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Research interests
My work aims to understand the cognitive processes underlying judgement and decision-making, in particular learning and memory. I study these processes in a range of contexts including economic decisions, food choice, climate action and decisions involving mental and physical effort.
I predominately use behavioural experiments with statistical and computational modelling to ask questions about how people understand risks and make choices.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Experimental Psychology, Doctor of Science, The Role of Reward in Motivated and Incidental Learning, University of Bristol
Award Date: 8 Mar 2016
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
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Constructing the decision environment from memory: how overweighting extreme events biases choice
Mason, A. (PI)
Economic and Social Research Council
1/05/23 → 15/07/24
Project: Research council
Research output
- 16 Article
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Learning the lie of the land: How people construct mental representations of distributions
Mason, A., 7 Jul 2024, (Acceptance date) In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Risky effort
Mason, A., Sun, Y., Simonsen, N., Madan, C. R., Spetch, M. L. & Ludvig, E. A., 31 Oct 2024, In: Cognition. 251, 105895.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Future of Decisions From Experience: Connecting Real-World Decision Problems to Cognitive Processes
Olschewski, S., Luckman, A., Mason, A., Ludvig, E. A. & Konstantinidis, E., 31 Jan 2024, In: Perspectives on Psychological Science. 19, 1, p. 82-102 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Too hard, too easy, or just right? The effects of context on effort and boredom aversion
Embrey, J. R., Mason, A. & Newell, B. R., 5 Jun 2024, In: Psychonomic Bulletin and Review.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Rare and Extreme Outcomes in Risky Choice
Mason, A., Ludvig, E. A., Spetch, M. L. & Madan, C. R., 16 Nov 2023, In: Psychonomic Bulletin & Review.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access