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22.01.2022 Economics assumes that markets work because people make rational decisions about what is 'best' for them. So when faced with many choices, which drink is 'best'? Best value for money? Best tasting? Best for you? Best for the environment?... Just rate all available drinks on all of these objectives and then meaningfully combine the different scales to reveal your rational choice! Simple, right?

21.01.2022 Are you a big picture person or someone who sweats the small stuff? If you are 18 or over, fluent in English and able to attend an in person testing session at Adelaide University there is still time to sign up. We are looking for paid participants to help with a research study into the individual qualities that may contribute to good decision making. ... Sign up today and help us find Adelaide's best decision maker. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WMBDsocial

20.01.2022 Are you a Uni student interested in being a researcher for the summer? Matthew and Steve are supervising two projects for the Adelaide Summer Research Scholarships program. 1) Hindsight bias and overconfidence in industry decisions... 2) Reducing bias in uncertainty assessments The scholarships are a great opportunity to work with leading researchers on a ‘real’ research project. For more information on the scholarship program and projects available head to the ASRS webpage https://bit.ly/2LgNfBm The scholarships are open to all continuing undergraduate students, including those not currently studying at Adelaide. This is your opportunity to see firsthand what the Adelaide Decision Lab is all about

20.01.2022 The final of 3 research posters presented by Matthew at CogSci 2019 (Montreal, July 24-27)

20.01.2022 What do you know? I've contributed a post to an interdisciplinary discussion of knowledge and ignorance. Those with a burning interest in practical Epistemology might want to have a look! https://i2insights.org//09/24/knowledge-and-unknown-unkno/

15.01.2022 Research poster presented at CogSci 2019 (Montreal, July 24-27) This is one of the studies that Matthew conducted in conducted in collaboration with medical researchers from UC Irvine and UC San Francisco.

13.01.2022 The final of 3 research posters presented by Matthew at CogSci 2019 (Montreal, July 24-27)

13.01.2022 Just wanted to let our participants from last year know that we have two papers based on analyses of your experiment accepted at CogSci 2020 - running virtually from Toronto later this week: May I Have Your Attention? Testing a Subjective Attention Scale. Overconfident in Hindsight: Memory, Hindsight Bias and Overconfidence.... We will put some details up after the conference. Thanks again for participating! https://cognitivesciencesociety.org/cogsci-2020

10.01.2022 Research poster presented at CogSci 2019 (Montreal, July 24-27) This is one of the studies that Matthew conducted in conducted in collaboration with medical researchers from UC Irvine and UC San Francisco.

10.01.2022 Presented by Matthew at the recent CogSci 2019 (Montreal, July 24-27) The research behind this poster was conducted in collaboration with medical researchers from UC Irvine and UC San Francisco.

10.01.2022 Wow! We have hit the participant target for the decision making study. Thank you so much to everyone who has signed up and shared the post. Your participation is appreciated. The survey is now closed.

08.01.2022 Matthew is off to Montreal for CogSci2019 Meanwhile I will keep everything running smoothly back in Adelaide. https://media.giphy.com/media/u6A6SRqBXNdGo/giphy.gif

07.01.2022 Wow! We have hit the participant target for the decision making study. Thank you so much to everyone who has signed up and shared the post. Your participation is appreciated. The survey is now closed.

05.01.2022 Presented by Matthew at the recent CogSci 2019 (Montreal, July 24-27) The research behind this poster was conducted in collaboration with medical researchers from UC Irvine and UC San Francisco.

03.01.2022 Among other things, Steve Begg wrote a book. Bratvold and Begg (2010) Making Good Decisions Commissioned by SPE, the book is aimed at petroleum engineers and geoscientists. ... Knowing how to make good decisions is essential whether you are a decision maker or providing information to support decision makers. This book is about how to make good decisions; it is based on commonly accepted best practices and underpinned by sound theory, stemming from the author's mix of industry and academic experience. It will help the reader to think clearly about complex and uncertain decision situations and explain such topics as decision-tree analysis, Monte Carlo simulation, value of information, and value of flexibility. This book is essential reading for technical professionals and managers alike. Whilst the examples within the book are written with the experiences of petroleum engineers and geoscientists in mind, the methodology for good decision-making is applicable in a much wider set of circumstances so you should find some great tips for making decisions regardless of your profession, even personal decisions! Available at all good academic libraries or purchase direct from SPE https://store.spe.org/Making-Good-Decisions-Digital-Edition

02.01.2022 Old research for a new world... I've just dug out my Honours thesis from 1998 (to add to ResearchGate) - "The effect of alcohol consumption on the perception and maintenance of personal space." The takeaway is: drunk people stand closer together. ... Worth remember during a time when we should be socially distancing but desperately want a drink....

01.01.2022 I like tossing a coin when I can't choose between two options. Works great for a decision like what book to read, not so great for choices that have big consequences