Forum
What is DR@W Forum?
DR@W Forum is an interdisciplinary discussion series which focuses on theoretical and empirical research about decision making.
The usual structure of the forum is a 30 - 45 minute introduction of the topic/working paper, with ample additional time for discussion.
The audience prefers discussing work-in-progress topics as opposed to finished papers. We meet on Thursdays between 2:30 and 3:45pm during term time. Contact John Taylor (John.Taylor[at]wbs.ac.uk) if you would like to suggest a speaker for a future event. Notifications of upcoming DR@W Forum events along with other decision research related activities can be obtained by registering with the moderated mailing list - email behaviour_spotlight at newlistserv dot warwick dot ac dot uk to be added to the list.
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Bernd Figner (Radboud)
Both human and non-human animals often appear remarkably impatient in intertemporal choice, particularly in the presence of immediately available rewards. While research has generated a large number of models describing the commonly observed choice patterns (including different functional forms of delay discounting or reward-delay tradeoffs), there is a comparative dearth of theoretical frameworks aiming to explain the psychological mechanisms giving rise to the observed phenomena. In my talk, I will focus on a relatively recently proposed theoretical framework originating from Reinforcement Learning Theory and present a series of preregistered studies that investigated the existence of an intertemporal Pavlovian bias and its potential contributions to present-biased choice as well as suboptimal behaviors and mental health.