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    Mathematicians’ Assessments of the Explanatory Value of Proofs
    with Juan Pablo Mejía Ramos, Colin Rittberg, and Matthew Inglis
    Axiomathes 31 (5): 575-599. 2021.
    The literature on mathematical explanation contains numerous examples of explanatory, and not so explanatory proofs. In this paper we report results of an empirical study aimed at investigating mathematicians’ notion of explanatoriness, and its relationship to accounts of mathematical explanation. Using a Comparative Judgement approach, we asked 38 mathematicians to assess the explanatory value of several proofs of the same proposition. We found an extremely high level of agreement among mathema…Read more
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    Neurobiological Sex Differences in Developmental Dyslexia
    with Anthony J. Krafnick
    Frontiers in Psychology 9. 2019.
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    How Closely Related Are Parent and Child Reports of Child Alexithymia?
    with Andrew J. Lampi and Vikram K. Jaswal
    Frontiers in Psychology 11. 2021.
    Alexithymia is a subclinical trait involving difficulty describing and identifying emotions. It is common in a number of psychiatric conditions. Alexithymia in children is sometimes measured by parent report and sometimes by child self-report, but it is not yet known how closely related the two measures are. This is an important question both theoretically and practically, in terms of research design and clinical practice. We conducted a preliminary study to investigate this question in a sample…Read more