July 2012

Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany

• Summer Institute on Bounded Rationality – Foundations of an Interdisciplinary Decision Theory

2006-2009

Carnegie Mellon University, Psychology Department

• Post-doctoral training in Cognitive Neuroscience and
• Computational Cognitive Modeling

Aug 2008

University of Michigan, Functional MRI Lab

• Summer course in fMRI

2002-2006

Utrecht University, Institute of Information and Computing Sciences

• Top tier university in Europe
• Ph.D. in Information Science
• Emphasis in Cognitive Modeling and Human-Computer Interaction
• Dissertation: “Development of a cognitive model for navigating the Web”

1990-1995

University of Bucharest, Psychology Department

• Combined Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Psychology
• Emphasis in Cognitive Science and Human Factors
• Minor in Mathematics and Computer Science
• Thesis: “Psychological analysis of railway events”

I teach: 

• Computational cognitive modeling
• Research design and quantitative methods
• Decision Making
• Ergonomics 
• Mind and Environment (capstone)
• Psychological game theory (capstone)
• Human Factors Psychology
• Cognition and learning.    

My research focuses on high-level cognitive processes such as strategic thinking and executive control of cognition and affect, combining empirical research and computational cognitive modeling. See Quad Chart link below (at the bottom of this page under Attachments)

I coordinate the Brown Bag series of seminars for the Department of Psychology.  

Summerville, A., Widmer, C., Minnery, B., Juvina, I., & Ganapathy, S. (2024). A Human-Machine Hybrid Approach to Wisdom of Crowds in Geopolitical Forecasting. Decision 11(1): 108-126.

Carson, J., Juvina, I., O’Neill, K., Wong, C.H., Menke, P., Kindell, K.M., Harmon, E. (2024). Peer-assisted learning is more effective at higher task complexity and difficulty. Topics in Cognitive Science 16(1): 129-153. http://doi.org/10.1111/tops.12708 

Widmer, C., Sarker, M.K., Nadella, S., Fiechter, J., Juvina, I., Minnery, B., Hitzler, P., Schwartz, J., & Raymer, M. (2023). Towards Human-Compatible XAI: 
Explaining Data Differentials with Concept Induction over Background Knowledge. Journal of Web Semantics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.websem.2023.100807

Collins, M.G. & Juvina, I. (2021). Trust Miscalibration Is Sometimes Necessary: An Empirical Study and a Computational Model. Front. Psychol. 12:690089. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.690089.

Hough, A., O’Neill, K., & Juvina, I. (2021). Counterfactual-based Nudging and Signaling Promote More Efficient Coordination During Group Tasks. Comprehensive Results in Social Psychology. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23743603.2020.1860674 

Widmer, C.L., Summerville. A., Juvina, I. & Minnery, B.S. (2021). Effects of Choice Restriction on Accuracy and User Experience in an Internet-Based Geopolitical Forecasting Task. Front. Psychol. 12:662279. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.662279

Juvina, I., Larue, O., Widmer, C., Ganapathy, S., Nadella, S., Minnery, B., Ramshaw,
 L., Servan-Schreiber, E., Balick, M., & Weischedel, R. (2020). Computer-supported collaborative information search for geopolitical forecasting. In Wai Tat Fu & Herre van Oostendorp (Eds.) Understanding and Improving Information Search – A Cognitive Approach. Human–Computer Interaction Series, Springer Nature.   

Nador, J., Harel, A., Juvina, I., Minnery, B. (2020). The Case of the Cognitive (Opti)miser: Electrophysiological Correlates of Working Memory Maintenance Predict Demand Avoidance. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 32(8):1550-1561.

Myers, C., Houpt, J., & Juvina, I. (2019). Editors’ Introduction: Best Papers From the 2018 International Conference on Cognitive Modeling. In Christopher Myers, Joseph Houpt, and Ion Juvina (Topic Editors) Best Papers from the 16th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling, Topics in Cognitive Science 11: 220–221.


Juvina, I., Collins, M.G., Larue, O., Kennedy, W., de Visser, E., & de Melo, C. (2019). Toward a unified theory of learned trust in interpersonal and human-machine interactions. ACM Transactions in Interactive Intelligent Systems, 9(4), 1-33.  

Larue, O., West, R., Rosenbloom, P.S., Dancy, C.L., Samsonovich, A.V., Petters, D., & Juvina, I. (2018). Emotion in the Common Model of Cognition, Procedia Computer Science, 145: 740-746.

Juvina, I., Larue, O., & Hough, A. (2018). Modeling valuation and core affect in a cognitive architecture: The impact of arousal and valence on memory and decision-making. Cognitive Systems Research 48: 4-24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cogsys.2017.06.002    

Larue, O. & Juvina, I. (2016). A call for unification of dual- and single-process accounts in cognitive models of intuition. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition. 5(3):338-340, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jarmac.2016.06.007

Collins, M.G., Juvina, I., & Gluck, K. (2016). Cognitive model of trust dynamics predicts outcomes within and between two games of strategic interaction. Frontiers in Psychology, section Cognitive Science, 7. 


Juvina, I., Lebiere, C., & Gonzalez, C. (2015). Modeling trust dynamics in strategic interaction. Journal of applied research in memory and cognition. 4(3): 197-211. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jarmac.2014.09.004

Grange, J. A., & Juvina, I. (2015). The effect of practice on n–2 repetition costs in set switching. Acta Psychologica, 154, 14-25.

Martin, J.M., Gonzalez, C., Juvina, I., & Lebiere, C. (2014). A Description-Experience Gap in Social Interactions: Information about Interdependence and Its Effects on Cooperation. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 27: 349-362.

Martin, J.M., Juvina, I, Lebiere, C., & Gonzalez, C. (2013). The Effects of Individual and Context on Aggression in Repeated Social Interaction. Applied Ergonomics. 44(5): 710-718. doi:10.1016/j.apergo.2012.04.014

Juvina, I., Saleem, M., Martin, J.M., Gonzalez, C., & Lebiere, C. (2013). Reciprocal trust mediates deep transfer of learning between games of strategic interaction. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. 120(2): 206-215. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.obhdp.2012.09.004

Grange, J.A., Juvina, I., & Houghton, G. (2013). On Costs and Benefits of n–2 Repetitions in Task Switching: Toward a Behavioural Marker of Cognitive Inhibition. Psychological Research. 77(2): 211-222.

Juvina, I. (2011). Cognitive Control: Componential and yet emergent. Topics in Cognitive Sciences. 3(2): 242-246.

Juvina, I., (2011). Neural substrates of inhibitory control: A review and critique. Revista de Psihologie. 57(2), 135-145.

Juvina, I., Lebiere, C., Martin, J., & Gonzalez, C. (2011). Intergroup Prisoner’s Dilemma with Intragroup Power Dynamics. Games. 2(1), 21-51.

Juvina, I., & Taatgen, N. A. (2009). A repetition-suppression account of between-trial effects in a modified Stroop paradigm. Acta Psychologica. 131(1), 72-84.

Taatgen, N.A., Juvina, I., Schipper, M., Borst, J., & Martens, S. (2009). Too much control can hurt: A threaded cognition model of the attentional blink. Cognitive Psychology, 59, 1-29.

Juvina, I., & van Oostendorp, H. (2008). Modeling semantic and structural knowledge in Web navigation. Discourse Processes, 45(4), 346-364.

Van Oostendorp, H., & Juvina, I. (2007). Using a cognitive model to generate Web navigation support. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 65(10), 887-897.

Juvina, I., & van Oostendorp, H. (2006). Individual differences and behavioral metrics involved in modeling web navigation. Universal Access in The Information Society, 4, 258–269.

Juvina, I., & van Oostendorp, H. (2006). Enhancing internet experience of visually impaired persons by means of dynamic highlighting and selective reading. Information Design Journal, 14(1), 71-81.

Van Oostendorp, H., & Juvina, I. (2006). Introduction: Text features which enable cognitive strategies during text comprehension. Information Design Journal, 14(1), 4-7.