Xiamin (Jason) Leng
@JasonLeng5
Postdoc at UC Berkeley psych @ShenhavLab | PhD in Cognitive Science @BrownCLPS
Our newest chapter, “Breaking the tug-of-war,” reviews the lab’s latest @NIH- and @NSF-funded research that has changed the way we think about decision-making (and we hope how you do also): osf.io/preprints/psya… Led by @JasonLeng5, along with @YiHsinSu1 and @froemero1
Our paper is finally in press! Many thanks to @froemero1, Thomas Summe, @amitaishenhav, and everyone in @ShenhavLab!
Xiamin Leng and colleagues find that framing options in a choice set as inclusive (instead of mutually exclusive) increases the efficiency of choices and reduces feelings of conflict. nature.com/articles/s4156…
Attending #CCN2023 tomorrow? Come check out some of our lab's fantastic posters!! (P-2B.74, P-1B.92) 🧠🇬🇧🥳
We’re looking for a new postdoc! If you’re interested in how people make cost-benefit decisions, including about mental effort, this offers the chance to explore such questions using multiple (neural, comp) methods with an amazing group of people. Pls RT! bit.ly/3dBgpub
If you're at #CogSci2022, check out @GrahekIvan's talk Thurs morning (T2.3) on work co-led by @JasonLeng5 and w/ @mpraterfahey & @debyee29: "Empirical and computational evidence for reconfiguration costs during within-task adjustments in cognitive control" bit.ly/3OF23Wo
Flying to #CogSci2022? Wondering why it’s hard to finish your talk after scrolling Twitter while waiting to board? Drop by the Decision Making session on Thursday morning to hear my talk (T2.3) about the costs of adjusting how we process information (attention and caution). 1/2
Register now for the 3rd Workshop on Mental Effort 2022 (Nov 21-22) in Providence, RI @BrownCLPS: sites.google.com/view/mental-ef… The workshop is designed to facilitate exchange of ideas between researchers studying mental effort across different disciplines and modeling frameworks. 1/4
Attending #RLDM2022? Check out the fantastic posters being presented by members of our lab (IDs 1.141, 1.110, 2.113, & 2.140) during the poster sessions this Thursday and Friday, 4:30pm-7pm! Described in 🧵below, hope to see you all there!😎🥳