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NEUROSCIENCE The MINY Van Project ABSTRACT Research on household financial decisions using a newly-constituted Vanguard Research Institute Panel. The project models and measures wealth accumulation, asset holding, health, long term care, and...
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NEUROSCIENCE Saving the Masses: The Role of Perceived Efficacy in Charitable Giving ABSTRACT People tend to be more sympathetic and generous to single than to multiple beneficiaries. We identify one factor—perceived efficacy—that when increased...
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NEUROSCIENCE Suboptimal decision criteria are predicted by subjectively weighted probabilities and rewards ABSTRACT Subjects performed a visual detection task with varied probability of target occurrence and rewards. To maximize monetary gain...
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NEUROSCIENCE Learning the probability of success in a simple motor task from sequences of success and failure ABSTRACT Successful decision making depends on accurate knowledge of probabilities of outcomes: should I really try to climb that sheer...
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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...
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NEUROSCIENCE Retailer Pricing and Consumer Choice under Price Uncertainty ABSTRACT Based on the implicit assumption that consumers’ average price perceptions guide their retailer choice, previous research examined how different retailer pricing...
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NEUROSCIENCE The bounded log-odds model of frequency and probability distortion ABSTRACT People systematically distort probability and frequency information in decision-making and in many other perceptual, motor and cognitive tasks. We show that...
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