Works in progress
Popov, V. & Oberauer, K. (submitted). How to build an observatory for the mind
Trueblood, J. S., Allison, D., Field, S. M., Fishbach, A., Gaillard, S. D. M., Gigerenzer, G., … Popov, V.,… Teodorescu, A. (submitted). The Misalignment of Incentives in Academic Publishing and Implications for Journal Reform. Preprint available at OSF
Binz, M., Alaniz, S., Roskies, A., Aczel, B., Bergstrom, C. T., Allen, C., … Popov, V. … Schulz, E. (submitted). How should the advent of large language models affect the practice of science?. Preprint available at OSF
Popov, V. (under review). Cognitive resources can be intentionally released when processed information becomes irrelevant: Insights from the primacy effect in working memory. Preprint available at PsyArXiv
Popov, V. (under revision). If God Handed Us the Ground-Truth Theory of Memory, How Would We Recognize It? Preprint available at OSF
Ma, S., Popov, V. , & Zhang, Q. (under revision). A Neural Index Reflecting the Amount of Cognitive Resources Available during Memory Encoding: A Model-based Approach. Preprint available at biorxiv
Frischkorn, G.* & Popov, V.* (co-first authors) (under revision). A tutorial for estimating mix- ture models for visual working memory tasks in brms: Introducing the Bayesian Measurement Modeling (bmm) package for R. Preprint available at psyarxiv
Journal publications
2024
Dames, H., Musfeld, P., Popov, V., Oberauer, K., & Frischkorn, G. (in press). Responsible Research Assessment Should Prioritize Theory Development and Testing Over Ticking Open Science Boxes. Meta-psychology. Preprint available at https://psyarxiv.com/ad74m/
2023
Dames, H. & Popov, V. (2023). When does intenet matter for memory? Bridging perspectives with Craik. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. 152(11), 3300–3309
Popov, V. & Dames, H. (2023). Intent Matters: Resolving the Intentional vs Incidental Learning Paradox in Episodic Long-term Memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. [Preprint] [Data & Code]
2022
Norton, C. M., Ibinson, J. W., Pcola, S. J., Popov, V., Tremel, J. J., Reder, L. M., … & Vogt, K. M. (2022). Neutral auditory words immediately followed by painful electric shock may show reduced next-day recollection. Experimental Brain Research, 1-13.
2021
Popov, V., So, M. & Reder, L. (2021). Memory resources recover gradually over time: The effects of word-frequency, presentation rate and list-composition on binding errors and mnemonic precision in source memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory & Cognition. [PDF][Data & Code]
Vogt, K., Ibinson, J., Smith, C., Citro, A., Norton, C., Karim, H., Popov, V., Mahajan, A., Aizenstein, H., Reder, L. & Fiez, J. (2021). Midazolam and ketamine produce distinct neural changes in memory, pain, and fear networks during pain. Anesthesiology 135 (1), 69-82
2020
Popov, V. & Reder, L. (2020). Greater discrimination difficulty during perceptual learning leads to stronger and more distinct representations. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. Advance Online Publication. [PDF] [Data & Code]
Popov, V. & Reder, L. (2020). Frequency Effects on Memory: A Resource-Limited Theory. Psychological Review. 127(1), 1–46. [PDF] [Preprint] [Data & Code]
Vassileva, J., Psedarska, E., Yankov, G., Bozgunov, K., Popov, V. & Vasilev, G. (2020). Validation of the Levenson Self-Report Psychopathy Scale in Bulgarian Substance Dependent Individuals. Frontiers in Psychology
2019
Popov, V., Marevic, I., Rummel, J. & Reder, L. (2019). Forgetting is a Feature, not a Bug: Intentionally Forgetting Some Things Helps Us Remember Others by Freeing up Working Memory Resources. Psychological Science. 30(9), 1303-1317. [PDF] [Preregistration] [[Data, Stimuli & Code]]
Popov, V., Zhang, Q., Koch, G., Halloway, R. & Coutanche, M. (2019). Semantic knowledge influences whether novel episodic associations are represented symmetrically or asymmetrically. Memory & Cognition. Advanced Online Publication [Preregistration] [Preprint] [Stimuli, data & code]
2018
Popov, V.*, Ostarek, M.*, & Tenison, C. (2018). Practices and Pitfalls in Inferring Neural Representations. NeuroImage, 174, 340-351. [PDF] [Preprint] [Code]
Shen, Z.*, Popov, V.* (co-first authors), Delahay, A., & Reder, L. (2018). Item Strength Affects Working Memory Capacity. Memory & Cognition, 46(2), 204-215. [PDF]
2017
Popov, V., Hristova, P., & Anders, R. (2017). The Relational Luring Effect: Retrieval of relational information during associative recognition. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 146(5), 722-745 [PDF]
Manelis, A.*, Popov, V.* (co-first authors), Paynter, C., Walsh, M., Wheeler, M., Vogt, K., & Reder, L. (2017). Cortical Networks Involved in Memory for Temporal Order. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 29(7), 1253-1266. [PDF]
2016
2015
Popov, V. & Hristova, P. (2015). Unintentional and efficient relational priming. Memory & Cognition, 46(6), 866-878. [PDF]
Refereed full conference papers
2018
Zhang, Q.*, Popov, V.* (co-first authors), Koch, G., Halloway, R. & Coutanche, M. (2018). Fast Memory Integration Facillitated by Schema Consistency. In C. Kalish, M. Rau, J. Zhu, T. Rogers (Eds.), Proceedings of the 40th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.
2017
Popov, V. , Ostarek, M., & Tenison, C. (2017). Inferential Pitfalls in Decoding Neural representations. In G. Gunzelmann, A. Howes, T. Tenbrink, & E. Davelaar (Eds.), Proceedings of the 39th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 961-966). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.
Popov, V. , & Reder, L. (2017). Target-to-distractor similarity can help visual search performance. In G. Gunzelmann, A. Howes, T. Tenbrink, & E. Davelaar (Eds.), Proceedings of the 39th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 968–973). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society. PDF
Popov, V. , & Reder, L. (2017). Repetition improves memory by strengthening existing traces: Evidence from paired-associate learning under midazolam. In G. Gunzelmann, A. Howes, T. Tenbrink, & E. Davelaar (Eds.), Proceedings of the 39th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society PDF (pp. 2913-2918). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.
2014
Popov, V. & Hristova, P. (2014). Automatic analogical reasoning underlies structural priming in comprehension of ambiguous sentences. In P. Bello, M. Guarini, M. McShane, & B. Scassellati (Eds.), Proceedings of the 36th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1192-1197). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society. PDF
Popov, V. & Petkov, G. (2014). The level of processing affects the magnitude of induced retrograde amnesia. In P. Bello, M. Guarini, M. McShane, & B. Scassellati (Eds.), Proceedings of the 36th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 2787-2792). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.
Publications in Bulgarian
2016
Popov, V., Nedelchev, D., Peneva, E., Psederska, E., Georgieva, V., Vasilev, G., Vassileva, J. (2016). Psychometric Characteristics of the Bulgarian Version of the Buss-Warren Aggression Questionnaire (BWAQ). Clinical and Consulting Psychology, 4(30), 37-53.
Popov, V., Psederska, E., Peneva, E., Bozgunov, K., Vasilev, G., Nedelchev, D., & Vassileva, J. (2016). Psychometric Characteristics of the Bulgarian Version of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20). Psychological Research, 19(2), 25-42 (in Bulgarian) PDF
Nedelchev, D., Popov, V., Psedarska, E., Bozgunov, K., Vasilev, G., Peneva, E., & Vassileva, J. (2016). Psychometric Characteristics of the Bulgarian Version of the Wender Utah Rating Scale (WURS-25) for ADHD. Clinical and Consulting Psychology, 8(2), 3-17 (in Bulgarian)
2015
Popov, V., Bozgunov, K., Vasilev, G., & Vassileva, J. (2015). Psychometric Characteristics of the Bulgarian Version of Levenson’s Self-report Psychopathy Scale. Bulgarian Journal of Psychology, 1-4, 253-278 (in Bulgarian) PDF
Book chapters
Popov, V. & Reder, M. (in press). Frequency effects in recognition and recall. To appear In M. Kahana & A. Wagner (Eds.), Handbook on Human Memory. Oxford University Press [PDF]
Unpublished manuscripts
Popov, V., Pavlova, M. & Hristova, P. (2020). The Internal Structure of Semantic Relations: Effects of Relational Similarity and Typicality. PsyArxiv. [Preprint]