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Our main section on individual decision-making has investigated how people make decisions across economic domains, how some features of choices are shared across species and how behavior relates to biology. Here we address a few advanced topics and case studies.
Decision-making: an interdisciplinary field
Decision-making: an interdisciplinary field
Decision-making is the study of how we (or animals) make decisions. It is a multidisciplinary field. Here we review aspects of the relationship between biology and decisions. We look at what underlies decison-making and how decision-making shifts if the underlying mechanisms are altered.
Lecture1.pptxWhat is decision-making?
What is decision-making?
Decision-making is a field at the intersection of economics, psychology, computer science and neuroscience that studies how people make decisions.
foraging.pdfForaging theory
Foraging theory
Foraging theory is the study of decision-making in animals. It is a field in behavioral ecology.
Further readings
Developing special skills to enhance cognition: this article explores how developing special skills as children is beneficial for cognitive development and eventually, decision-making. Read here.
Cognitive disorders and decision-making: these two articles illustrate how dysfunctions of cognitive mechanisms result in differences in behavior and decision-making. Read here for the case of autism and here for the case of ADHD.
For an introduction to animal behavior, Check the "Animal Behavior" chapter in the Biology section
Decision-making and perception
Decision-making and perception
Perception refers to the interpretation of sensory information in order to represent and understand the environment around us. The decisions we make are impacted by how we perceive the world around us.
TimePerception.pptxTime perception
Time perception
Decision-making and cognition
Decision-making and cognition
Cognition refers to the mental process of learning, paying attention, understanding through thought, and solving problems. It is supported by cognitive abilities, or brain-based skills that we need to carry out any task from the simplest to the most complex. Making decisions requires using our cognitive abilities.
0-TOL-TOH.pptxPlanning abilities (TOL and TOH tasks)
Planning abilities (TOL and TOH tasks)
Sytems 1 & 2.pptxSystem 1 & system 2 theory
System 1 & system 2 theory
Further readings
Understanding the Mechanisms that Underlie Human Intelligence and Giftedness
To learn about the neural correlates of cognition, check our neuroscience section
Decision-making over the life cycle
Decision-making over the life cycle
As we grow and age, our ability to make decisions change. This section addresses a few topics of interest.
Object Permanence.pdfObject permanence
Object permanence
Mirror Test.pdfSelf awareness
Self awareness
Theory-Theory.pdfTheory-Theory
Theory-Theory
Biology and decision-making
Biology and decision-making
Changes in biological mechanisms, sometimes triggered by our environment, affect the way we make decisions.
1-SAD.pdfThe case of SAD
The case of SAD
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