While often seeming to investigate rather different problems, research into value-based
decision making and cognitive control have historically offered parallel insights into how …

Self-reports remain affective science's only direct measure of subjective affective
experiences. Yet, little research has sought to understand the psychological process that …

Why people do or do not change their beliefs has been a long-standing puzzle. Sometimes
people hold onto false beliefs despite ample contradictory evidence; sometimes they …

When making decisions, how people allocate their attention influences their choices. One
empirical finding is that people are more likely to choose the option that they have looked at …

Consumption-based feedback has been demonstrated to encourage water conservation
behaviors. Smart meters and digital solutions can support customized feedback and …

In the present study, we examined how the relevance of potentially distracting information
modulates the interplay of target and distractor processing in conflict tasks. Specifically, we …

Successful responding to acutely threatening situations requires adequate approach–
avoidance decisions. However, it is unclear how threat-induced states—like freezing-related …

Moral behavior is susceptible to peer influence. How does information from peers influence
moral preferences? We used drift-diffusion modeling to show that peer influence changes …

Intertemporal choices–decisions that play out over time–pervade our life. Thus, how people
make intertemporal choices is a fundamental question. Here, we investigate the role of …

Confidence, the subjective estimate of decision quality, is a cognitive process necessary for
learning from mistakes and guiding future actions. The origins of confidence judgments …