Dr Toby Prike
Lecturer
School of Psychology
College of Education, Behavioural and Social Sciences
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.
I am primarily a cognitive psychologist, but also extensively incorporate social psychology and individual differences research within my work. I am interested in how and why we believe the things we do, and the impacts of those beliefs
I am also a strong advocate for scientific reform, including advocating for open science and other reforms to enhance scientific credibility. Related to these interests, I thoroughly enjoy teaching research methods and statistics, and encouraging critical and scientific thinking in my students.
My primary research interests focus on the impact of misinformation and non-evidence-based beliefs (e.g., conspiracy theories, paranormal beliefs, science denial), with an emphasis on strategies that can be used to try and reduce their influence and negative impacts. I also maintain a broader set of research interests across the domains of migration, metacognition, reasoning, and cognitive bias.
| Date | Position | Institution name |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 - ongoing | Lecturer | University of Adelaide |
| 2021 - 2024 | Research Associate | University of Western Australia |
| 2018 - 2021 | Research Fellow | University of Southampton |
| Date | Institution name | Country | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Flinders University | Australia | PhD |
| 2013 | Flinders University | Australia | Honours |
| 2012 | University of South Australia | Australia | Bachelor of Psychological Science |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Georgiou, N., Balzan, R. P., Butler, L., van Antwerpen, N., Prike, T., & Delfabbro, P. (2025). Effectiveness of the Scientific Reasoning Intervention on Reducing Online Conspiracy Beliefs and Misinformation Engagement: A Study Using the (Mis)Information Game. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 39(4), 12 pages. |
| 2025 | Spearing, E. R., Gile, C. I., Fogwill, A. L., Prike, T., Swire-Thompson, B., Lewandowsky, S., & Ecker, U. K. H. (2025). Countering AI-generated misinformation with pre-emptive source discreditation and debunking. Royal Society Open Science, 12(6), 242148-1-242148-20. Scopus1 |
| 2025 | Prike, T., Baker, J., & Ecker, U. K. H. (2025). Fact-checking election-campaign misinformation: Impacts on noncommitted voters' feelings and behavior. Political Psychology, 46(5), 1081-1100. Scopus2 WoS1 |
| 2024 | Bijak, J., Modirrousta-Galian, A., Higham, P. A., Prike, T., Hinsch, M., & Nurse, S. (2024). Investigating immersion and migration decisions for agent-based modelling: A cautionary tale.. Open Res Eur, 3, 34. |
| 2024 | Butler, L. H., Lamont, P., Wan, D. L. Y., Prike, T., Nasim, M., Walker, B., . . . Ecker, U. K. H. (2024). The (Mis)Information Game: A social media simulator. Behavior Research Methods, 56(3), 2376-2397. Scopus21 WoS20 Europe PMC8 |
| 2024 | Prike, T., Butler, L. H., & Ecker, U. K. H. (2024). Source-credibility information and social norms improve truth discernment and reduce engagement with misinformation online. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 6900-1-6900-11. Scopus16 WoS17 Europe PMC7 |
| 2024 | Butler, L. H., Prike, T., & Ecker, U. K. H. (2024). Nudge-based misinformation interventions are effective in information environments with low misinformation prevalence. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 11495-1-11495-12. Scopus7 WoS6 Europe PMC2 |
| 2024 | Modirrousta-Galian, A., Prike, T., Higham, P. A., Hinsch, M., Nurse, S., Belabbas, S., & Bijak, J. (2024). Exploring the Potential of Using a Text-Based Game to Inform Simulation Models of Risky Migration Decisions. Simulation and Gaming, 55(4), 716-735. Scopus2 WoS1 |
| 2024 | Wilsdorf, P., Reinhardt, O., Prike, T., Hinsch, M., Bijak, J., & Uhrmacher, A. M. (2024). Simulation studies of social systems: telling the story based on provenance patterns.. Royal Society open science, 11(8), 240258-1-240258-24. Scopus1 WoS1 Europe PMC2 |
| 2024 | Ecker, U. K. H., Prike, T., Paver, A. B., Scott, R. J., & Swire-Thompson, B. (2024). Don't believe them! Reducing misinformation influence through source discreditation. Cognitive Research, 9(1), 52-1-52-18. Scopus10 WoS11 Europe PMC5 |
| 2024 | Prike, T., Holloway, J., & Ecker, U. K. H. (2024). Intellectual humility is associated with greater misinformation discernment and metacognitive insight but not response bias. advances.in/psychology, 2(1), e020433-1-e020433-24. Scopus6 |
| 2023 | Prike, T., & Ecker, U. K. H. (2023). Effective correction of misinformation. Current Opinion in Psychology, 54, 101712-1-101712-6. Scopus39 WoS38 Europe PMC17 |
| 2023 | Prike, T., Blackley, P., Swire-Thompson, B., & Ecker, U. K. H. (2023). Examining the replicability of backfire effects after standalone corrections. Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 8(1), 39-1-39-17. Scopus14 WoS13 Europe PMC6 |
| 2023 | Prike, T., Reason, R., Ecker, U. K. H., Swire-Thompson, B., & Lewandowsky, S. (2023). Would I lie to you? Party affiliation is more important than Brexit in processing political misinformation. Royal Society Open Science, 10(2), 220508-1-220508-16. Scopus7 WoS4 Europe PMC1 |
| 2023 | Greene, C. M., De Saint Laurent, C., Murphy, G., Prike, T., Hegarty, K., & Ecker, U. K. H. (2023). Best Practices for Ethical Conduct of Misinformation Research: A Scoping Review and Critical Commentary. European Psychologist, 28(3), 139-150. Scopus28 WoS25 |
| 2023 | Bijak, J., Modirrousta-Galian, A., Higham, P. A., Prike, T., Hinsch, M., & Nurse, S. (2023). Investigating immersion and migration decisions for agent-based modelling: A cautionary tale. Open Research Europe, 3, 34-1-34-24. |
| 2022 | Prike, T., Bijak, J., Higham, P. A., & Hilton, J. (2022). How Safe Is This Trip? Judging Personal Safety in a Pandemic Based on Information From Different Sources. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 28(3), 509-524. Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC1 |
| 2021 | Czaika, M., Bijak, J., & Prike, T. (2021). Migration Decision-Making and Its Key Dimensions. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 697(1), 15-31. Scopus68 WoS50 |
| 2020 | Prike, T., Arnold, M. M., & Williamson, P. (2020). The relationship between anomalistic belief, misperception of chance and the base rate fallacy. Thinking and Reasoning, 26(3), 447-477. Scopus7 WoS7 |
| 2018 | Prike, T., Arnold, M. M., & Williamson, P. (2018). The relationship between anomalistic belief and biases of evidence integration and jumping to conclusions. Acta Psychologica, 190, 217-227. Scopus16 WoS11 Europe PMC5 |
| 2017 | Prike, T., Arnold, M. M., & Williamson, P. (2017). Psychics, aliens, or experience? Using the Anomalistic Belief Scale to examine the relationship between type of belief and probabilistic reasoning. Consciousness and Cognition, 53, 151-164. Scopus16 WoS16 Europe PMC10 |
| 2016 | Arnold, M. M., Chisholm, L. M., & Prike, T. (2016). No pain no gain: The positive impact of punishment on the strategic regulation of accuracy. Memory, 24(2), 146-153. Scopus4 WoS4 Europe PMC1 |
| 2015 | Arnold, M. M., & Prike, T. (2015). Comparative difficulty and the strategic regulation of accuracy: The impact of test-list context on monitoring and meta-metacognition. Acta Psychologica, 157, 155-163. Scopus4 WoS4 Europe PMC1 |
| - | Bijak, J., Modirrousta-Galian, A., Higham, P. A., Prike, T., Hinsch, M., & Nurse, S. (2023). Investigating immersion and migration decisions for agent-based modelling: A cautionary tale. Open Research Europe, 3, 34. |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2022 | Bijak, J. (2022). Towards Bayesian Model-Based Demography. Springer International Publishing. DOI |
| Year | Citation |
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| 2021 | Bijak, J., Hilton, J., Hinsch, M., Lipscombe, K., Nurse, S., Prike, T., . . . Grow, A. (2021). Teaching a Modeling Process: Reflections from An Online Course. In Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference Vol. 2021-December (pp. 12 pages). Phoenix, AZ, USA: IEEE. DOI Scopus1 |
| 2020 | Bijak, J., Higham, P. A., Hilton, J., Hinsch, M., Nurse, S., Prike, T., . . . Uhrmacher, A. M. (2020). Modelling Migration: Decisions, Processes and Outcomes. In Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference Vol. 2020-December (pp. 2613-2624). Orlando, FL, USA: IEEE. DOI Scopus5 WoS5 |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2022 | Greene, C., Murphy, G., de Saint Laurent, C., Prike, T., Hegarty, K., & Ecker, U. K. H. (2022). Best Practices for Ethical Conduct of Misinformation Research: A Scoping Review and Critical Commentary. DOI |
| Date | Role | Research Topic | Program | Degree Type | Student Load | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Principal Supervisor | The interaction of psychological, linguistic, and platform dynamics in shaping the conspiratorial misinformation ecosystem in digital environments | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Miss Rituparna Mukherjee |
| 2025 | Principal Supervisor | The interaction of psychological, linguistic, and platform dynamics in shaping the conspiratorial misinformation ecosystem in digital environments | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Miss Rituparna Mukherjee |
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