Javier Granados Samayoa

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.

Selected Publications

• 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. (2022). A gateway conspiracy? Belief in COVID-19 conspiracy theories prospectively predicts greater conspiracist ideation. PLOS ONE.  https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0275502