Publications
2024
Published
Payne, B., Bird, G., & Catmur, C. (2024). Poorer representation of minds underpins less accurate mental state inference for out-groups. Scientific Reports, 14, 19432. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-67311-3
Payne, B., & Catmur, C. (2024). Embodiment in the enfacement illusion is mediated by self–other overlap. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 379(20230146). https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2023.014
Payne, B., Addlesee, A., Rieser, V., & McGettigan, C. (2024). Self-ownership, not self-production, modulates bias and agency over a synthesised voice. Cognition, 248, 105804. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2024.105804
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Under review
Payne, B., Bird, G., & Catmur, C. (under review). Feedback on mental state inferences improves accuracy and awareness. Pre-print available at:
https://osf.io/d8xuw/?view_only=70fb9619dd70428e9d2ad94b060f77ed
Payne, B., Bird, G., & Catmur, C. (under review). Anti-social learning: The impact of language on mentalising and empathy. Pre-print available at:
https://osf.io/6tvsd/?view_only=f8fa6ae3a5ad48f4a9304986acfe472d
Rosi, V., Payne, B., & McGettigan, C. (under review). Effects of self-similarity and self-generation on the perceptual prioritisation of voices. Pre-print available at: https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/aqt4n
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2021
Payne, B., Lavan, N., Knight, S., & McGettigan, C. (2021). Perceptual prioritization of self-associated voices. British Journal of Psychology, 112(3), 585-610. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12479
Published in the media
​Payne, B. (2024, September 26). Bridging the gap: Why we misunderstand people who differ from ourselves. Inspire the Mind. https://www.inspirethemind.org/post/bridging-the-gap-why-we-misunderstand-people-who-differ-from-ourselves​
Payne, B., & Kazamia, E. (2024, Septemer 11). We’re Bad at Understanding Our Political Opponents. Nautilus Magazine: Psychology. Retrieved from https://nautil.us/were-bad-at-understanding-our-political-opponents-856730/
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Payne, B., & Catmur, C. (2024, August 28). People think they are much better at understanding others than they actually are: New research. The Conversation. Retrieved from https://theconversation.com/people-think-they-are-much-better-at-understanding-others-than-they-actually-are-new-research-236273
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My research has also been reported via Mirage News, Foreign Affairs New Zealand, Inkl, The Telegraph, MSN, Tolerance.ca, Eurekalert, Ground News, Phys.Org, Yahoo News, Sciety, Real Clear Science, Naked Science, Earth.com, Scivillage, Spotlight Magazine, Reddit Science, SciencePost and Soylent News.
Conference proceedings
Payne, B., Bird, G. & Catmur, C. (2024). Understanding in-group and out-group minds: How to better understand politically dissimilar others. Talk presented at European Society for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience 2024, University of Ghent, May 24th 2024.
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Rosi, V., Payne, B., and McGettigan, C. (2024) Effect of familiarity on the perceptual prioritisation of self-associated voices. Poster presented at Experimental Psychology Society meeting, University College London, April 10th 2024. https://eps.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Victor-Rosi.pdf
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Payne, B., Bird, G. & Catmur, C. (2024). Understanding in-group and out-group minds: Feedback on mental state inferences improves accuracy and awareness. Talk presented at Experimental Psychology Society meeting, University College London, January 4th 2024.
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Mixter, A., Payne, B., Bird, G., and Catmur, C. (2024). Prior experience of others’ minds underpins the ability to infer mental states. Talk presented at Experimental Psychology Society meeting, University College London, January 3rd 2024.
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Payne, B., Bird, G. & Catmur, C. (2023). Poorer representation of minds underpins less accurate mental state inference for out-groups. Talk presented at the International Social Cognition Workshop, UC Louvain, Belgium, 1st September 2023.
Payne, B., Bird, G. & Catmur, C. (2023). Understanding in-group and out-group minds: Feedback on mental state inferences improves accuracy and awareness. Poster presented at the International Social Cognition Workshop, UC Louvain, Belgium, 1st September 2023.
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Catmur, C., Payne, B. & Bird, G. (2023). Similar thoughts, similar minds: Are people less prone to consider the minds of dissimilar others? Talk presented at International Convention of Psychological Science, Brussels, 9th March 2023.
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Payne, B., Bird, G. & Catmur, C. (2023). Are people less prone to consider the minds of out-group members? A new mental state inference task. Talk presented at Experimental Psychology Society meeting, University College London, January 4th 2023.
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Payne, B., Bird, G. & Catmur, C. (2022). Predicting the beliefs and opinions of others: Are people less prone to consider the minds of out-group members? Poster presented at Experimental Psychology Society meeting, University of Stirling, July 13th-15th 2022. Viewable at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Neilq_abrWI.
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Payne, B., Addlesee, A., & McGettigan, C. (2022). Incorporating a new auditory identity into the self-concept. Poster presented at the 1st Interdisciplinary Conference on Voice Identity: Perception, Production and Computational Approaches, University of Zurich, July 4th-6th, 2022.
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Payne, B. (2021). Testing social interaction in isolation: An online challenge. Talk presented at BeOnline Conference. Hosted online. June 30th, 2021. https://beonlineconference.com/testing-social-interaction-in-isolation-an-online-challenge/
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Payne, B., Lavan, N., Knight, S., & McGettigan, C. (2021). Perceptual prioritisation of self-associated voices. Talk presented at the European Society for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, Budapest, Hungary, June 23rd, 2021.
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Payne, B. (2020). Prioritisation of self-associated voices. Talk presented at the SSF (Speech, Hearing and Phonetic Science) event. University College London, November 26th, 2020.
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Payne, B., Lavan, N., Knight, S., & McGettigan, C. (2020). Self-reference effects in the perception of voices. Poster presented at the Experimental Psychology Society meeting, University College London, January 3rd-5th, 2020. Awarded Presidents Commendation Prize: https://eps.ac.uk/presidents-commendation-for-student-posters-winners/
Other outputs
Interview with the Experimental Psychology Society (2020):
https://eps.ac.uk/eps-poster-prize-interview-bryony-payne/
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Researcher spotlight interview with Gorilla Behavioural Experiment Builder (2019):
https://gorilla.sc/spotlights/bryony-payne
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