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Wim De Neys

Ph.D, HDR

Full researcher

CNRS

Wim De Neys is a Research Director at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS). After earning his Ph.D. in cognitive psychology at the University of Leuven (Belgium) and post-doctoral training at the University of California Santa Barbara (USA) and York University (Toronto, Canada) he joined CNRS in 2009. In his work on human thinking, he uses a combination of behavioural, neuroscientific and developmental methods to unravel how intuitive and deliberate thought processes interact.

PUBLICATIONS

Voudouri, A., Białek, M., & De Neys, W. (2024). Fast & Slow Decisions Under Risk: Intuition Rather than Deliberation Drives Advantageous Choices. Cognition, 250, 105837. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2024.105837

Boissin, E., Josserand, M. De Neys, W., & Caparos, S. (2024). Debiasing thinking among non-WEIRD reasoners. Cognition, 243, 105681.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2023.105681

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Camarda, A., De Neys, W., Ozkalp-Poincloux, B., Hooge, S., Le Masson, P., Weil, B., & Cassotti, M. (2024). Detecting fixation bias in creative idea generation: Evidence from design novices and experts. Creativity Research Journal, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/10400419.2024.2424620

Franiatte, N., Boissin, E., Delmas, A., & De Neys, W. (2024).  Boosting debiasing: Impact of repeated training on reasoning. Learning & Instruction, 89, 101845. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2023.101845

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Boissin, E., Caparos, S., Abi Hana, J., Bernard, C., & De Neys, W. (2024). Easy-fix attentional focus manipulation boosts the intuitive and  deliberate use of base-rate information. Memory & Cognition. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-024-01625-5

Franiatte, N., Boissin, E., Delmas, A., & De Neys, W. (2024).  Adieu Bias: Debiasing Intuitions Among French Speakers. Psychologica Belgica, 64(1), 42-57, https://doi.org/10.5334/pb.1260

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Voudouri, A., Bago, B., Borst, G., & De Neys, W. (2023). Reasoning  and cognitive control, fast and slow. Judgment and Decision Making, 18,  E33. https://doi.org/10.1017/jdm.2023.32     

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Boissin, E., Caparos, S., & De Neys, W. (2023). No easy fix for belief bias during syllogistic reasoning? Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/20445911.2023.2181734

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Boissin, E., Caparos, S., & De Neys, W. (2023). Examining the role of deliberation in de-bias training. Thinking & Reasoning. https://doi.org/10.1080/13546783.2023.2259542

Voudouri, A., Bialek, M., Domurat, A., Kowal, M., & De Neys, W. (2022). Conflict detection predicts the temporal stability of intuitive and deliberate reasoning. Thinking & Reasoning, 1-29. https://doi.org/10.1080/13546783.2022.2077439

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Boissin, E., Caparos, S., Voudouri, A., & De Neys, W. (2022). Debiasing System 1: Training favours logical over stereotypical intuiting. Judgment and Decision Making, 17(4), 646–690. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1930297500008895

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De Neys, W. (2022). Advancing theorizing about fast-and-slow thinking. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 1–68. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x2200142x

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Boissin, E., Caparos, S., Raoelison, M., & De Neys, W. (2021). From bias to sound intuiting: Boosting correct intuitive reasoning. Cognition, 211, 104645. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2021.104645

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De Neys, W. (2021). On Dual- and Single-Process Models of Thinking. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 16(6), 1412–1427. https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691620964172

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Raoelison, M., Boissin, E., Borst, G., & De Neys, W. (2021). From slow to fast logic: The development of logical intuitions. Thinking & Reasoning, 27(4), 599‑622. https://doi.org/10.1080/13546783.2021.1885488

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Janssen, E. M., Raoelison, M., & de Neys, W. (2020). "you’re wrong!": The impact of accuracy feedback on the bat-and-ball problem. Acta Psychologica, 206, 103042. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2020.103042

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Salvia, E., Mevel, K., Borst, G., Poirel, N., Simon, G., Orliac, F., Etard, O., Hopfensitz, A., Houdé, O., Bonnefon, J.-F., & De Neys, W. (2020). Age-related neural correlates of facial trustworthiness detection during economic interaction. Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Economics, 13(1), 19–33. https://doi.org/10.1037/npe0000112

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Raoelison, M., Thompson, V. A., & De Neys, W. (2020). The smart intuitor: Cognitive capacity predicts intuitive rather than deliberate thinking. Cognition, 204, 104381. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2020.104381

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Bago, B., & De Neys, W. (2019). The intuitive greater good: Testing the corrective dual process model of moral cognition. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 148(10), 1782–1801. https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0000533

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Bago, B., Raoelison, M., & De Neys, W. (2019). Second-guess: Testing the specificity of error detection in the bat-and-ball problem. Acta Psychologica, 193, 214–228. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2019.01.008

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Raoelison, M., & De Neys, W. (2019). Do we de-bias ourselves?: The impact of repeated presentation on the bat-and-ball problem. Judgment and Decision Making, 14(2), 170–178. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1930297500003405

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De Neys, W., & Pennycook, G. (2019). Logic, Fast and Slow: Advances in Dual-Process Theorizing. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 28, 503–509. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963721419855658

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Mevel, K., Borst, G., Poirel, N., Simon, G., Orliac, F., Etard, O., Houdé, O., & De Neys, W. (2019). Developmental frontal brain activation differences in overcoming heuristic bias. Cortex, 117, 111–121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2019.03.004

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Bago, B., Frey, D., Vidal, J., Houdé, O., Borst, G., & De Neys, W. (2018). Fast and slow thinking: Electrophysiological evidence for early conflict sensitivity. Neuropsychologia, 117, 483–490. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2018.07.017

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Frey, D., Johnson, E. D., & De Neys, W. (2018). Individual differences in conflict detection during reasoning. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 71(5), 1188-1208. https://doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2017.1313283

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Bonnefon, J.-F., Hopfensitz, A., & De Neys, W. (2017). Can we detect cooperators by looking at their face? Current Directions in Psychological Science, 26(3), 276-281. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963721417693352

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Bonnefon, J.-F., Hopfensitz, A., De Neys, W. (2017). Trustworthiness perception at zero acquaintance: consensus, accuracy, and prejudice. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 40, e4. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x15002319

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De Neys, W., Hopfensitz, A., Bonnefon, J.-F. (2017). Split-second trustworthiness detection from faces in an economic game. Experimental Psychology, 64(4), 231-239. https://doi.org/10.1027/1618-3169/a000367

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Bialek, M., & De Neys, W. (2017). Dual processes and moral conflict: Evidence for deontological reasoners’ intuitive utilitarian sensitivity. Judgment and Decision Making, 12(2), 148-167.

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De Neys, W. (Ed.). (2017). Dual Process Theory 2.0. Oxon, UK: Routledge.

Bago, B., & De Neys, W. (2017). Fast logic?: Examining the time course assumption of dual process theory. Cognition, 158, 90-109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2016.10.014

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Lanoë, C., Lubin, A., Houdé, O., Borst, G., & De Neys, W. (2017). Grammatical attraction error detection in children and adolescents. Cognitive Development, 44, 127-138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2017.09.002

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Bialek, M., De Neys, W. (2016). Conflict detection during moral decision making: Evidence for deontic reasoners’ utilitarian sensitivity. Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 28, 631-639.

Frey, D., De Neys, W., Bago, B. (2016). The jury of intuition: Conflict detection and intuitive processing. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 5, 335-337.

Johnson, E. D., Tubau, E.,  De Neys, W. (2016). The doubting System 1: Evidence for automatic substitution sensitivity. Acta Psychologica, 164, 56-64.

Lubin, A., Simon, G., Houdé, O., De Neys, W. (2015). Inhibition, conflict detection and number conservation. ZDM : the international journal on mathematics education, 47, 793-800.

Bonnefon, J.-F., Hopfensitz, A., De Neys, W. (2015). Face-ism and kernels of truth in facial inferences. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 19, 421-422. (commentaire)

Mevel, K., Poirel, N., Rossi, S., Cassotti, M., Simon, G., Houdé, O., De Neys, W. (2015). Bias detection: Response confidence evidence for conflict sensitivity in the ratio bias task. Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 27, 227-237.

Lubin, A., Houdé, O., De Neys, W. (2015). Evidence for children's error sensitivity during arithmetic word problem solving. Learning and Instruction, 40, 1-8.

De Neys, W., Hopfensitz, A., Bonnefon, J. F. (2015). Adolescents gradually improve at detecting trustworthiness from the facial features of unknown adults. Journal of Economic Psychology, 47, 17-22.

Simon, G., Lubin, A., Houdé, O., De Neys, W. (2015). Anterior cingulate cortex and intuitive bias detection during number conservation. Cognitive Neuroscience, 6, 158-168.

Bonnefond, M., Kaliuzhna, M., Van der Henst, J.B, De Neys, W. (2014). Disabling conditional inferences: An EEG study. Neuropsychologia, 56, 255-262.

De Neys, W. (2014). Conflict detection, dual processes, and logical intuitions: Some clarifications. Thinking Reasoning, 20, 169-187.

De Neys, W., Lubin, A., Houdé, O. (2014). The smart non-conserver: Preschoolers detect their number conservation errors. Child Development Research. doi:10.1155/2014/768186

De Neys, W., Hopfensitz, A., Bonnefon, J. F. (2013). Low second-to-fourth digit ratio predicts indiscriminate social suspicion, not improved trustworthiness detection. Biology Letters, 9, 20130037. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2013.0037

Lesage, E., Navarette, G., De Neys, W. (2013). Evolutionary modules and Bayesian facilitation: the role of general cognitive resources. Thinking Reasoning, 19, 27-53.

Trémolière, B., De Neys, W. (2013). Methodological concerns in moral judgment research: Severity of harm shapes moral decisions. Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 25, 989-993.

De Neys, W., Rossi, S., Houdé, O. (2013). Bats, balls, and substitution sensitivity: Cognitive misers are no happy fools. Psychonomic Bulletin Review, 20, 269-273.

De Neys, W., Bonnefon, J. F. (2013). The whys and whens of individual differences in thinking biases. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 17, 172-178.

Van Lier, J., Revlin, R., De Neys, W. (2013). Detecting cheaters without thinking: Testing the automaticity of the cheater detection module. PloS ONE, 8, e53827.

De Neys, W., Feremans, V. (2013). Development of heuristic bias detection in elementary school. Developmental Psychology, 49, 258-69.

Trémolière, B., De Neys, W., Bonnefon, J. F. (2012). Mortality salience and morality: Thinking about death makes people less utilitarian. Cognition, 124, 379-384.

De Neys, W. (2012). Bias and conflict: A case for logical intuitions. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 7, 28-38.

De Neys, W., Glumicic, T. (2008). Conflict monitoring in dual process theories of reasoning. Cognition, 106, 1248-1299.

De Neys, W. (2006). Dual processing in reasoning: Two systems but one reasoner. Psychological Science, 17, 428-433.

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