Life Course Centre: Recent submissions
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Choosers Adapt Value Coding to the Environment, But Do Not Attain Efficiency
Published 2023We investigate how human choosers adapt their value encoding strategy to the statistics of the choice environment. Specifically, we ask whether the human value encoding mechanism exhibits divisive normalization only in the ...Open AccessConference paper -
What happened to the predicted COVID-19-induced suicide epidemic, and why?
Published 2022Two years ago, in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, there were widespread and grim predictions of an ensuing suicide epidemic. Not only has this not happened but also by the end of 2021 in the majority of countries ...Article -
Continuity of mental health care during the transition from prison to the community following brief periods of imprisonment
Published 2022Purpose: The prison-to-community transition period is one of high risk and need, particularly for those with mental illness. Some individuals cycle in and out of prison for short periods with little opportunity for mental ...Article -
Disentangling what works best for whom in comorbidity
Published 2022This short commentary article reviews Mason EC, Grierson AB, Sie A, et al. Co-occurring insomnia and anxiety: A randomized controlled trial of internet CBT for insomnia vs. internet CBT for anxiety. Sleep. 2022Article -
Parents’ Responses to Teacher Qualifications
Published 2022We identify the causal effect of children being assigned to more highly qualified teachers on their parents’ investments. Exploiting a unique setting in which teachers are randomly assigned to classes, we show that parents ...Open AccessArticle