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Javier Granados Samayoa
Assistant Professor
Program Affiliations
Education
Ph.D., The Ohio State University, Social Psychology, 2022
B.Sc., University of British Columbia, Biopsychology, 2014
Areas of Focus
My lab studies how beliefs and attitudes form, generalize, and impact behavior. We
apply this general interest to the study of misinformation, conspiracy beliefs, and
health behavior. We seek to leverage these insights to develop interventions that
align people's behavior with their goals.
Granados Samayoa, J.A. & Albarracín, D. (2025). Understanding Belief-Behavior Correspondence:
Introducing A Belief-to-Behavior Process Model. Psychological Inquiry, 36(1), 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1080/1047840X.2025.2482343
Granados Samayoa, J. A., & Albarracín, D. (2025). Bypassing versus correcting misinformation:
Efficacy and fundamental processes. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 154(1), 18–38. https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0001687
Albarracín, D., Fayaz Farkhad, B. & Granados Samayoa, J.A. (2024). Determinants of
behaviour and their efficacy as targets of behavioural change interventions. Nature Reviews Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44159-024-00305-0
Granados Samayoa, J.A., Moore, C.A., Ruisch, B.C., C.A., Boggs, S.T., Ladanyi, J.T.,
& Fazio, R.H. (in press). A gateway conspiracy? Belief in COVID-19 conspiracy theories
prospectively predicts greater conspiracist ideation. PLOS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0275502
Last Updated: November 03, 2025