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NEUROSCIENCE A Bayesian model of insight ABSTRACT We are building a computational model of insight. The core of this model permits actions to dissociate from intentions. Our model provides a Bayesian “definition” of insight as the probability...
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NEUROSCIENCE Interoception and Decision-Making ABSTRACT Studies on the roles of emotion in decision-making have highlighted a powerful role for emotions in influencing choices. The source of the individual differences in emotional responses, and...
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NEUROSCIENCE Goods & Actions, Model-based and Model-free ABSTRACT Two parallel lines of research have begun to identify the neural correlations and mechanisms underlying decision-making and learning. One line has focused on the distinction...
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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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Three Exciting Papers Published by ISDM Prof. Jay van Bavel May 10, 2017 Congratulations to Professor Jay van Bavel, who collaborated in three papers that have recently been published. For the paper, Decoding “us” and “them”: Neural...
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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...
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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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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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