Representative publications
- Rotello, C., & Heit, E. (2009). Modeling the effects of argument length and validity on inductive and deductive reasoning. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 35, 1317-1330.
- Heit, E., & Hayes, B. (2008). Predicting reasoning from visual memory. Proceedings of the Thirtieth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, 83-88.
- Heit, E., & Rotello, C. (2008). Modeling two kinds of reasoning. Proceedings of the Thirtieth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, 1831-1836.
- Heit, E. (2008). Models of inductive reasoning. In Sun, R. (Ed.), Cambridge handbook of computational psychology, 322-338. Cambridge University Press.
- Feeney, A. & Heit, E. (Eds.). (2007). Inductive reasoning. Cambridge University Press.
- Heit, E. (2007). What is induction and why study it? In Feeney, A. & Heit, E. (Eds.), Inductive reasoning, 1-24. Cambridge University Press.
- Heit, E., Brockdorff, N., & Lamberts, K. (2007). Categorization, recognition, and unsupervised learning. In Gluck, M., Anderson, J., & Kosslyn, S. (Eds.), Memory and Mind: A Festschrift for Gordon H. Bower, 325-342. Erlbaum.
- Little, D., Lewandowsky, S., & Heit, E. (2006). Ad hoc category restructuring. Memory & Cognition, 34, 1398-1413.
- Lewandowsky, S., & Heit, E. (2006). Some targets for memory models. Journal of Memory and Language, 55, 441-446.
- Heit, E. & Hayes, B. (2005). Relations among categorization, induction, recognition, and similarity. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 134, 596-605.
- Heit, E. & Feeney, A. (2005). Relations between premise similarity and inductive strength. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 12, 340-344.
- Heit, E. & Rotello, C. (2005). Are there two kinds of reasoning? Proceedings of the Twenty-Seventh Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society.
- Elvevaag, B., Storms, G., Heit, E., & Goldberg, T. (2005). Category content and structure in schizophrenia: An evaluation using the instantiation principle. Neuropsychology, 19, 371-380.
- Heit, E., Hahn, U., & Feeney, A. (2005). Defending diversity. In W. Ahn, R. Goldstone, B. Love, A. Markman, & P. Wolff (Eds.), Categorization inside and outside of the laboratory: Essays in honor of Douglas L. Medin, 87-99. APA.
- Heit, E. (2005). Should we abandon the theory theory? Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 9, 215-216.
- Heit, E. & Hayes, B. (2005). Illuminating reasoning and categorization. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 28, 27.
- Heit, E., Briggs, J., & Bott, L. (2004). Modeling the effects of prior knowledge on learning incongruent features of category members. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 30, 1065-1081.
- Bott, L. & Heit, E. (2004). Nonmonotonic extrapolation in function learning. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 30, 38-50.
- Heit, E., Brockdorff, N., & Lamberts, K. (2004). Strategic processes in false recognition memory. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 11, 380-386.
- Hayes, B. & Heit, E. (2004). Why learning and development can lead to poorer recognition memory. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 8, 337-339.
- Heit, E. (2004). The concept of big books. Contemporary Psychology, 49, 581-583.
- Chater, N., Heit, E., & Oaksford, M. (2004). Reasoning. In K. Lamberts & R. Goldstone (Eds.), Handbook of Cognition, 297-320. Sage.
- Heit, E., Brockdorff, N., & Lamberts, K. (2003). Adaptive changes of response criterion in recognition memory. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 10, 718-723.
- Hayes, B., Goodhew, A., Heit, E., & Gillan, J. (2003). The role of diverse instruction in conceptual change. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 83, 256-273.
- Lamberts, K., Brockdorff, N., & Heit, E. (2003). Feature-sampling and random-walk models of individual stimulus recognition. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 132, 351-378.
- Lamberts, K., Brockdorff, N., & Heit, E. (2002). Perceptual processing in matching and recognition of complex pictures. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 28, 1176-1191.
- Heit, E. & Hahn, U. (2001). Diversity-based reasoning in children. Cognitive Psychology, 47, 243-273.
- Heit, E. (2001). Putting together prior knowledge, verbal arguments, and observations in category learning. Memory & Cognition, 29, 828-837.
- Heit, E. (2001). Background knowledge in models of categorization. In U. Hahn & M. Ramscar (Eds.), Similarity and Categorization, 155-178. Oxford University Press.
- Heit, E. (2001). What is the probability of the Bayesian model, given the data? Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 24, 672-673.
- Heit, E. (2000). Properties of inductive reasoning. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 7, 569-592.
- Heit, E. & Bott, L. (2000). Knowledge selection in category learning. In D. Medin (Ed.), Psychology of Learning and Motivation, 39, 163-199. Academic Press.
- Rotello, C. & Heit, E. (2000). Associative recognition: A case of recall-to-reject processing. Memory & Cognition, 28, 907-922.
- Rotello, C. & Heit, E. (1999). Two-process models of recognition memory: Evidence for recall-to-reject? Journal of Memory and Language, 40, 432-453
- Heit, E. (1998). Influences of prior knowledge on selective weighting of category members. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 24, 712-731.
- Heit, E. (1998). A Bayesian analysis of some forms of inductive reasoning. In M. Oaksford & N. Chater (Eds.), Rational Models of Cognition, 248-274. Oxford University Press.
- Heit, E. (1997). Knowledge and concept learning. In K. Lamberts & D. Shanks (Eds.), Knowledge, Concepts, and Categories, 7-41. Psychology Press.
- Heit, E. (1997). Features of similarity and category-based induction. In Proceedings of the Interdisciplinary Workshop on Similarity and Categorisation, 115-121. Edinburgh.
- Heit, E., & Barsalou, L. (1996). The instantiation principle in natural categories. Memory, 4, 413-451.
- Heit, E. (1995). Belief revision in models of category learning. Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, 176-181. Erlbaum.
- Heit, E. (1994). Models of the effects of prior knowledge on category learning. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 20, 1264-1282.
- Heit, E. & Rubinstein, J. (1994). Similarity and property effects in inductive reasoning. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 20, 411-422.
- Heit, E., Price, P., & Bower, G. (1994). A model for predicting the outcomes of basketball games. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 8, 621-639.
- Heit, E. (1993). Modeling the effects of expectations on recognition memory. Psychological Science, 4, 244-252.
- Jones, C. & Heit, E. (1993). An evaluation of the total similarity principle: Effects of similarity on frequency judgments. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 19, 799-812.
- Heit, E. (1992). Categorization using chains of examples. Cognitive Psychology, 24, 341-380.
- Billman, D. & Heit, E. (1988). Observational learning without feedback: A simulation of an adaptive method. Cognitive Science, 12, 587-625.