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Culture and Decision: Cross-Cultural Similarities and Variations in Resource Allocation between European Canadians and East Asians
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People engage in a variety of decision making tasks in daily life, in which people’s experiences and strategies during the decision making tasks are affected by cultural influences. The primary objective of this dissertation was to examine the role of analytic versus holistic thinking styles on...
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Mental Model Management: The effects of punishment and reinforcement re-using and re-configuring strategies within game spaces
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The development, storage and deployment of mental models are keystone cognitive processes central to successful operation in everyday life. We investigate the effects of punishment and reinforcement on people’s ability to acquire, reuse, and reconfigure mental models. Across three experiments,...
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Fall 2017
How do we make decisions, like which drink to reach and grab out of a fridge, or which path to take on a hike? Decades of research on decision making has led to powerful models of how options compete within our brains to be selected. However, these models, and the field of decision making in...
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Fall 2014
In our everyday lives we often make decisions based on our prior experiences, whether it be choosing to park without putting money in the meter or deciding what to buy as a gift for a loved one. Inevitably, our decisions in the present are informed by our memories of experiences past. In this...