My main research interest is how everyday cognition (on a higher level such as problem solving and decision making) should be understood, both from a theoretical and a descriptive perspective.

Books (1)

• Wallin, A. (2003). Explaining everyday problem solving. Lund University Cognitive Studies, 99. Cognitive Science. Dissertation.

Editorships (1)

• Gärdenfors, P. & Wallin, A. (2008). (Eds.) A Smorgasbord of Cognitive Science. Bokförlaget Nya Doxa.

Articles (15)

• Pärnamets, P., Johansson, R., Gidlöf, K. & Wallin, A. (2016). How information availability interacts with visual attention during judgment and decision tasks. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 29, 218-231. John Wiley & Sons.
• Persson, J., Sahlin, N.-E. & Wallin, A. (2015). Climate change, values, and the cultural cognition thesis. Environmental Science and Policy, 52, 1-5. Elsevier.
• Wallin, A. & Richard, M. (2015). Strategies for advice taking : the role of epistemic social information. Economics and Philosophy, 31, 67-91. Cambridge University Press.
• Blennow, K., Persson, J., Wallin, A., Vareman, N. & Persson, E. (2014). Understanding risk in forest ecosystem services: implications for effective risk management, communication and planning. Forestry, 87, 219-228. Oxford University Press.
• Gidlöf, K., Wallin, A., Dewhurst, R. & Holmqvist, K. (2013). Using eye-tracking to trace a cognitive process: Gaze behavior during decision making in a natural environment. Journal of Eye Movement Research, 6, 3-14. European Group for Eye Movement Research.
• Gidlöf, K., Wallin, A., Peter, M.-H. & Holmqvist, K. (2013). Material distortion of economic behavior and everyday decision making. Journal of Consumer Policy, 36, 389-402. Luchterhand.
• Wallin, A. (2013). A peace treaty for the rationality wars? External validity and its relation to normative and descriptive theories of rationality. Theory & Psychology, 23, 458-478. SAGE Publications Inc..
• Persson, J. & Wallin, A. (2012). Why internal validity is not prior to external validity: Paper presented at PSA 2012. Brunswik Society Newsletter, 27, 37-38.
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• Wallin, A. (2011). Is egocentric bias evidence for simulation theory. Synthese, 178, 503-514. Springer.
• Sahlin, N.-E., Wallin, A. & Persson, J. (2010). Decision Science : From Ramsey to Dual Process Theories. Synthese, 172, 129-143. Springer.
• Katsikopoulos, K. V., Pachur, T., Machery, E. & Wallin, A. (2008). From Meehl to fast and frugal heuristics (and back) - New insights into how to bridge the clinical-actuarial divide. Theory & Psychology, 18, 443-464. SAGE Publications Inc..
• Garcia-Retamero, R., Wallin, A. & Dieckmann, A. (2007). Does causal knowledge help us be faster and more frugal in our decisions?. Memory & Cognition, 35, 1399-1409. Psychonomic Society.
• Hertwig, R. & Wallin, A. (2004). Out of the Theoretical Cul-de-sac (Commentary). Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 27, 341-342. Cambridge University Press.
• Hanoch, Y. & Wallin, A. (2003). The ‘wicked’ and the ‘kind’. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 17, 121-124. John Wiley & Sons.
• Wallin, A. & Gärdenfors, P. (2000). Smart people that make simple heuristics work. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 23, 765-765. Cambridge University Press.

Book chapters (7)

• McElreath, R., Wallin, A. & Fasolo, B. (accepted/in press). The evolutionary rationality of social learning. Oxford University Press.
• Konstantinos, K., Thorsten, P., Eduard, M. & Wallin, A. (accepted/in press). From Meehl (1954) to fast and frugal heuristics (and back): new insights into how to bridge the clinical–actuarial divide. SAGE Publications Inc..
• Persson, J. & Wallin, A. (2015). The (misconceived) distinction between internal and external validity. In Persson, J., Hermerén, G. & Sjöstrand, E. (Eds.) (pp. 187-195). Fri tanke förlag.
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• Wallin, A. (2012). Bedömningar. In Jens, A. & Mikael, J. (Eds.) (pp. 263-271). Studentlitteratur AB.
• Wallin, A. (2007). Explanation and environment: the case of psychology. In Persson, J. & Ylikoski, P. (Eds.) (pp. 163-176). Springer.
• Wallin, A. (2007). Om empiriskt grundade påståenden i analytisk filosofi. In Egonsson, D., Maurin, A.-S. & Persson, J. (Eds.) (pp. 135-156), 22.
• Wallin, A. (1999). Can a constructivist distinguish between experience and representation?. In Riegler, A., Markus, P. & von Stein, A. (Eds.) (pp. 269-276). Kluwer.

Conference contributions (19)

• Gidlöf, K., Wallin, A. & Holmqvist, K. (2013). Visual attention during real-world decision making.
• Gidlöf, K., Wallin, A. & Holmqvist, K. (2012). Central fixation bias in the real world? : evidence from the supermarket.
• Persson, J. & Wallin, A. (2012). Why internal validity is not prior to external validity. Phil Sci Archives.
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• Wallin, A. (2009). Självbedömningar. In Sonesson, A. & Amnér, G. (Eds.) (pp. 78-78). Lednings- och kompetensutveckling/CED.
• Wallin, A. (2007). Is egocentric bias evidence for Simulation theory?. European Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Geneva..
• Bartosz, G., Oliver, V. & Wallin, A. (2006). Robustheit von Entscheidungsmodellen: Eine ökologische Kreuzvalidierung. Beiträge zur 7. Wissenschaftlichen Tagung der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Psychologie, 25-25. Hermagoras.
• Bartosz, G., Vitouch, O. & Wallin, A. (2006). Verallgemeinerbarkeit von Entscheidungsstrategien auf wenig vertraute Situationen. In Gula, B., Alexandrowicz, R., Strauß, S., Brunner, E., Jenull-Schiefer, B. & Vitouch, O. (Eds.) (pp. 30-37). Pabst Science Publishers.
• Konstantinos, K., Wallin, A. & Florian, S. (2006). Weighing words: A new approach to framing effects. Society for Judgment and Decision Making: 27th annual conference, Houston..
• Wallin, A. (2005). Errors in the prediction of preferences: simulation and theory in adult mind reading. European Society for Philosophy and Psychology Lund..
• Wallin, A. (2005). Explanation and environment: the case of psychology. Fifth European Congress for Analytic Philosophy, Lisbon..
• Wallin, A., Barbara, F. & Richard, M. (2005). Social information in decision making. Subjective Probability, Utility, and Decision Making: 20th biannual conference, Stockholm..
• Garcia-Retamero, R., Wallin, A. & Dieckmann, A. (2004). Causal content of information and decision-making. European Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Barcelona..
• Katsikopolous, K. & Wallin, A. (2004). Do gains and losses really play a role in the framing effect?. European Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Barcelona..
• Wallin, A., Barbara, F. & Richard, M. (2004). Social information in decision-making. Happiness, economics, and interpersonal relationships. Trento..
• Wallin, A. (2003). Strong and practical domain-specificity. 12th International Congress of Logic Methodology and Philosophy of Science, Oviedo.
• Wallin, A. & McElreath, R. (2003). The epistemic nature of conformity. European Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Lyon..
• Wallin, A. (2002). The informativness of objects. European Congress for Analytic Philosophy. Lund..
• Wallin, A. (2000). Distinguishing appearance from reality – the development of a child’s theory formation?. European Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Salzburg.
• Wallin, A. (1997). Is there a way for constructivism to distinguish what we experience from what we represent?. ASoCS Report 97-01.

Working papers (1)

• Wallin, A. (1997). Shaky Constructions.
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Articles in specialist publications and popular press (1)

• Wallin, A. (2011). Högt IQ inget krav för bra beslut. Axess, 2, 46-49. Axess Publishing AB.