@article{effortasceilingnotdialreasoningbudgetdoe,
  title = {Effort as Ceiling, Not Dial: Reasoning Budget Does Not Modulate Cognitive Cost Alignment Between Humans and Large Reasoning Models},
  author = {Yueqing Hu and Tianhong Wang},
  year = {2026},
  eprint = {2605.16938},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.16938},
}