Research interest:

Learning in decision-making
My research interest is the study of decision making. This research applies an integrative perspective that combines psychology and economics, and is based on knowledge from both fields. The area of my research includes learning in decision making and economic behavior. In particular I am interested in the way decision-makers change their strategies as a function of their experience under different conditions (e.g., variance in the payoff, different levels of information etc.). I try to differentiate between learning that can be modeled with simple adaptive learning models versus learning which is more cognitive in nature. I study questions such as what exactly is learned from experience? To what extent are strategies task-specific? What types of learning can be transferred to other tasks?

Children's decision-making
This research studies the extent to which children's and adults' decision making differ systematically. Which aspects of decision making remain constant with development and which aspects change? I use paradigms from experimental economics, such as the ultimatum game, the dictator game and prisoner's dilemma to study the development of fairness considerations, reciprocity and cooperation.

Applications of decision making research to educational settings
In more applied research I work on the application of decision making theory to educational settings, for example the decision making analysis of responses in multiple choice exam questions. I also study decisions in managerial settings, for example, how people learn integrative negotiation strategies, or how they deal with problems that require complex optimization.