OVERCONFIDENCE? One of the most enjoyable types of academic exchange is that of type 17a, in which one group of scholars argues that a psychological tendency is irrational and another group argues that the same tendency is reasonable. It can be even more fun when the groups belong to different fields. If these two assertions […]
JDM PRE-CONFERENCE AT SPSP IN TAMPA The 4th Annual Judgment and Decision Making Pre-Conference at the meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) will be held February 5, 2009 in Tampa, FL. *Poster deadline has been extended until Monday, December 1st.* Poster presentation submissions are now being accepted via our website http://www.socialthinking.org/jdm.html […]
GET MULTIPLE SOURCES OF DECISION SCIENCE NEWS IN ONE PLACE Decision Science News (the Web site) was surprised and pleased to see that Guy Kawasaki‘s alltop.com devoted a sub-site to Web logs on decision-making and gave us the top billing: http://decisionscience.alltop.com Decision-making research fans can visit the above link any time to get an update […]
SOCIETY FOR JUDGMENT AND DECISION MAKING (SJDM) AND BRUNSWIK CONFERENCES 2008 It’s not too late to hit the SJDM conference in Chicago (reception Nov 14, conference 15-17th, 2008). If you’re in town early enough (Nov 13-14th, 2008), you may be able to get into the Brunswik Society. Where: The Chicago Hilton, Chicago, IL 720 South […]