Dr. Mikhail Spektor
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Curriculum vitæ
You can find my full curriculum vitæ here.
Education
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PhD, University of Basel (2014–2018)
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MSc, University of Heidelberg (2012–2014)
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BSc, University of Heidelberg (2009–2012)
Research interests
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Decisions under risk and uncertainty
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Learning and decision making
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Context-dependent preferences
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Cognitive modeling
Thesis supervision
I offer supervision of master’s theses on the following topics (click here for more details):
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Influence of attention on perceptual decision making
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Cognitive modeling of learning processes
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Transitivity of preferences
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Influence of information search on context-dependent preferences
Teaching
I am currently not teaching at the University of Freiburg. However, I am teaching a course on cognitive modeling at the University of Basel (click here for more details).
Publications (* = equal contribution)
Gluth, S.*, Spektor, M. S.*, & Rieskamp, J. (in press). Value-based attentional capture affects multi-alternative decision making. eLife. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.39659
Spektor, M. S., Gluth, S., Fontanesi, L., & Rieskamp, J. (in press). How similarity between choice options affects decisions from experience: The accentuation of differences model. Psychological Review. https://doi.org/10.1037/rev0000122
Spektor, M. S., & Kellen, D. (2018). The relative merit of empirical priors in non-identifiable and sloppy models: Applications to models of learning and decision-making. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-018-1446-5. Full text: http://rdcu.be/J18i
Spektor, M. S., Kellen, D., & Hotaling, J. M. (2018). When the good looks bad: An experimental exploration of the repulsion effect. Psychological Science, 29, 1309–1320. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797618779041