainerd, C. J., & Bjorklund, D.F. (1990). Editorial. Developmental Review, 10, 1-2. doi:10.1016/0273-2297(90)90002-L.
• Brainerd, C. J., & Reyna, V. F. (1989). Output-interference theory of dual task deficits in memory development. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 47, 1-18. doi:10.1016/0022-0965(89)90056-8.
• Reyna, V. F. (1989). I think, therefore it is. Review of experience, memory, and reasoning. Contemporary Psychology, 34, 917-918.
• Reyna, V. F., & Brainerd, C. J. (1989). Output interference, generic resources, and cognitive development. Journal Experimental Child Psychology, 47, 42-46. doi:10.1016/0022-0965(89)90061-1.
• Brainerd, C. J., & Reyna, V. F. (1988). Memory loci of suggestibility development. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 117, 197-200. doi:10.1037/0096-3445.117.2.197.
• Brainerd, C. J., & Reyna, V. F. (1988). Generic resources, reconstructive processing, and children’s mental arithmetic. Developmental Psychology, 24, 324-334. doi:10.1037/0012-1649.24.3.324.
• Reyna, V. F. (1988). Review of Piaget’s construction of the child’s reality. Child Development Abstracts and Bibliography, 62(3), 334.
• Reyna, V. F., & Brainerd, C. J. (1988). Piaget under scrutiny. Review of Piaget’s construction of the child’s reality. Science, 241, 733.
• Reyna, V.F. (1986). Metaphor and associated phenomena: Specifying the boundaries of psychological inquiry. Metaphor and Symbolic Activity, 1, 271-290.
• Reyna, V.F. (1984). To have and have not: Children's metaphor in the resolution of semantic inconsistency. Western Humor and Irony Membership Serial Yearbook, 2, 211-212.
• Reyna, V.F. (1982). The animated word: Modification of meaning by context [University Microfilms number 82-03153]. Dissertation Abstracts International, 42, 3852B.
• Reyna, V.F. (1981). The language of possibility and probability: Effects of negation on meaning. Memory and Cognition, 9,642-650.
• Reyna, V.F. (1980). Review. Statistics for linguistics. International Journal of American Linguistics, 46, 150-151.
• Reyna, V.F. (1978). The semantics of modal adjectives: The effects of context and negation on meaning. CUNY Forum, Papers in Linguistics, 6, 158-167 .

Books:

• Wilhelms, E. A., & Reyna, V. F. (Eds.). (2015). Neuroeconomics, judgment, and decision making. New York: Psychology Press.
• Reyna, V. F., & Zayas, V. (2014). The neuroscience of risky decision making. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
• Reyna, V.F., Chapman, S.B., Dougherty, M., & Confrey, J. (2012). The adolescent brain: Learning, reasoning and decision making. Washington DC: American Psychological Association.
• Brainerd, C. J., & Reyna, V. F (2005). The Science of False Memory. New York: Oxford University Press.
• Howe, M.L., Brainerd, C.J., & Reyna, V.F. (1992). Development of Long-Term Retention. New York: Springer-Verlag.

Book Chapters:

• Nolte, J., Garavito, D., & Reyna, V. F. (2019). Decision making. In R. J. Sternberg & J. Funke (Eds.), Introduction to the psychology of human thought (pp.177-198). Heidelberg: Heidelberg University Publishing.

• Helm, R. K., McCormick, M., & Reyna, V. F. (2018). Expert decision-making: A fuzzy-trace theory perspective. In L. J. Ball & V. A. Thompson (Eds.), The International Handbook of Thinking and Reasoning (pp. 289-303). New York, NY: Routledge.

• Meschkow, A. M., Nolte, J., Garavito, D. M. N., Helm, R. K., Weldon, R. B., & Reyna, V. F. (2018). Risk-taking. In M. E. Arterberry, M. H. Bornstein, K. L. Fingerman, & J. E. Lansford (Eds.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Lifespan Human Development (pp. 1861-1865). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.

• Reyna, V. F., Rahimi-Golkhandan, S., Garavito, D. M., & Helm, R. K. (2017). The fuzzy-trace dual-process model. In W. De Neys (Ed.), Dual Process Theory 2.0 (pp.82-99). London: Taylor & Francis.

• Garavito, D. M. N., Weldon, R. B., & Reyna, V. F. (2017). Fuzzy-trace theory: Judgments, decisions, and neuro-economics. In A. Lewis (Ed.), The Cambridge Handbook of Psychology and Economic Behavior (pp. 1-10). Cambridge University Press.
• Broniatowski, D. A., & Reyna, V. F. (2016). Process Modeling of Qualitative Decision Under Uncertainty. In A. Papafragou, D. Grodner, D. Mirman, & J. Trueswell (Eds.), Proceedings of the 38th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1667-1672). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.
• Chick, C. F., Pardo, S. T., Reyna, V. F., & Goldman, D. G. (2017). Decision Making (Individuals). In Reference Module in Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Psychology (pp. 1-10). Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-809324-5.06393-8 .
• Weldon, R. B., Corbin, J. C., Garavito, D. M. N., & Reyna, V. F. (2017). The gist is sophisticated yet simple: Fuzzy-trace theory’s developmental approach to individual differences in judgment and decision making. In M. Toplak & J. Weller (Eds.), Individual Differences in Judgment and Decision Making from a Developmental Context (pp. 67-84). New York, NY: Routledge..
• Brust-Renck, P. G., Reyna, V. F., Wilhelms, E. A., & Lazar, A. N. (2016). A fuzzy-trace theory of judgment and decision making in healthcare: Explanation, prediction, and application. In M. A. Diefenbach, S. M. Miller, & D. J. Bowen (Eds.), Handbook of health and decision science. New York: Springer..
• Ferrer, R., Klein, W., Lerner, J. S., Reyna, V. F., & Keltner, D. (2016). ). Emotions and health decision-making: Extending the Appraisal Tendency Framework to improve health and healthcare. In C. Roberto & I. Kawachi (Eds.), Behavioral economics and public health (pp.101-132). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. .
• Brainerd, C. J., & Reyna, V. F. (2015). Memory and knowledge in theories of episodic memory. In C. Roberto & I. Kawachi (Eds.), Behavioral economics and public health (pp.101-132). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
• Broniatowski, D. A., & Reyna, V. F. (2015). Formalizing risky choice with a logistic model of Fuzzy Trace Theory. In D. C. Noelle, R. Dale, A. S. Warlaumont, J. Yoshimi, T. Matlock, C. D. Jennings, & P. P. Maglio (Eds.), Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 291-296). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.
• Corbin, J. C., Liberali, J. F. M., Reyna, V. F., & Brust-Renck, P. G. (2015). Intuition, interference, inhibition, and individual differences in Fuzzy Trace Theory. In E. A. Wilhelms & V. F. Reyna (Eds.), Neuroeconomics, judgment, and decision making (pp. 77-90). New York, NY: Psychology Press.
• Wilhelms, E. A. & Reyna, V. F. (2015). Introduction: Neuroeconomics, judgment and decision making. In E. A. Wilhelms & V. F. Reyna (Eds.), Neuroeconomics, Judgment, and Decision Making (pp. xiii-xviii). New York, NY: Psychology Press.
• Wilhelms, E. A., Helm, R. K., Setton, R. A., & Reyna, V. F. (2015). Fuzzy trace theory explains paradoxical dissociations in affective forecasting. In E.A. Wilhelms & V. F. Reyna (Eds.), Neuroeconomics, Judgment, and Decision Making (pp. 49-73). New York, NY: Psychology Press.
• Brust-Renck, P. G., Reyna, V. F., Corbin, J. C., Royer, C. E., & Weldon, R. B. (2014). The role of numeracy in risk communication.. In H. Cho, T. Reimer, & K. A. McComas (Eds.), The SAGE handbook of risk communication (pp. 134-145). Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.
• Reyna, V. F., & Huettel, S. A. (2014). Reward, representation, and impulsivity: A theoretical framework for the neuroscience of risky decision making. In V. F. Reyna & V. Zayas (Eds.), The neuroscience of risky decision making (pp. 11-42). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
• Reyna, V. F., & Zayas, V. (2014). Introduction to the neuroscience of risky decision making. In V. F. Reyna & V. Zayas (Eds.), The neuroscience of risky decision making (pp. 3-8). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association..
• Reyna, V. R., & Brust-Renck, P. G. (2014). A review of theories of numeracy: Psychological mechanisms and implications for medical decision making. In Anderson, B. L., & Schulkin, J. Numerical reasoning in judgments and decision making about health (pp. 215-251). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
• Brainerd, C. J., & Reyna, V. F. (2013). Dual processes in memory development: Fuzzy-trace theory. In P. J. Bauer & R. Fivush (Eds.), The Wiley handbook on the development of children's memory (pp. 480-512). New York: Wiley & Sons..
• Corbin, J.C., Wilhelms, E.A., Reyna, V.F., & Brainerd, C.J. (2013). Theory and Processes in Memory Development: Childhood to Adolescence. In R. Holliday & T. Marche (Eds.), Child Forensic Psychology (pp. 65-94). Basingstroke, UK: Palgrave Macmillin.
• Reyna, V. F. (2013). Intuition, reasoning, and development: A fuzzy-trace theory approach. In P. Barrouillet & C. Gauffroy (Eds.), The Development of Thinking and Reasoning (pp.193-220). Hove, UK: Psychology Press.
• Weldon, R. B., Corbin, J. C., & Reyna, V. F. (2013). Gist processing in judgment and decision making: Developmental reversals predicted by fuzzy-trace theory. In H. Markovits (Ed.), The Developmental Psychology of Reasoning and Decision-Making (pp. 36-62). New York: Psychology Press.
• Brainerd, C.B., Reyna, V.F., & Holliday, R.E. (2012). Development of recollection: A fuzzy-trace theory perspective. In S. Ghetti & P.J. Bauer (Eds.), Origins and development of recollection (pp. 101-143). New York: Oxford University Press.
• Chick, C.F. & Reyna, V.F (2012). A fuzzy-trace theory of adolescent risk-taking: Beyond self-control and sensation seeking. In V.F. Reyna, S. Chapman, M. Dougherty, & J. Confrey (Eds.), The adolescent brain: leaning, reasoning, and decision making (pp.379-428). Washington DC: American Psycholgical Association.
• Holliday, R.E., Humphries, J.E., Brainerd, C.J., & Reyna, V.R. (2012). Interviewing vulnerable witnesses. In G. Davies & A. Beech, Forensic psychology: Crime, justice, law, interventions, 2nd Ed. (pp. 115-133). Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons.
• Reyna, V.F. (2012). Preface. In V.F. Reyna, S. Chapman, M. Dougherty, & J. Confrey (Eds.),The adolescent brain: Learning, reasoning, and decision making (pp. xv-xviii). Washington DC: American Psychological Association.
• Reyna, V.F. (2012). Across the lifespan. In Fischhoff, B., Brewer, N.T., Downs, J.S. (Eds.), Communicating risks and benefits: An evidence-based user's guide (pp. 111-119). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration. Retrieved from http://www.fda.gov/ScienceResearch/SpecialTopics/RiskCommunication/defa….
• Reyna, V.F. & Dougherty, M. (2012). Epilogue: Paradoxes of the adolescent brain in cognition, emotion, and rationality.. In V.F. Reyna, S. Chapman, M. Dougherty, & J. Confrey (Eds.), The adolescent brain: Leaning, reasoning, and decision making (pp.431-435). Washington DC: American Psycholgical Association.
• Reyna, V.F., & Casillas, W. (2009). Development and Dual Processes in Moral Reasoning: A Fuzzy-trace Theory Approach. In Bartels, D. M., Bauman, C. W., Skitka, L. J., & Medin, D. L., Eds. Moral Judgment and Decision Making: The Psychology of Learning and Motivation, Volume 50 ( pp. 207-236). San Diego: Elsevier Academic Press..
• Brainerd, C. J., & Reyna, V. F. (2008). Developmental trends in spontaneous false memory, with implications for the law. In M. L. Howe, G. Goodman, & D. Cicchetti (Eds.), Stress, trauma, and children’s memory development: Neurobiological, cognitive, clinical, and legal perspectives (pp. 302-362). New York: Oxford University Press.
• Reyna, V. F., & Mills, B. A. (2007). Interference processes in fuzzy-trace theory: Aging, Alzheimer's disease, and development. In C. MacLeod & D. Gorfein (Eds.), Inhibition in cognition (pp. 185-210). Washington: APA Press..
• Reyna, V. F., Mills, B. A., Estrada, S. M., & Brainerd, C. J. (2006). False memory in children: Data, theory, and legal implications. In M. P. Toglia, J. D. Read, D. F. Ross, & R. C. L. Lindsay (Eds.), The handbook of eyewitness psychology: Memory for events (pp. 473-510). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Reyna, V. F. (2005). Fuzzy-trace theory, judgment, and decision-making: A dual-processes approach. In C. Izawa & N. Ohta (Eds.), Human Learning and Memory: Advances in theory and application: The 4th Tsukuba International Conference on Memory (pp. 239-256). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers.
• Reyna, V. F. (2005). The no child left behind act and scientific research: A view from Washington, DC. In J. S. Carlson, & J. R. Levin (Eds.), The no child left behind legislation: Educational research and federal funding (pp. 1-25). Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing.
• Reyna, V. F. (2005). Federal policy and scientific research. In J. S. Carlson, & J. R. Levin (Eds.), The no child left behind legislation: Educational research and federal funding (pp. 135-150). Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing.
• Reyna, V. F., Adam, M. B., Poirier, K., LeCroy, C. W., & Brainerd, C. J. (2005). Risky decision-making in childhood and adolescence: A fuzzy-trace theory approach. In J. Jacobs & P. Klaczynski (Eds.), The development of children's and adolescents' judgment and decision-making (pp. 77-106) Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Wolfe C. R., Reyna, V. F., & Brainerd, C. J. (2005). Fuzzy-trace theory: Implications for transfer in teaching and learning. In J. P. Mestre (Ed.), Transfer of learning from a modern multidisciplinary perspective (pp. 53-88). Greenwich,CT: Information Age Publishing.
• Reyna, V. F. (2004). Why scientific research? The importance of evidence in changing educational practice. In P. McCardle & V. Chhabra (Eds.), The voice of evidence: Bringing research to classroom educators [A festschrift for a scientific advisor to the President on research], (pp. 47-58). Baltimore,MD: Brookes Publishing.
• Reyna, V. F., Lloyd, F. J., & Brainerd, C. J. (2003). Memory, development, and rationality: An integrative theory of judgment and decision-making. In S. Schneider & J. Shanteau (Eds.), Emerging perspectives on judgment and decision research (pp. 201-245). New York: Cambridge University Press.
• Effken, J, Loeb, R., Johnson, K., Johnson, S., & Reyna, V. (2001). Using cognitive work analysis to design clinical display [Proceedings of MedInfo, 2001]. In V. L. Patel, R. Rogers, & R. Haux (Eds.), (pp. 27-31) London, IOS Press.
• Lloyd, F. J., & Reyna, V. F. (2001). Clinical decision making and information management in the era of managed care. In R. C. Becker & J. S. Alpert (Eds.), Cardiovascular medicine: Practice and management (pp. 719-732). New York, NY:Arnold Publishing.
• Reyna, V. F., Brainerd, C. J., Effken, J., Bootzin, R., & Lloyd, F. J. (2001). The psychology of human computer mismatches. In C. Wolfe (Ed.), Learning and teaching on the world wide web (pp. 23-44). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
• Brainerd, C.J., Reyna, V. F., & Poole, D. A (2000). Fuzzy-trace theory and false memory: Memory theory in the courtroom. In D. F. Bjorklund (Ed.), False memory creation in children and adults (pp. 93-127). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Reyna, V. F. (1998). Fuzzy-trace theory and false memory. In M. Intons-Peterson & D. Best (Eds.), Memory distortions and their prevention (pp. 15-27). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Reyna, V. F., & Titcomb, A. L. (1997). Constraints on the suggestibility of eyewitness testimony: A fuzzy-trace theory analysis. In D. G. Payne & F. G. Conrad (Eds.), A synthesis of basic and applied approaches to human memory (pp. 157-174). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Reyna, V. F. (1996). Meaning, memory and the interpretation of metaphors. In J. Mio & A. Katz (Eds.), Metaphor: Implications and applications (pp. 39-57). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Reyna,V. F. (1995). Interference effects in memory and reasoning: A fuzzy-trace theory analysis. In F. N. Dempster & C. J. Brainerd (Eds.), Interference and inhibition in cognition (pp. 29-59). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
• Titcomb, A. L., & Reyna, V. F. (1995). Memory interference and misinformation effects. In F. N. Dempster & C. J. Brainerd (Eds.), Interference and inhibition in cognition (pp. 263-294). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
• Reyna, V. F., & Brainerd, C. J. (1994). The origins of probability judgment: A review of data and theories. In G. Wright & P. Ayton (Eds.), Subjective probability (pp.239-272). New York, NY: Wiley.
• Brainerd, C. J., & Reyna, V. F. (1993). Domains of fuzzy-trace theory. In M. L. Howe & R. Pasnak (Eds.), Emerging themes in cognitive development: Theoretical foundation Vol. 1. (pp. 50-93). New York, NY: Springer-Verlag.
• Reyna, V. F., & Brainerd, C.J. (1993). Fuzzy memory and mathematics in the classroom. In G. M. Davies & R. H. Logie (Eds.), Memory in everyday life (pp. 91-119). Amsterdam: North Holland Press.
• Reyna, V. F. (1992). Reasoning, remembering, and their relationship: Social, cognitive, and developmental issues. In M. L. Howe, C. J. Brainerd, & V. F. Reyna (Eds.), Development of long-term retention (pp. 103-127). New York, NY: Springer-Verlag.
• Reyna, V. F., & Brainerd, C. J. (1992). A fuzzy-trace theory of reasoning and remembering: Paradoxes, patterns, and parallelism. In A. Healy, S. Kosslyn, & R. Shiffrin (Eds.), From learning processes to cognitive processes: Essays in honor of William K. Estes (pp. 2:235-259). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Brainerd, C. J., & Reyna, V. F. (1991). Acquisition and forgetting in normal and learning-disabled children: A disintegration-redintegration theory. In J. E. Obrzut & G. W. Hynd (Eds.), Neuropsychological foundations of learning disabilities (pp.147-178). New York: Academic Press.
• Reyna, V.F. (1987). Understanding verbs: Easy extension, hard comprehension. In A. Ellis (Ed.). Progress in the psychology of language (pp. 3:301-315). London: Erlbaum.
• Reyna, V.F. (1985). Shaping opinion: Pragmatics of topic and source. In F. Denmark (Ed.), Social/ecological psychology and the psychology of women. (pp.35-50) Amsterdam: North Holland.
• Reyna, V.F. (1985). Figure and fantasy in children's language. In M. Pressley., & C.J. Brainerd (Eds.), Cognitive learning and memory in children: Progress in cognitive development research. New York, NY:Springer-Verlag.

Selected Lectures/Videos:

• Newswise. (2020). COVID-19 Causes, Consequences, and Solutions: Exploring the Unanswered Questions https://www.newswise.com/articles/covid-19-exploring-the-unanswered-questions-with-newswise-live-expert-panel
• Reyna, V. The Risks of E-Cigarettes to Adolescent Health https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NH56vbisMKY&list=PLf6VUxhJp0JnGW60ShIuwwB9rYItxxfHj&index=70
• Reyna, V. (2019). Communicating the Gist: Misinformation, Memory, and Meaning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D-3UZMvHuU&t=3s
• Reyna, V. (2017). NAM Annual Meeting: Child Brain Development & Its Influence on Risky Decision-Making https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKqego3aDWY

News Articles:

• Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research (2020). The Pandemic May Be Affecting Your Memory. Psychology Today. Retrieved from https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/evidence-based-living/202009/the-pandemic-may-be-affecting-your-memory
• Baildon, K. (2019). 5 Questions with Valerie Reyna, Department for Human Development Professor and Extension Leader. CCE News. Retrieved from http://hdtoday.human.cornell.edu/2019/04/30/an-interview-with-valerie-reyna-by-cce-news/
• Cornell University (2018, September 5). Does neuroscience hold the key to understanding the criminal mind?. ScienceDaily. Retrieved from www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/09/180905140235.htm
• Damour, L. (2017). Teenagers do dumb things, but there are ways to limit recklessness. The New York Times. Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/08/well/family/teenagers-do-dumb-things-but-there-are-ways-to-limit-recklessness.html.
• Rozansky, M. (2017). Why teens take risks: It’s not a deficit in brain development. Retrieved from https://www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/why-teens-take-risks-its-not-a-deficit-in-brain-development/   
• Damour, L (2017). Teenagers do dumb things, but there are ways to limit recklessness. The New York Times. Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/08/well/family/teenagers-do-dumb-things-but-there-are-ways-to-limit-recklessness.html.

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