Andreas Jarvstad

BA, MSc, PhD

British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow

I explore how humans trade off risk and reward, and how such trade-offs might differ across the many domains in which we make decisions.

More broadly, I'm interested in the cognitive mechanisms and the neural structures that support our decision-making abilities - whether they are part of choice itself or support it (e.g., sensing, judgment, reasoning, learning).

I am also interested in what makes a good choice (optimality/ rationality) and how closely people approximate optimal strategies.

To explore these topics, I use psychophysics and other behavioural methods, computational modelling, eye-tracking and neuroimaging.

Recent publications

Large Portions Encourage the Selection of Palatable Rather Than Filling Foods.
Journal article

Brunstrom JM. et al, (2016), J Nutr, 146, 2117 - 2123
Increasing compliance with low tidal volume ventilation in the ICU with two nudge-based interventions: evaluation through intervention time-series analyses.
Journal article

Bourdeaux CP. et al, (2016), BMJ Open, 6
Are perceptuo-motor decisions really more optimal than cognitive decisions?
Journal article

Jarvstad A. et al, (2014), Cognition, 130, 397 - 416
Perceptuo-motor, cognitive, and description-based decision-making seem equally good.
Journal article

Jarvstad A. et al, (2013), Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 110, 16271 - 16276
Knowing when to move on: cognitive and perceptual decisions in time.
Journal article

Jarvstad A. et al, (2012), Psychol Sci, 23, 589 - 597

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