Research Interests
- Decision Making
- Planning & Strategic Thinking
- Information Integration
- Cognitive Modeling
- Behavioral Economics
Research Description
In my research I use empirical studies together with cognitive models to investigate the inner processes that give rise to behavior. I draw inspiration from several traditional research domains and use a variety of techniques to develop and test theories of judgment and decision making.
Education
Ph.D., Indiana University
Awards and Honors
Bruno de Finetti Prize, European Association for Decision Making (2015)
External Links
Highlighted Publications
Hotaling, J. M. (2020). Decision field theory-planning: A cognitive model of planning on the fly in multistage decision making. Decision, 7(1), 20-42. https://doi.org/10.1037/dec0000113
Vanunu, Y., Hotaling, J. M., & Newell, B. R. (2020). Elucidating the differential impact of extreme-outcomes in perceptual and preferential choice. Cognitive Psychology, 119, [101274]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogpsych.2020.101274
Hotaling, J. M., Jarvstad, A., Donkin, C., & Newell, B. R. (2019). How to Change the Weight of Rare Events in Decisions From Experience. Psychological Science, 30(12), 1767-1779. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797619884324
Spektor, M. S., Kellen, D., & Hotaling, J. M. (2018). When the Good Looks Bad: An Experimental Exploration of the Repulsion Effect. Psychological Science, 29(8), 1309-1320. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797618779041
Gluth, S., Hotaling, J. M., & Rieskamp, J. (2017). The attraction effect modulates reward prediction errors and intertemporal choices. Journal of Neuroscience, 37(2), 371-382. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2532-16.2016
Recent Publications
Decaro, D. A., Decaro, M. S., Hotaling, J. M., & Johnson, J. G. (2020). Procedural and economic utilities in consequentialist choice: Trading freedom of choice to minimize financial losses. Judgment and Decision Making, 15(4), 517-533.
Hotaling, J. M. (2020). Decision field theory-planning: A cognitive model of planning on the fly in multistage decision making. Decision, 7(1), 20-42. https://doi.org/10.1037/dec0000113
Vanunu, Y., Hotaling, J. M., & Newell, B. R. (2020). Elucidating the differential impact of extreme-outcomes in perceptual and preferential choice. Cognitive Psychology, 119, [101274]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogpsych.2020.101274
Hotaling, J. M., & Rieskamp, J. (2019). A quantitative test of computational models of multialternative context effects. Decision, 6(3), 201-222. https://doi.org/10.1037/dec0000096
Hotaling, J. M., Jarvstad, A., Donkin, C., & Newell, B. R. (2019). How to Change the Weight of Rare Events in Decisions From Experience. Psychological Science, 30(12), 1767-1779. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797619884324