Behavioral Economics

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VSSL Joins New Interdisciplinary Covid-19 Vaccine Project

In collaboration with UW colleagues Dr. Gary Hsieh (Human Centered Design & Engineering) and Dr. Katharina Reinecke (Allen School of...

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Decision Science Group: It Matters How Clinical Risk is Communicated

In a study led by Dr. Joshua Rosen and mentored by Dr. Joshua Liao, a team from the Decision Science Group surveyed Americans adults to...

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Announcing: The Decision Science Group

Dear VSSL friends and supporters, We are happy to announce the launch of the Decision Science Group (DSG) -- a collaboration between the...

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Introducing: The Decision Science Group

Human decisions and behaviors represent "final common pathways" for nearly all health care interventions. To achieve their potential to...

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Want to understand and treat others better during Covid-19? Fix this cognitive bias

In a recent article published in Forbes, VSSL Director Dr. Joshua Liao highlights the issue of attribution bias -- a cognitive tendency...

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Leah Marcotte Selected as a CATALyST K12 Scholar

Congratulations to VSSL member, Dr. Leah Marcotte, who was recently accepted into the CATALyST K12 program, which "brings together four...

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Year-in-Review at VSSL

Dear Friends and Colleagues, There’s no way around it: this has been a challenging year on many fronts, complicating the ability to focus...

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Psychology -- Not Science or Politics -- Will Determine a Successful Reopening after COVID

VSSL's Dr. Joshua Liao recently wrote an article for Forbes arguing that while "recovery requires reliable data and strong public health...

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Behavioral Economics & "Diffusion of Responsibility"

At a recent Certificate Program Event (organized through the UW Medicine Center for Scholarship in Patient Care Quality and Safety), VSSL...