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In the current study we explore whether enriching the brain's supply of glucose will improve the quality and speed of … decision making. Prior research shows that glucose enrichment supports cognition and more recent research has shown it can … times. The findings show that supplemental glucose improves decision making but only in complex decision tasks. The findings …
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In the current study we explore whether enriching the brain's supply of glucose will improve the quality and speed of … decision making. Prior research shows that glucose enrichment supports cognition and more recent research has shown it can … times. The findings show that supplemental glucose improves decision making but only in complex decision tasks. The findings …
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significantly across situations, and we find considerable heterogeneity in how responsive subjects' thinking times are to complexity …
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We study how response time in a laboratory experiment on bank runs affects withdrawal decisions. In our setup, the bank has no fundamental problems, depositors decide equentially (if to keep the money in the bank or to withdraw) and may observe previous decisions depending on the information...
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considerable heterogeneity in how responsive subjects' thinking times are to complexity. We also study how variation in response …
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The psychology literature provides ample evidence that people have difficulties taking the perspective of less-informed others. This paper presents a controlled experiment showing that this "curse of knowledge" can cause comparative overconfidence and overentry into competition. In a broader...
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We explore the role of cognitive dissonance in dictator and public goods games. Specifically, we motivate cognitive dissonance between one's perception of “fair treatment” and self-interested behaviour by having participants answer a question about fairness. Utilizing two manipulations...
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Human behaviours are driven by two different types of motives: implicit and explicit motives. Psychologists have developed two main tools, namely time pressure and cognitive load, to disentangle the two motives. It implies that the values of willingness to pay (WTP) are sensitive to time...
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