CRED Post-doctoral research scientist speaks at Eastern Psychological Assocation

CRED Post-doctoral fellow Christoph Ungemach represented CRED on March 3, 2013 at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association.

Christoph gave a talk entitled “Experience-based choice in real-world decisions environments” on his research with Dr. Elke Weber (CRED co-director) and Katherine Thompson (CRED graduate student). His talk appeared in the panel “Risky Choice in Humans and Other Animals.” The abstract for this panel appears below.

LEARNING/COGNITIVE SYMPOSIUM: RISKY CHOICE IN HUMAN AND OTHER ANIMALS

Sunday, March 3, 2013
1:30 PM – 2:50 PM

CHAIR: ELLIOT A LUDVIG (PRINCETON UNIVERSITY)

RISKY CHOICE IN HUMANS AND OTHER ANIMALS

In risky choice, there is often a divergence between the behavior of humans and other animals. One possible source for these discrepancies lies in that animals only learn about risky options through their own experiences, whereas people can draw on multiple sources of information. This symposium examines recent work on experience-based choice in both humans and other animals, highlighting similarities and differences in research goals, methodologies, and results.

Presentations

Experience-based choice in real-world decisions environments
by Christoph Ungemach, Katherine Thompson, Elke Weber (Columbia University)

Of People and Pigeons: The Comparative Cognition of Experience-based Choice
by Elliot A. Ludvig (Princeton University), Christopher R. Madan, Marcia L. Spetch (University of Alberta)

An animal model of gambling behavior: Determinants of suboptimal choice by pigeons
by Thomas R. Zentall, Jessica P. Stagner, Jennifer R. Laude (University of Kentucky)

Environmental rearing effects on decision making
by Kimberly Kirkpatrick (Kansas State University)

Discussant(s): Elliot A. Ludvig (Princeton University)