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Why Facts Don’t Unify Us

A New York Times article by Cass Sunstein and Tali Sharot.

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Posted: 23/08/2017

 

Are Choosers Losers? – A new Journal of Risk and Uncertainty paper by Bobadilla-Suarez et al.

New paper exploring the decision to delegate a decision to someone else published.
(The intrinsic value of choice: The propensity to under-delegate in the face of potential gains and losses.)

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Posted: 23/08/2017

 

New Nature Neuroscience paper – The brain adapts to Dishonesty – by Garrett et al

New paper exploring how the brain adapts to dishonesty.
Ranked #1 (at time of publication) out of all Nature Neuroscience articles ever (~3K) to be tracked on the Altmetric Score measuring quality and quantity of online attention.

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Posted: 16/03/2017

 

Optimistic Update for Positive Life Events?

New paper exploring asymmetric belief updating for everyday life events.

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Posted: 02/06/2016

 

How Do Feelings Predict Choice?

New paper published in Psychological Science examines how feelings are transformed into decisions when we make choices.

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Posted: 14/04/2016

Forming Beliefs: Why Valence Matters

New opinion piece, published in Trends in Cognitive Sciences. Forming Beliefs: Why Valence Matters.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Posted: 02/05/2015

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  • News

    New paper in Elife: A selective effect of dopamine on information-seeking
    New paper in Neuron: The Value of Belief
    New paper in Nature Human Behaviour: Sharot, T. Sunstein C.R., (2020) How People Decide What They Want to Know. Nature Human Behaviour
    New paper in Nature Neuroscience: Confirmation Bias in the Utilization of Others’ Opinion Strength
    Congratulations Caroline Charpentier on receiving The Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowship!
    Congratulations Filip Gesiarz on accepting a position with the Behavioral Insight Team (aka the UK Nudge Team)
    Congratulations Stephanie Lazzaro on receiving a lecturer position at Yale University
    New paper published in PLOS Computational Biology by Filip Gesiarz, Donal Cahill and Tali Sharot: Evidence accumulation is biased by motivation: A computational account.
    Sharot receives Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellowship to study information-seeking and mental health.
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