Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0770292

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0770292

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

'As-if thinking': an experimental analysis of human reasoning and decision-making. The failure to respond adequately to the havoc wreaked by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 highlighted the difficulty of sequential decision-making. Responses to such emergencies require detailed contingency plans, necessitating a consideration of all possible outcomes of a situation regardless of their objective probability. This project takes an innovative approach to the experimental analysis of human reasoning and decision-making, with the aim of identifying the mechanisms, factors, and boundary conditions affecting inferences and decisions about uncertain alternatives. The research will inform planning for Australia's readiness to respond to unpredictable events with uncertain outcomes and enhance the reputation of Australian science.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2007

End Date: 15-02-2011

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $271,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Psychology | Learning, Memory, Cognition And Language

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Behavioural and cognitive sciences |

Other Keywords

Behavioural and cognitive sciences | Learning, Memory, Cognition And Language | Psychology

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