DR@W
DR@W
Decision Research at Warwick (DR@W) is an interdisciplinary initiative which focuses on behavioural and experimental research of decision making.
Formed in January 2010, DR@W brings together researchers and students from Economics, Psychology, Statistics, Warwick Mathematics Institute, Warwick Manufacturing Group and Warwick Business School that are interested in current developments in the area of experimental and behavioural research.
The Department of Economics have created and manage a large computer laboratory for use with experiments.
Visit the Decision Research at Warwick website for further details.
DR@W Forum: Thomas Hills (Warwick, Psychology)
Human beliefs follow complex flows. Our beliefs influence our social communities and these in turn influence what we believe next. Are these flows predictable and can we identify them? In this talk I describe a network and complex systems approach to identifying gateway beliefs among conspiracy theorists. This work is based on a data set from 1000 people in the US self-reporting on 39 conspiracies. I develop a distinctive belief framework to more strongly connect individuals with more discriminating beliefs, and produce models of belief change that make empirical predictions about what beliefs change most and which beliefs make people most susceptible to change. This is a general framework that produces compelling representations of flocking ideas.