Mississippi State University Assistant Professor of Psychology Thalia Vrantsidis won the Psychonomic Society’s 2025 Best Article Award last November for her paper delving into why people lean toward simple explanations instead of complex ones, even if the latter are ultimately more accurate.
Dustin Cardon
Digital Editor Dustin Cardon is a graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi where he studied journalism. He started his journalism career years ago at the Jackson Free Press in Mississippi’s capital city as an intern and worked his way up to web editor, a role he now holds within the Mississippi Free Press. Dustin enjoys reading fantasy novels and wants to write them himself one day. Email him at dustin@mississippifreepress.org.

