Insight and addiction
NEUROSCIENCE Insight and addiction ABSTRACT Previous studies have suggested impairments in insight in neuropsychiatric disorders. However it is...
Read moreInterrupting counterfactual representations in the lateral frontal pole
NEUROSCIENCE Interrupting counterfactual representations in the lateral frontal pole ABSTRACT I am collaborating with researchers at Oxford...
Read moreGenes, 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...
Read moreForaging, 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...
Read moreThe 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...
Read moreRational Imprecision: Information Processing, Neural, and Choice-Rule Perspectives
NEUROSCIENCE Rational Imprecision: Information Processing, Neural, and Choice-Rule Perspectives AUTHORS: Kai Steverson, Adam...
Read moreThinking About Thinking and Its Cognitive Limits
NEUROSCIENCE Thinking About Thinking and Its Cognitive Limits AUTHORS: Adam Brandenburger and Xiaomin Li ABSTRACT Evidence shows that when...
Read moreCriterion learning for perceptual decisions under uncertainty
NEUROSCIENCE Criterion learning for perceptual decisions under uncertainty ABSTRACT Signal detection theory posits that observers set a fixed...
Read moreA Bayesian model of insight
NEUROSCIENCE A Bayesian model of insight ABSTRACT We are building a computational model of insight. The core of this model permits actions to...
Read moreStress and Gambling
NEUROSCIENCE Social Contagion ABSTRACT Decisions are often made around other people, even if the choices themselves don’t involve and are not...
Read moreCortical computations underlying decision-making
NEUROSCIENCE Cortical computations underlying decision-making ABSTRACT Relative value coding is governed by divisive normalization, a...
Read moreProjection Bias
NEUROSCIENCE Projection Bias ABSTRACT Projection bias is exemplified by the “shopping while hungry” phenomenon, in which people overbuy at the...
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