Emotions are ubiquitous in all human experiences, affecting every part of our social lives including our thoughts, perceptions, and decisions. When faced with someone asking …
Growing bodies of research emphasize the importance of representing both context and expected value (EV) in support of flexible behavior. Both representations have been pinned …
Sensory neurons exhibit unpredictable spiking responses to fixed sensory input. Some of this response variability is correlated between neuronal pairs. This correlated variability (spike-count correlation; …
In a dilemma of trust, decision making involves two competing concerns: the egocentric evaluation of potential outcomes and understanding the other party’s point of view. …
This dissertation inquires into discourses of ethics among the actors of international politics, and seeks to build an ethical practice that recognizes the interpretive powers …
Future collaborative robots must be capable of finding objects. As such a fundamental skill, we expect object search to eventually become an off-the-shelf capability for …
The ability to learn task structure and perform well according to task rules and organization declines across healthy aging in humans, especially in cognitive tasks …
What international relations framework, if any, allows for the best analysis of cyber attack decision making? This thesis compares the relationship between the sophistication of …
Abstract of Knowing When to Leave Someone Isn’t Easy: Social Foraging with Partners of Varying Cooperation Levels, by William Lee, Degree ScM., Brown University, October …
Background: Obesity in pregnancy increases obstetric risk. Cesarean delivery (CD) can provide maternal-fetal benefit when medically indicated, but unnecessary use of CD is detrimental for …
How do variable economic conditions affect the work and profession of business lawyers? 19 semi-structured interviews were conducted with practicing business lawyers, categorized in a …
Abstract of Self-Enhancement Bias and Error: Measurement, Perception, and Motivation, by Patrick R. Heck, Ph.D., Brown University, May 2017. Self-enhancement is characterized by the robust …
Key functions of human vision are the perception of one’s environment and interaction with it. Here we investigate the relation between visual perception and visually-guided …
