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| Dr. Christopher Olivola |
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c.olivola@ucl.ac.uk
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Bedford Way |
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https://sites.google.com/site/chrisolivola/
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| Interests: |
Broadly speaking, my research interests are in the psychology of human decision making and behavioral economics (applying psychological principles to models of economic behavior). In my own research, I have explored a variety of topics, such as the impact of first impressions on mate-choice (i.e., dating), human conceptions of randomness, the factors that influence charitable giving, and the psychology of martyrdom. My most recent line of research focuses on Decision by Sampling (DbS), a cognitive process-based theory of decision making originally developed byNeil Stewart, Nick Chater, and Gordon D. A. Brown (not to be confused with the British prime minister). |
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| Profile: |
I am a post-doctoral researcher in the Cognitive, Perceptual, and Brain Sciences Department, at University College London (UCL). At UCL, I am working with Nick Chater and other members of the Chater Lab. My research is being funded by a Newton International Fellowship. Before coming to UCL, I received a joint-PhD in psychology and policy from Princeton University. Before Princeton, I received a B.A. in psychology from the University of Chicago. Before that, I spent my pre-adult life growing up on 4 different continents (mostly in developing countries). |
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