Understanding Conflict with a Socio-Cognitive Computational Approach
	Training Dynamic Decision Making in Mine Emergency Situations
	Hypothesis Generation & Reasoning in Dynamic Cyber SA Decision Making
	Training Decision Making Skills
	Cognitive Process Modeling and Measurement in Dynamic Decision Making
	Hypothesis Generation & Feedback in Dynamic Decision Making
	Learning & Adaptation in Complex Decision Making Situations
	Neural Basis of Decision Making

Former Sponsored Projects

Facilities, Methods, & DMGames

	Facilities & Methods
	DMGames

	Dynamic Climate Change Simulator (DCCS)
	Dynamic Stocks & Flows (DSF)
	The Water Purification Plant (WPP)
	FIRECHIEF
	Beer Game
	MEDIC

Project Researchers: Cleotilde Gonzalez (PI), Wei Siong Neo (Doctoral Student), & Hau-yu Wong (Research Associate) External Collaborators: Eric Walden, Assistant Professor at the Rawls College of Business, Texas Tech University Funding Source: Internal funding

Overview

With the help of the Center for Cognitive Brain Imaging (CCBI) at Carnegie Mellon University, we have used functional MRI to study risk in simple choice problems. Two examples of the research conducted include the Framing Effect and Theory of Mind in trust games. Both projects involve the perception of risk as determined by the information representation. For example, we are interested in the representation of the human or computer as an avatar changes the nature of ToM processing. Specifically, we will study the mPRF (medial prefrontal gyrus), ACC (anterior para-cingulate cortex, and rTPJ (right tempero-parietal junction) regions. The main lesson from this study is that cognition and emotion don't work independently, but rather they clearly interact to determine choice.

The Dynamic Decision Making Laboratory is part of the Social and Decision Sciences Department,  Carnegie Mellon University. For updates and comments, please email hauyuw@andrew.cmu.edu.