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Monthly Archive May, 2012

The 500 calorie meal

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One of Decision Science News’ rules of thumb for losing weight was never eat more than 500 calories at at time.

In Japan (*), they have institutionalized this at the Tanita Shokudo restaurant, which serves a daily 500 calorie meal.

Ecological Rationality: A New Book

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INTELLIGENCE IN THE WORLD Ecological Rationality: Intelligence in the World is a new book by Peter Todd, Gerd Gigerenzer and the ABC Research Group (including your Decision Science News editor). It is much of the same team who brought you Simple Heuristics That Make Us Smart, with a number of new voices in the mix. […]

11th TIBER Symposium on Psychology and Economics

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TIBER, the Tilburg Institute for Behavioral Economics Research is happy to announce the 11 Tiber Symposium on Psychology and Economics, to be held on August 24, 2012.

The symposium aims to bring together Economists, Psychologists, Marketing researchers and others who work on Behavioral Decision Making, either in individual or interdependent settings. The symposium will be held at Tilburg th University and consists of two keynotes, a number of parallel sessions with presentations of about 2030 minutes, and a poster session.

We’re moving to Microsoft NYC

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FOUNDING MEMBERS OF MICROSOFT RESEARCH’S NEW YORK CITY LAB As reported in the New York Times (Microsoft Taps Yahoo Scientists for New York Research Lab) and elsewhere, we’re moving to Microsoft. Your Decision Science News editor will be one of the founding members of a brand new Microsoft Research Lab in New York City. The […]