Rui Mata

LIFE Fellow from 2002 to 2005, MPI for Human Development, Berlin

Dr. phil.

Dissertation completed in April 2006

The Aging Decision Maker: Cognitive Aging and the Use of Decision Strategies Full text

(Advisors: Gerd Gigerenzer & Lael Schooler)

Selected Publications

Wulff, D. U., & Mata, R. (2022). On the semantic representation of risk. Science Advances, 8, Article eabm1883. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abm1883

Mata, R., Frey, R., Richter, D., Schupp, J., & Hertwig, R. (2018). Risk preference: A view from psychology. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 32(2), 155–172. https://doi.org/10.1257/jep.32.2.155

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 life span. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 111(3), 430–450. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000090