We study how the human brain decides what information to seek and how it uses that information to make flexible choices under uncertainty.
Welcome to the website of the Decision and Information Sampling Lab (DISL), led by Yinan Cao. The lab forms the Division of General Psychology and Cognitive Modeling („Abteilung Allgemeine Psychologie und Modellierung“) at the Institute of Psychology, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg.
Humans and other animals often make choices that appear noisy or biased. We quantify these patterns in behavior, probe their neural basis, and develop computational models that capture them. We ask how they arise as the brain seeks and processes information, and how they reflect the constraints under which it operates. Our research combines computational modeling with psychophysics, M/EEG, eye tracking, and pharmacological manipulations.
We are looking for PhD student/postdoc and RAs. Get in touch.