Anika K. Josef

LIFE Fellow from 2013 to 2016, MPI for Human Development, Berlin

Dr. phil.

Dissertation completed in April 2016

The Life Span Development of Decision Making

(Advisors: Rui Mata & Ralph Herwig)

Selected Publications

Josef, A. K., Richter, D., Samanez-Larkin, G. R., Wagner, G. G., Hertwig, R., & Mata, R. (2016). Stability and change in risk-taking propensity across the adult lifespan. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 111, 430–450. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000090

Mata, R., Josef, A. K., & Hertwig, R. (2016). Propensity for risk taking across the life span and around the globe. Psychological Science, 27, 231–243. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797615617811

Mata, R., Josef, A. K., & Lemaire, P. (2015). Heuristic-use and adaptive decision-making. In T. M. Hess, J. Strough, & C. E. Löckenhoff (Eds.), Aging and decision making: Empirical and applied perspectives (pp. 105–122). Elsevier.