Connectionists: REMINDER: World wide VVTNS series (fifth season): Wednesday, March 5, 2025, at 11:00 am EST| Yonatan Loewenstein, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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You are cordially invited to the lecture given by

Yonatan Loewenstein

ELSC

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

On Idiosyncratic Biases in Decision-Making


The lecture will be held on zoom on Wednesday, March 5, 2025, at *11:00 am
EST *
To receive the link: https://www.wwtns.online/register-page


*Abstract: *Why do individuals, both humans and animals, exhibit personal
biases in two-alternative decision-making tasks, even when no clear reason
exists to favor one alternative over another? In this talk, I will explore
two competing hypotheses to explain these idiosyncratic biases.  The first
suggests that such tendencies arise from unique personal experiences, where
past associations between actions and feedback influence future choices.
The second hypothesis proposes that the bias reflects irreducible
microscopic heterogeneities in the dynamics of decision-making networks. I
will present experimental data and theoretical findings that support the
latter hypothesis,  shedding new light on the neural mechanisms behind
seemingly irrational preferences.

*About VVTNS : Launched as the World Wide  Theoretical Neuroscience Seminar
(WWTNS) in November 2020 and renamed in homage to Carl van Vreeswijk in
Memoriam (April 20, 2022), Speakers have the occasion to talk about
theoretical aspects of their work which cannot be discussed in a setting
where the majority of the audience consists of experimentalists. The
seminars, **held on Wednesdays at 11 am ET,**  are 45-50 min long followed
by a discussion. The talks are recorded with authorization of the speaker
and are available to everybody on our YouTube channel.*
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