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, with streaming via Zoom. 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 Behaviour Spotlight email listLink opens in a new window.
Note that several talks during the 2024/25 academic year are being hosted and organised by the Economics department. This is indicated in the calendar entries. These talks will all take place in the Social Studies building. If you require further details regarding these sessions, please contact Matthew Ridley (Matthew.Ridley[at]Warwick.ac.uk) in the Economics department.
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.