Home Research Research Centers Adaptive Rationality Research Areas Research Simple Heuristics Which simple strategies enable people to navigate real-world decisions where the unknowns often eclipse the knowns? Search and Learning Which search and learning processes guide people in deciding where to look for further information, and—importantly—when to stop searching and take action? Collective Intelligence How do individuals tap into social information from others, and under what conditions do groups outperform their individual members? Lifespan Development of Decision Making How do individual experiences shape learning and decision-making over development? Boosting Decision Making What are effective ways of boosting the ability of patients, doctors, citizens, and policy makers to make good decisions? Cognition in Online Environments How do human minds interact with online environments? How can this interaction be improved for the good of both individuals and democracy?
