Research Interests

    Human decision making in social, cultural, and organizational contexts

    Evolutionary, ecological and social rationality of decision making under risk

    Risk perception, measurement of risk propensity, and risk management

    Public choice, voting decisions, and consumption of ideology

    Framing effects and risk communication

    Tri-Reference Point theory of risky decisions

    Inter-temporal choice and future discounting

    Emotional, somatic, and brain signatures of risky decision making

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Teaching

    Advise and supervise undergraduate, master, and doctoral students

Courses Taught regularly

Psychology

Psyc 302 Principles of Learning and Memory
Psyc 406/506 Cognitive Psychology
Psyc 411/511 Physiological Psychology
Psyc 414/514 Drugs and Behavior
Psyc 437/537 Decision Making and Risk Management
Psyc 493 Psychological Research
Psyc 705 Learning and Cognition
Psyc 711 Seminar: Physiological Psychology
Pscy 790 Seminar: Psychopharmacology

Management (at School of Management, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, the Guanghua School of Management, Peking University, China-Europe International Business School)

            MGTO 121                 Organizational Behavior

            MGTO 332                Judgment and Decision Making in Organizations

            EMBA elective           Decision Making and Psychological Mechanisms

            EDP Module Course    Behavioral Decision Making and Risk Management

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