NEUROSCIENCE Neural dynamics of decision confidence ABSTRACT Previous studies in non-human primates have revealed neural activity in the parietal and prefrontal cortex that correlates with the animal’s confidence after a decision has been made...
More infoUrban 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...
More infoSaving the masses: The impact of perceived efficacy on charitable giving to single vs. multiple beneficiaries
NEUROSCIENCE Saving the masses: The impact of perceived efficacy on charitable giving to single vs. multiple beneficiaries AUTHORS: Professor Vicki Morwitz and Professor Eesha Sharma ABSTRACT People are more generous toward...
More infoEstimating the perceptual decisions of others
NEUROSCIENCE Estimating the perceptual decisions of others ABSTRACT An important corollary of a Bayesian model of insight is that this model can be applied to estimate confidence in others’ decisions, assigning a degree of responsibility to other...
More infoNeural bases of self-control and adaptive behavior
NEUROSCIENCE Neural bases of self-control and adaptive behavior ABSTRACT Influential research suggests that exercising self-control depletes a limited cognitive resource, of unclear identity. But a slack in performance needs not invoke resource...
More infoGenes, Smoking, and Health
NEUROSCIENCE Genes, Smoking, and Health ABSTRACT Research on the impact of genes on smoking and through smoking on health. We are using the genomic Health and Retirement Survey both to confirm earlier GWAS findings on smoking and genes, and to...
More infoForaging, serial decision making and the opportunity cost of time
NEUROSCIENCE Foraging, serial decision making and the opportunity cost of time ABSTRACT We have an ongoing series of studies that use a patch-foraging paradigm from ecology in order to investigate how individuals make serial (stop/search)...
More infoDynamic estimation of task-relevant variance in movement under risk
NEUROSCIENCE Dynamic estimation of task-relevant variance in movement under risk AUTHORS: Michael Landy, Julia Trommershäuser, Nathaniel Daw ABSTRACT Humans take into account their own movement variability as well as potential consequences...
More infoNYU ISDM TEST
Phasellus cursus nunc arcu, eget sollicitudin mi lacinia tempus. Donec ligula turpis, egestas at volutpat non, pellentesque ut nibh. Aliquam varius aliquam urna, sed bibendum leo dignissim ac. Phasellus quis leo sem. Morbi vitae congue sapien...
More infoEconomic decision-making in Drosophila larvae
NEUROSCIENCE Economic decision-making in Drosophila larvae ABSTRACT The goal of this project is two-fold. First, we use tools from microeconomics to characterize the choices of wild type Drosophila larvae as they tradeoff goods (dark and food) in...
More infoEvidence demonstrating working memory limitations in human decision-making
NEUROSCIENCE Evidence demonstrating working memory limitations in human decision-making ABSTRACT If you were asked to evaluate the lottery [0.8765 probability of $99.98 or 0.1235 probability of $53.46], you will likely “edit” the numbers by...
More infoLiving
Nemo enim ipsam voluptatem quia voluptas sit aspernatur aut odit aut fugit. Nemo enim ipsam.
More info