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Author: Timothy J. Pleskac

Comparability Effects in Probability Judgments

January 1, 2012 Timothy J. Pleskac

Psychological theories of subjective probability judgments assume that accumulated evidence (support) mediates the relation between the description of a to-be-judged…

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Posted in: Independence Violations, Probability Judgments, Similarity Filed under: publication

Decision making and learning while taking sequential risks

January 1, 2008 Timothy J. Pleskac

A sequential risk-taking paradigm used to identify real-world risk takers invokes both learning and decision processes. This article expands the…

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Posted in: Adaptive Toolbox, Decision Making, Real World Scenario, Risk-Reward Filed under: publication

A signal detection analysis of the recognition heuristic

January 1, 2007 Timothy J. Pleskac

The recognition heuristic uses a recognition decision to make an inference about an unknown variable in the world. Theories of…

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Posted in: Choice Environment, Recognition, Signal Detection, Similarity Filed under: publication

Lab News

  • Dr. Pleskac to join panel discussion on Mapping Behavior Around the Virus: Behavioral Scientists Examine Activity Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
  • The ecology of competition: A theory of risk–reward environments in adaptive decision making
  • Dr. Pleskac to give a talk at the Science Matters Brown Bag Lunch and Learn: Tools for Thinking about Risk During the Pandemic
  • Dr. Pleskac joins Living Lab Radio for podcast on Taming Uncertainty
  • Institute for Policy & Social Research 2018-2019 Luncheon
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