We live in a world of overwhelming choice. We are called upon to make decisions, large and small, many times a day. We could better navigate the world around us by understanding the mechanisms that underlie the elements of decision-making. In today’s episode, we are looking at the Neuroscience of Decision Making. Our guest is the cognitive neuroscientist Dr Janina Hoffman. Dr Hoffman is a lecturer at the University of Bath, and her research focuses on memory-based decision-making.

-  In this episode we discuss:

. The brain mechanisms that underlie simple forms of decisions.

. The brain areas involved in decision making

. The relationship between memory and decision making

. The effects of Cognitive Load

. How to make better-informed decisions

- Dr Hoffman’s Academic Profile:

https://researchportal.bath.ac.uk/en/persons/janina-hoffmann

- Dr Hoffman’s Research Blog:

https://memorybaseddecisions.blog/research/

- Keywords: Psychology decision making, Modelling, Judgment, Memory, Learning.