2024 UPDATE

I am taking a short break from professional engagements and will not be accepting invitations for collaborations, coffee chats, or invited talks until January 2025.

Thank you.

Alaina Talboy, PhD

Award-winning Cognitive Scientist and Educator on reasoning, problem solving, and decision making

Expertise in experimental design & analysis, advanced statistics, and mixed methodology

PhD in Cognition, Neuroscience, and Social Psychology from the University of South Florida

Dr. Talboy and JDM labmates presenting at the Psychonomics and Judgment & Decision Making Conferences in Vancouver BC.

Core Principles

My philosophy and approach to research, writing, and life in general is guided by the three principles of scientific thinking.

Question everything including authority, experts, and more importantly yourself, your assumptions, and your biases.

Maintain a healthy dose of open skepticism, tempered by a willingness to update beliefs based on new evidence.

Practice intellectual honesty above all else. It is OK to be wrong AND admit when you are wrong. We are all human and make mistakes.