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Tobias Kalenscher

Comparative Psychology

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Tobias Kalenscher

Prof. Dr. Tobias Kalenscher has a diploma in psychology. He received a PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience from the Ruhr-University Bochum in 2005. He went to the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, for a post-doc position in systems biology and, later, an independent researcher position on a VENI grant. He was appointed professor of Comparative Psychology at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf in 2011. Tobias works on the interface between psychology, neuroscience, and economics. His main interest is to understand the psychology and neurobiology of decision-making in general, and deviations from optimal decision-making in particular.

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Stress & Decision Making

Despite the still frequently made assumption that humans are consistent, sophisticated, and selfish decision-makers, decades of research in the behavioral sciences suggest that individuals are often much less rational and egoistic than originally assumed. Yet, it is still elusive what causes variations in judgment, choice, and social behavior within and across individuals. One of the factors that may systematically influence decision-making is stress, or the underlying neuroendocrine stress response, respectively. In this session, Tobias will review recent findings in his lab on issues that alter decision-making, in particular social preferences.

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