The price of success

NEUROSCIENCE The price of success ABSTRACT How much should you pay for a better chance at success? For this project, we approached individuals in a city park and had them play a novel lottery using a small set of black and white marbles in an...

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Careers

Interested in what makes people tick? Or do you want to work in a vibrant educational environment where no matter what you do you are sure to learn new things? ISDM is working to understand the roots of human behavior and decision making and...

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Stress and Gambling

NEUROSCIENCE Social Contagion ABSTRACT Decisions are often made around other people, even if the choices themselves don’t involve and are not about others. We know surprisingly little about the role of emotions in this particular kind of...

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Urban Attention

NEUROSCIENCE Urban Attention ABSTRACT The effects of external distractors on reaction time have been extremely well characterized in the lab. In this project, we aim to quantify the impact of distracting urban environments during an everyday...

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