Research Seminars

Title: Political Identity and Conjunction Fallacy: Experimental Evidence from the 2024 U.S. Presidential ElectionSpeaker: Prof. Bin MIAO (苗彬), Professor, School of Economics, Renmin University of ChinaDate: April 9, 2025 (Wednesday)Time: 14:00 - 15:00Location: T7-106-R1Abstract:In a divided world, political identity can heighten the prevalence of heuristics in decision making. This study explores ...

Title: A Replication of the Trust Game in a Highly Immersive Virtual Reality EnvironmentSpeaker: Dr Xu ZHANG, Assistant Professor, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)Date: Wednesday, March 26, 2025Time: 14:00 - 15:00Venue: T7-106-R1Abstract：As the metaverse gains traction and other highly immersive virtual environment (HIVE) applications of virtual reality (VR) technologies ...

The statistical properties of data are often communicated using visual graphs, such as scatterplots. This seminar will explore how decision-makers, as Bayesian learners, optimally interpret data points they attend to, with judgment errors emerging from biased sampling of information. Through four eye-tracking experiments (total N = 421), Dr. He will demonstrate that a Bayesian learning model, trained on sensory inputs from visual information search, can accurately predict participant judgments and associated biases. The seminar will introduce a new computational model of information sampling that, combined with the Bayesian model, replicates observed behavioral patterns, offering fresh insights into data visualization and statistical communication.