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Optimistic Update for Positive Life Events?
New paper exploring asymmetric belief updating for everyday life events.
Posted: 02/06/2016
Are Choosers Losers?
New paper exploring the decision to delegate a decision to someone else.
Posted: 14/04/2016
How Do Feelings Predict Choice?
New paper published in Psychological Science examines how feelings are transformed into decisions when we make choices.
Posted: 14/04/2016
Forming Beliefs: Why Valence Matters
New opinion piece, published in Trends in Cognitive Sciences. Forming Beliefs: Why Valence Matters.
Posted: 23/12/2015
Frontal subcortical circuity associated with asymmetric belief updating
New paper, published in Journal of Neuroscience, examining frontal–subcortical circuity associated with asymmetric belief updating.
Posted: 03/11/2015
Beliefs about self-creation inflate value in the human brain
New paper, published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience examining how beliefs about self-creation inflate value in the human brain.
Posted: 03/11/2015
Christina Moutsiana appointed Lectureship at Kingston University
Christina Moutsiana has been appointed a Lectureship at Kingston University.
Posted: 17/05/2015
Optimism and Entrepreneurship: a double edged sword
New report written by Tali Sharot and Andreas Kappes for Nesta, a UK innovation charity, explores the impact of optimism on the different stages of entrepreneurship.
Posted: 02/05/2015
Opposing Effects of Oxytocin on Overt Compliance and Lasting Changes to Memory
New paper, published in Neuropsychopharmacology, reveals opposing effects of oxytocin on overt compliance and lasting changes to memory.
Posted: 01/10/2014
