Pacer, M (2016) Mind as Theory Engine: Causation, Explanation and Time. UC Berkeley, Ph.D. Dissertation. 358p. ( pdf )

Pacer, M. (2015) Causal Bayesian NetworkX. In Proceedings of the 14th Python in Science Conference (pp.150-157). Eds. Kathryn Huff and James Bergstra. Austin, TX. ( pdf , video )

Pacer, M., & Griffiths, T.L. (2015). Upsetting the contingency table: Causal induction over sequences of point events. Proceedings of the 37th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. ( pdf )

Press, A., Pacer, M., Griffiths, T.L., Christian B. (2014). Caching Algorithms and Rational Models of Memory.  Proceedings of the 35th Annual Cognitive Science Society. ( pdf )

Whalen, A., Maurits, L., Pacer M., Griffiths, T.L. (2014) Cultural Evolution with Sparse Testimony: when does the Cultural Ratchet Slip? Proceedings of the 35th Annual Cognitive Science Society. ( pdf )

Pacer, M., Williams, J., Xi, C., Lombrozo, T. and Griffiths. T.L. (2013). Evaluating computational models of explanation using human judgments. Proceedings of the Twenty-Ninth Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence (UAI 2013). ( pdf )

Pacer*, M. , Carstensen*, A. & Regier, T. (2012) Grounding spatial language in non-linguistic cognition. Proceedings of the 34th Annual Cognitive Science Society.

Pacer, M. & Griffiths, T. (2012) Elements of a rational framework for continuous-time causal inference. Proceedings of the 34th Annual Cognitive Science Society. ( pdf )

Pacer, M. & Griffiths, T. (2011) A rational model of causal induction with continuous causes. Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems, 24. ( pdf )

Pacer, M. & Ahn, W. (2011) Finding the Cause: Examining the Role of Qualitative Causal Inference through Categorical Judgments. Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Cognitive Science Society. 

* Shared first author.