Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP190101076

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP190101076

Funding Status
Closed

Does something not look right? The information on this page has been harvested from data sources that may not be up to date. We continue to work with information providers to improve coverage and quality. To report an issue, use the .

Funded Activity Summary

The psychology of not wanting to know. This project aims to deliver insights into paradoxical decision-making behaviours of humans who pursue either useless information or deliberate ignorance. The project intends to shed new light on why these conflicting states of information preference exist by building on significant recent advances in understanding how reinforcement learning, anticipation and discounting combine to determine when people do and do not want to know. Intended benefits include maintaining and enhancing the excellent status of Australian psychological and cognitive science. The downstream benefits include elucidating the development of anxiety disorders and problem gambling.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-07-2019

End Date: 30-06-2022

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $429,983.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Sensory Processes, Perception and Performance | Cognitive Science | Decision Making

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences |

Other Keywords

Cognitive Science | Decision Making | Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences | Sensory Processes, Perception and Performance

Related Links