INSTITUTE FOR MATHEMATICAL BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

       


Louis Narens, Professor

(949)-824-5360
lnarens@uci.edu

Department of Cognitive Sciences

Department of Logic and the Philosophy of Science


University of California, Irvine.

Selected Publications

Books

Abstract Measurement Theory. The MIT Press, 1985.

 
Theories of Meaningfulness. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2002.
 
Introduction to the Theories of Measurement and Meaningfulness and the Use of Invariance in Science. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2007.
 
Theories of Probability: An Examination of Logical and Qualitative Foundations. London: World Scientific, 2007

Articles under Review

(- - -) A Foundation for Support Theory Based on a Non-Boolean Event Space.

Journal Articles and Book Chapters

(Komarova, N. L, Jameson, K. A., & - - -) Evolutionary Models of Color Categorization Based on Discrimination. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 51, 2007, 359–382.
 
(- - -, & Narens, L.) Measurement, theory of (PDF: Pre-print). In Blume, L. & Durlauf, S. N. (Eds.) Palgrave Dictionary of Economics.
 
(Narens, L., & - - -) Meaningfulness and invariance (PDF: Pre-print).In Blume, L. & Durlauf, S. N. (Eds.) Palgrave Dictionary of Economics.
 
Symmetry, Direct Measurement, and Torgerson's Conjecture. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 50, 2006, 290–301.
 
(Dougherty, M. R., Scheck, P., Nelson, T. O., & - - -) Using the past to predict the future. Memory & Cognition, 33, 2005, 1096–1115.
 
Indirect approaches to direct measurement. In J. S. Monahan, S. M. Sheffert, and J. T. Townsend (Eds.) Fechner Day 2005. Proceedings of the 21st Annual Meeting of the International Society for Psychophysics. Mt. Pleasant: International Society for Psychophysics, 235–240.
 
A Theory of Belief for Scientific Refutations. Synthese, 145, 2005, 397–423.
 
(Nelson, T., Dunlosky, J., & - - -) A revised methodology for research on metamemory: pre-judgment recall and monitoring (PRAM). Psychological Methods, 9, 2004, 53–69.
 
(Ellermeier, W., - - -, & Dielmann, B.) Perceptual ratios, differences, and the underlying scale (PDF: Pre-print). In B. Berglund and E. Borg (Eds.) Fechner Day 2003. Proceedings of the 19th annual meeting of the International Society for Psychophysics . Stockholm, Sweden: International Society for Psychophysics. Pp. 71–76.
 
A theory of belief. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 47, 2003, 1–31.
 
A meaningful justification for the representational theory of measurement. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 46, 2002, 746–768.
 
The irony of measurement through subjective estimations. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 46, 2002, 769-788.
 
(Barnes, A. E., Nelson, T., Dunlosky, J., Mazzoni, G., & - - -) An integrative system of metamemory components involved in retrieval. In G. Gopher and A. Koriat (Eds.) Attention and Performance XVII—Cognitive regulation of performance: Interaction of theory and application. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 1999. Pp. 287–313.
 
Surmising Cognitive Universals for Extraterrestrial Intellengences. In C.B. Cosmovici, S. Bowyer, and D. Werthimer (Eds.) Astronomical and Biochemical Origins and the Search for Life in the Universe.
Bologna, Italy: Editrice Compositori. 1997. Pp. 561–570.
 
On subjective intensity and its measurement. In A. A. J. Marley (Ed.), Choice, Decision, and Measurement: Essays in Honor of R. Duncan Luce. Mahwah: Lawrence Erlbaum and Associates. 1997. Pp. 189–205.
 
(Niederée. R., & - - -) Axiomatische Messtheorie. In E. Erdfelder, R. Mausfeld, T. Meiser, and G. Rudinger (Eds.) Handbuch Quantitative Methoden. Weinheim: Psychologie Verlags Union, 1996. Pp. 369–384.
 
A theory of magnitude estimation. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 40, 1996, 109–129.
 
(- - -, Graf, A., & Nelson, T.) Metacognitive Aspects of Implicit/Explicit Memory. In L. Reder (Ed.) Implicit Memory & Metacognition. Mahwah: Lawrence Erlbaum and Associates, 1996. Pp.137–170.
 
(- - -, Jameson, K. A., & Lee, V. A.) Subthreshold Priming and Memory Monitoring. In J. Metcalfe and A. P. Shimamura (Eds.) Metacognition. Cambridge, Mass.: The MIT Press, 1994. Pp. 71–92.
 
(Nelson, T. O., & - - -) Why Investigate Metacognition? In J. Metcalfe and A. P. Shimamura (Eds.) Metacognition. Cambridge,Mass.: The MIT Press, 1994. Pp. 1–26.
 
(Nelson, T. O., Dunlosky, J., Graf, A., & - - -). Utilization of metacognitive judgments in the allocation of study time during multitrial learning. Psychological Science, 5, 1994, 207–213.
 
The measurement theory of dense threshold structures. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 38, 1994, 301–321.
 
(Luce, R. D., & - - -) Fifteen problems concerning the representational theory of measurement. In Paul Humphreys, (Ed.), Patrick Suppes: Scientific Philosopher, Vol. 2: Philosophy of Physics, Theory Structure, Measurement Theory, Philosophy of Language, and Logic. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1994. Pp. 219–245.
 
(Luce, R. D., & - - -) Further comments on the “nonrevolution” arising from axiomatic measurement theory. Psychological Science, 4, 1993, 127–130.
 
(Jameson, A., Nelson, T., Leonesio, R, & - - -) The Feeling of Another Person’s Knowing. Journal of Learning and Memory, 32, 1993, 320–355.
 
(- - -, Mausfeld, R.) On the relationship of the psychological and the physical in psychophysics. Psychological Review, 99, 1992, 467–479.
 
On the interpretation of strong utility choice models. In J.P. Doignon and J.C. Falmagne (Eds.) Mathematical Psychology: Current Developments. Springer-Verlag: New York, 1991. Pp. 109–25.
 
The cores of dense exchange economies. Mathematical Social Sciences, 25, 1992, 277–292.
 
(Luce, R. D., & - - -) Intrinsic archimedeanness and the continuum. Wade Savage and Philip Ehrlich (Eds.), The Nature and Purpose of Measurement, Lawrence Elbaum and Associates, 1992. Pp. 15–38.
 
(- - -, & Luce. R. D.) Three aspects of the effectiveness of mathematics in science. In R. Mickens (Ed.), Mathematics and Science,World Scientific Publishing, 1990, 122–135.
 
(Jameson, K. A., - - -, Goldfarb, K., & Nelson, T.) The effects of near-threshold priming on metamemory. Acta Psychologica, 73, 1990, 55–85.
 
(Nelson, T., & - - -) Metamemory: A theoretical framework and new findings. In G. H. Bower (Ed.) The Psychology of Learning and Motivation: Advances in Research and Theory, Vol. 26. Academic Press, 1990. Pp. 125–169.
 
Meaningfulness and the Erlanger Program of Felix Klein. Mathématiques Informatique et Sciences Humaines, 101, 1988, 61–72.
 
(- - -, & Luce, R. D.) Meaningfulness and invariance. In J. Eatwell, M. Milgate, and P. Newman (Eds.), The New Palgrave: a Dictionary of Economic Theory and Doctrine, The Macmillian Press Ltd., New York, 1987, 417–421
 
(Luce, R. D., & - - -) Measurement, Theory of. In J. Eatwell, M. Milgate, and P. Newman (Eds.), The New Palgrave: a Dictionary of Economic Theory and Doctrine, The Macmillian Press Ltd., New York, 1987, 428–432.
 
(Luce, R. D. & - - -) Measurement scales on the continuum. Science, 236, 1987, 1527–1532.
 
(- - -, & Luce, R. D.) Measurement: The theory of numerical assignments. Psychological Bulletin, 99, 1986, 166–180.
 
(Nelson, T., Leonesio, R., Landwehr, R, & - - -) A comparison of three predictors of an individual’s memory performance: The individual’s feeling of knowing vs. the normative feeling of knowing vs. base-rate item difficulty. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory & Cognition, 21, 1986, 279–287.
 
(Luce, R. D. & - - -) Classification of concatenation measurement structures according to scale type. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 29, 1985, 1–72.
 
(Nelson, T., Gerly, D., & - - -) Accuracy of feeling-of-knowing judgments for predicting perceptual identification and relearning. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 113, 1984, 282–300.
 
(Luce, R. D. & - - -) Classification of real measurement representations by scale type. Measurement, 2, 1984, 39-44.
 
(Luce, R. D. & - - -) Symmetry, scale types, and generalizations of classical physical measurement. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 27, 1983, 44–85.
 
(Falmagne, J.-C. & - - -) Scales and meaningfulness of quantitative laws. Synthese, 55, 1983, 288–325.
 
(- - - & Luce, R. D.) How we may have been misled into believing in the intercomparability of utility. Theory and Decision, 15, 1983, 247–260.
 
(Nelson, T., Leonesio, R. J., Shimamura, A., Landwehr, R. & - - -) Overlearning and the feeling of knowing. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 8, 1982, 279–288.
 
On the scales of measurement. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 24, 1981, 249–275.
 
(- - - & Luce, R. D.) Axiomatic measurement theory. In S. Grossberg (Ed.), Mathematical Psychology and Psychophysiology. SIAM-AMS Proceedings, Vol. 13, 1981. Providence: American Mathematical Society. Pp. 213-235.
 
A general theory of ratio scalability with remarks about the measurementtheoretic concept of meaningfulness. Theory and Decision, 13, 1981, 1–70.
 
(Nelson, T. & - - -) Norms of 300 general-information questions: accuracy of recall, latency of recall, and feeling-of-knowing ratings. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 19, 1980, 338–368.
 
(Nelson, T. & - - -) A new technique for investigating the feeling of knowing. Acta Psychologica, 46, 1980, 69–80.
 
On qualitative axiomatizations for probability theory. Journal of Philosophical Logic, 9, 1980, 143–151.
 
A qualitative treatment of Weber’s Law. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 21, 1980, 88–91.
 
(Cohen, M. & - - -) Fundamental unit structures in the theory of measurement. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 20, 1979, 193–232.
 
(Luce, R. D. & - - -) Qualitative independence in probability theory. Theory and Decision, 9, 1978, 225–239.
 
(Batchelder, W & - - -) A critical examination of the analysis of dichotomous data. Philosophy of Science, 44, 1977, 113–35.
 
(Luce, R. D. & - - -) A qualitative equivalent to the relativistic addition law for velocities. Synthese, 33, 1976, 483–487.
 
(- - - & Luce, R. D.) The algebra of measurement. Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra, 8, 1976, l97–233.
 
Utility-uncertainty trade-off structures. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 13, 1976, 296–322.
 
Vorstellungssysteme der Geisteskranken. In E. Weingarten, F. Sack, and J. Schenkein (eds.), Ethnomethodologie Beitrage zu einer Soziologie des Alltagshandelns, 1976, Frankfurt, Suhrkamp Verlag.
 
Measurement without Archimedean axioms. Philosophy of Science, 41, 1974, 374–393.
 
Minimal conditions for additive conjoint measurement and qualitative probability. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 11, 1974, 404--430.
 
Homeomorphism types of generalized metric spaces. In A. Hurd and P. Loeb, (Eds.), Victoria Symposium on Nonstandard Analysis, #369 in the series Lecture Notes in Mathematics, 1972, Berlin, Springer-Verlag.
 
Field embeddings of generalized metric spaces. In A. Hurd and P. Loeb, (Eds.), Victoria Symposium on Nonstandard Analysis, #369 in the series Lecture Notes in Mathematics, 1972, Berlin, Springer-Verlag.
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Topologies of Closed Subsets. Transactions of the American Mathematical Society, 174, 1972, 55–75.
 
A nonstandard proof of the Jordan curve theorem. Pacific Journal of Mathematics, Vol. 36, No. 1, l971, 2l9–229.

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