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Dr. Pleskac to join panel discussion on Mapping Behavior Around the Virus: Behavioral Scientists Examine Activity Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

March 8, 2021 admin Leave a comment

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The ecology of competition: A theory of risk–reward environments in adaptive decision making

January 1, 2021 Timothy J. Pleskac, Larissa Conradt, Christina Leuker, and Ralph Hertwig

In many choice environments, risks and rewards—or probabilities and payoffs—seem tightly coupled such that high payoffs only occur with low…

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Posted in: Adaptive Toolbox, Choice Environment, Risk-Reward Filed under: publication

Dr. Pleskac to give a talk at the Science Matters Brown Bag Lunch and Learn: Tools for Thinking about Risk During the Pandemic

June 11, 2020 admin Leave a comment

https://www.lindahall.org/event/science-matters-brown-bag-lunch-and-learn-the-cognitive-science-of-decision-making/

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Dr. Pleskac joins Living Lab Radio for podcast on Taming Uncertainty

November 3, 2019 admin Leave a comment

Click on the image above or follow this link to listen to the podcast: https://www.npr.org/podcasts/479326361/living-lab-radio

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Institute for Policy & Social Research 2018-2019 Luncheon

August 29, 2019 admin Leave a comment

Institute for Policy & Social Research will host our first research luncheon of the 2019-20 academic year on Friday, September…

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New Book Out: Taming Uncertainty

August 6, 2019 admin 1 Comment

Summary An examination of the cognitive tools that the mind uses to grapple with uncertainty in the real world. How…

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Taming Uncertainty

January 1, 2019 Ralph Hertwig, Timothy J. Pleskac, Thorsten Pachur, & Center for Adaptive Rationality

An examination of the cognitive tools that the mind uses to grapple with uncertainty in the real world. How do…

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Dr. Pleskac gives a talk at the Max Planck Summer Institute 2018

August 3, 2018 admin Leave a comment

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How prior information and police experience impact decisions to shoot

January 1, 2018 David J. Johnson, Joseph Cesario, and Timothy J. Pleskac

Social psychologists have relied on computerized shooting tasks to test whether race influences decisions to shoot. These studies reveal that…

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Posted in: Choice Environment, Evidence Accumulation, Police Shootings, Real World Scenario Filed under: publication

Exploiting risk–reward structures in decision making under uncertainty

Timothy J. Pleskac, Larissa Conradt, Christina Leuker, and Ralph Hertwig

People often have to make decisions under uncertainty—that is, in situations where the probabilities of obtaining a payoff are unknown…

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Posted in: Choice Environment, Risk-Reward, Uncertainty Filed under: publication

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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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