New article in Cognitive Psychology with @thorstenpachur.bsky.social and Veronika Zilker: “How sampling strategies shape experience-based risky choice.” We present a computational framework for information search and choice in decisions from experience. 1/4 doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
Thorsten Pachur
@thorstenpachur.bsky.social
Cognitive psychologist and decision scientist. Risk, attention, adaptive cognition, computational modeling, process tracing, research methods. https://www.msl.mgt.tum.de/en/brm/home/
For all who use Bayesian hierarchical models, have a look at our new preprint, out now together with @linushof.bsky.social @nunobusch.bsky.social and @thorstenpachur.bsky.social osf.io/preprints/ps...
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🚨 Do older adults make emotional decisions differently than younger adults? Our new article, led by @colleencfrank.bsky.social, in Psychology and Aging finds that the 'affect gap' in risky choice manifests similarly in younger and older adults. (1/3) 🔗 psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
💥 How bad is it to live with diabetes or be in a wheelchair? In a new article (Journal of Health Economics) led by Stefan Lipman, we link the puzzling gap between time trade-off and standard gamble valuations of health states to attention during preference construction. 1/3 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.jh...
Congratulations to @linushof.bsky.social from our lab @tum.de for being the runner-up at this year’s #teap2025 poster competition! His research shows that people search adaptively in decisions from experience.