Christopher Attard

Christopher Attard

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  • University of Malta Graphic

    L-Università ta' Malta

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    Thesis title: The influence of perceptual constraints on decision making in the context of visual search

    Decision making-under risk has long been studied in the cognitive science domain. Classical studies suggest that high-level cognitive decisions (gambling on financial options) are suboptimal, whereas low-level decisions (e.g., choosing where to place your feet on a rocky surface) are near optimal. Contrary to the general narrative, my findings suggest that human decision making under…

    Thesis title: The influence of perceptual constraints on decision making in the context of visual search

    Decision making-under risk has long been studied in the cognitive science domain. Classical studies suggest that high-level cognitive decisions (gambling on financial options) are suboptimal, whereas low-level decisions (e.g., choosing where to place your feet on a rocky surface) are near optimal. Contrary to the general narrative, my findings suggest that human decision making under risk in the context of a visual lottery task is closer to being optimal than sub-optimal, indicating that the perception-cognition gap could be a result of experimental design, probability presentation or differences in performance measures.

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  • TEFL

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  • TELT

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  • Maltese

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