Projects

1. Computational mechanisms of cognitive growth: How do we learn how to think and how to decide? What are the learning mechanisms that give rise to human intelligence and enable us to get better at what we do? How can this learning be promoted and accelerated? [Click here to learn more.]

2. Principles of good decision-making: We develop models and computational methods for discovering rational heuristics and general principles for good decision-making. [Click here to learn more.]

3. Cognitive tutors: We develop intelligent systems for accelerating cognitive growth and teaching cognitive skills. [Click here to learn more.]

4. Cognitive prostheses: How can technology and artificial intelligence be leveraged to enhance our cognitive capacities, increase our productivity, and help us achieve our goals? [Click here to learn more.]

5. Productivity, goal setting, and goal achievement: We develop a scientific foundation for developing tools and interventions that help people become more productive, set better goals, and achieve them. [Click here to learn more.]

6. Resource-rationality: Our approach to enhancing human cognition is grounded in the theory of resource-rationality. We leverage the resource-rational framework to develop useful models of human cognition and identify genuine irrationalities. [Click here to learn more.]