David Michael Nolta Garavito, J.D., Ph.D.

Manuscripts Under Review

  1. Sarah M. Edelson, Valerie F. Reyna, Bridget B. Hayes, & David M. N. Garavito, Testing Competing Predictions for College Students’ Risk Taking Involving COVID-19.

Selected Working Papers

  1. David M. N. Garavito & James M. Bjork, The Wolf of Park Place: Unregulated Digital Marketplaces, Gambling, and the Dangers of Both to Child Development.
  2. David M. N. Garavito, Stacey Chen*, & Valerie Reyna, Tentative Testing: Applying Fuzzy-Trace Theory to Sexually Transmitted Infection Testing Decisions in Adolescents and Young Adults.
  3. David M. N. Garavito, Valerie F. Reyna, Pratik Vadlamudi*, & Win L. Chong, Susceptibility to False Memories for Stereotypes and Frequencies Across Cultures in Younger and Older Adults.

Law Review Publications

  1. David M. N. Garavito, Amelia C. Hritz, & John H. Blume, The Youth Tax in Parole Hearings, 27 S.C. L. Rev. (2024).
  2. David M. N. Garavito, Amelia C. Hritz, & John H. Blume, Caged Birds and Those That Hear Their Songs: Effects of Race and Sex in South Carolina Parole Hearings, 27 U. Pa. J.L. & Soc. Change 99 (2024).
  3. David M. N. Garavito & Mary K. Koch, Coming of Age in the Eyes of the Law: The Conflict Between Miranda, J.D.B., and Puberty, 60 Amer. Crim. L. Rev. 1 (2023).
  4. David M. N. Garavito, Note: The Prisoner’s Dementia: Ethical and Legal Issues Regarding Dementia and Healthcare in Prison, 29 Cornell J.L. & Pub. Pol'y 211 (2019).

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles (* Denotes student co-author)

  1. Sarah M. Edelson, Valerie F. Reyna, Bridget B. Hayes, & David M. N. Garavito, Dual-systems and Fuzzy-trace Theory Predictions of COVID-19 Risk Taking in Young Adults, 11 Decision 355 (2024).
  2. James M. Bjork, Chelsea S. Rooney, Lisa K. Straub, & David M. N. Garavito, & Andrew Westbrook, Cognitive Effort Preference in Veterans with Suicide Attempt Histories: A Preliminary Study, 231 Acta Psychologica 103788 (2023).
  3. Valerie F. Reyna, Sarah M. Edelson, Bridget B. Hayes, & David M. N. Garavito, Supporting Health and Medical Decision-Making: Findings and Insights From Fuzzy-Trace Theory, 42 Med. Decision Making 741 (2022).
  4. David M. N. Garavito & James M. Bjork, Impulsivity and Reflective Thinking in Veterans Seeking Care for Substance Use Disorder, 57 Substance Use & Misuse 1563 (2022).
  5. Valerie P. Hans, Krystia Reed, Valerie F. Reyna, David M. N. Garavito, & Rebecca K. Helm, Guiding Jurors on Damage Award Decisions: Experimental Investigations of Approaches Based on Theory and Practice, 28 Psychol. Pub. Pol'y & L. 188 (2021).
  6. Peter T. Ajayi*, David M. N. Garavito, & Valerie F. Reyna, Socioeconomic Status and Concussion Reporting: The Distinct and Mediating Roles of Gist Processing, Knowledge, and Attitudes, 34 J. Behav. Decision Making 639 (2021).
  7. David M. N. Garavito, Valerie F. Reyna, Joseph E. DeTello*, Bailey R. Landow*, & Lindsay M. Tarpinian*, Intentions to Report Concussion Symptoms in Nonprofessional Athletes: A Fuzzy-Trace Theory Approach, 35 Applied Cognitive Psychol. 26 (2020).
  8. David M. N. Garavito, Valerie F. Reyna, Joseph E. DeTello*, A Concussion by Any Other Name: Differences in Willingness to Take Risks by Label and Participation in Sports, 33 Applied Cognitive Psychol. 646 (2019).

Book & Encyclopedia Chapters

  1. Julia Nolte, David M. N. Garavito, & Valerie F. Reyna, Decision Making, in The Psychology of Human Thought (R. J. Sternberg & J. Funke, eds., 2019).
  2. David M. N. Garavito, Rebecca B. Weldon, & Valerie F. Reyna, Fuzzy-Trace Theory: Judgments, Decisions, and Neuro-Economics, in The Cambridge Handbook of Psychology and Economic Behavior (A. Lewis, ed., 2018).
  3. Valerie F. Reyna, Shahin Rahimi-Golkhandan, David M. N. Garavito, & Rebecca K. Helm, The Fuzzy-Trace Dual-Process Model, in Dual-Process Theory 2.0 (W. De Neys, ed., 2017).
  4. Shahin Rahimi-Golkhandan, David M. N. Garavito, Bertrand B. Reyna-Brainerd, & Valerie F. Reyna, A Fuzzy-Trace Theory of Risk and Time Preferences in Decision Making: Integrating Cognition and Motivation, in Nebraska Symposium on Motivation (J. Stevens, ed., 2017).
  5. Rebecca B. Weldon, Jonathan C. Corbin, David M. N. Garavito & Valerie F. Reyna, The Gist is Sophisticated Yet Simple: Fuzzy-Trace Theory’s Developmental Approach to Individual Differences in Judgment and Decision Making, in Individual Differences in Judgment and Decision Making from a Developmental Context (M. Toplak & J. Weller, eds., 2016).
  6. Alisha S. Meschkow, Julia Nolte, David M. N. Garavito., Rebecca K. Helm, Rebecca B. Weldon, & Valerie F. Reyna, Risk Taking Across the Lifespan, in The SAGE Encyclopedia of Lifespan Human Development (M. H. Bornstein, ed., 2016).