Dynamical analysis of value coding
NEUROSCIENCE Dynamical analysis of value coding ABSTRACT Information coding in the brain is often viewed in terms of equilibrium levels of...
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NEUROSCIENCE The role of the Hippocampus in reinforcement learning ABSTRACT The idea that there are parallel learning and decision-making systems...
Read moreAn Analysis of Decision under Risk in Rats
NEUROSCIENCE An Analysis of Decision under Risk in Rats AUTHORS Christine Constantinople ABSTRACT In 1979, Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky...
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 moreEstimating 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...
Read moreCan deep brain stimulation reduce preference for cocaine?
NEUROSCIENCE A Drosophila model for studying the neuronal bases of decision-making ABSTRACT I work in the NYU Biology department in Justin Blau’s...
Read moreEmotion and decision making under uncertainty
NEUROSCIENCE Emotion and decision making under uncertainty ABSTRACT Different forms and degrees of uncertainty, such as risk (known probabilities)...
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 moreRestoring Justice: Punishing on behalf of another, but not for oneself
NEUROSCIENCE Restoring Justice: Punishing on behalf of another, but not for oneself ABSTRACT Classic social psychology and experimental economic...
Read moreEvidence 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...
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 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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