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Alan Sanfey investigates how people make decisions and judgments, including risk-taking in investments and strategies employed during competitive games against opponents. His research in Decision Neuroscience offers a novel approach to studying individual interactive decision-making through behavioral experiments, functional neuroimaging, and formal economic models. Sanfey aims to advance knowledge in existing theoretical frameworks about decision-making, linking them to underlying neurobiology. By examining sophisticated high-level behaviors at a neural level, his work provides significant insights into the fundamental mechanisms guiding decision-making processes. Additionally, he seeks to apply the findings from his group to inform public policy debates, specifically regarding the expectations that inform financial and healthcare decisions.
Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging • Nijmegen
Leading research efforts in cognitive neuroimaging.
Behavioural Science Institute • Nijmegen
Teaching and conducting research in the field of behavioral science.
Social Cultural Psychology • Nijmegen
Conducting research and teaching in social and cultural psychology.
Applies to Research Master's in Linguistics and Communication Sciences (Centre for Language Studies/Department of Language and Communication).