Life is about decisions and judgments (conscious or unconscious). Here, at MInDe Lab our aim is to understand how we make choices and how we judge and evaluate others.
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We focus on the complex interplay of psychological, moral, social and economic mechanisms that influence our decisions and judgments.
Research
Moral Judgment
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Why do we judge certain acts as immoral but not others?
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Factors that influence moral choices?
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What are choices that emerge from the interplay between social, monetary and moral domains?
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How do people judge accidental vs. intentional Acts?
Prosocial Behavior
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Why are people prosocial in some situations while selfish in others?
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What factors influence prosocial behavior?
Curiosity
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What are the factors that influence decisions about curiosity?
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Psychological mechanisms and factors that influence the decision to be more curious about one thing and less about another?
Consumer Decisions
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How consumers perceive products and services rendered by Artificial Intelligence and Robots?
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Perception of AI centered products.
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Judgment of blame when decisions & actions are taken by AI/Robots.
Crime & Decision Making
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Nature of crime in South-Asian countries and factors that influence criminal decisions.
