My research is mainly related to cognitive and social psychology. Areas of research include: student perceptions of classroom grading practices, the “Uncanny Valley”, zero-sum thinking, prejudice, social justice, competitiveness, and online research methods.
Journal articles
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Kennedy, R., Clifford, S., Burleigh, T., Waggoner, P. D., Jewell, R., & Winter, N. J. (2020). The shape of and solutions to the MTurk quality crisis. Political Science Research and Methods, 8(4), 614-629. doi:
10.1017/psrm.2020.6 -
Schoenherr, J. R., & Burleigh, T. J. (2020). Dissociating affective and cognitive dimensions of uncertainty by altering regulatory focus. Acta Psychologica, 205, 103017. doi:
10.1016/j.actpsy.2020.103017 -
Winter, N., Burleigh, T., Kennedy, R., & Clifford, S. (2019). A simplified protocol to screen out VPS and international respondents using Qualtrics. Available at SSRN 3327274. doi:
10.2139/ssrn.3327274 -
Burleigh, T., Kennedy, R., & Clifford, S. (2018). How to screen out VPS and international respondents using Qualtrics: A protocol. Available at SSRN 3265459. doi:
10.2139/ssrn.3265459 -
Burleigh, T., & Rubel, A. (2018). Counting polyamorists who count: Prevalence and definitions of an under-researched form of consensual nonmonogamy. doi:
10.1177/1363460718779781 -
Sparks, A., Burleigh, T., & Barclay, P. (2016). We can see inside: Accurate prediction of Prisoner's Dilemma decisions in announced games following a face-to-face interaction. Evolution and Human Behavior, 37(3), 210-216. doi:
10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2015.11.003 -
Wood, J., Desmarais, S., Burleigh, T., & Milhausen, R. (2018). Reasons for sex and relational outcomes in consensually nonmonogamous and monogamous relationships: A self-determination theory approach. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 35(4), 632-654. doi:
10.1177/0265407517743082 -
Burleigh, T. J., & Meegan, D. V. (2018). Risky prospects and risk aversion tendencies: does competition in the classroom depend on grading practices and knowledge of peer-status?. Social Psychology of Education, 21, 323-335. doi:
10.1007/s11218-017-9414-x -
Burleigh, T. J., Rubel, A. N., & Meegan, D. V. (2017). Wanting ‘the whole loaf’: Zero-sum thinking about love is associated with prejudice against consensual non-monogamists. Psychology & Sexuality, 8(1-2), 24-40. doi:
10.1080/19419899.2016.1269020 -
Ferrey, A. E., Burleigh, T. J., & Fenske, M. J. (2015). Stimulus-category competition, inhibition, and affective devaluation: a novel account of the uncanny valley. Frontiers in psychology, 6, 249. doi:
10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00249 -
Burleigh, T. J., & Schoenherr, J. R. (2015). A reappraisal of the uncanny valley: categorical perception or frequency-based sensitization?. Frontiers in Psychology, 5, 1488. doi:
10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01488 -
Schoenherr, J. R., & Burleigh, T. J. (2015). Uncanny sociocultural categories. Frontiers in Psychology, 5, 1456. doi:
10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01456 -
Burleigh, T. J., Schoenherr, J. R., & Lacroix, G. L. (2013). Does the uncanny valley exist? An empirical test of the relationship between eeriness and the human likeness of digitally created faces. Computers in human behavior, 29(3), 759-771. doi:
10.1016/j.chb.2012.11.021 -
Burleigh, T. J., & Meegan, D. V. (2013). Keeping up with the Joneses affects perceptions of distributive justice. Social justice research, 26, 120-131. doi:
10.1007/s11211-013-0181-3