Month: July 2021

Model‐Based Wisdom of the Crowd for Sequential Decision‐Making Tasks

Abstract We study the wisdom of the crowd in three sequential decision-making tasks: the Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART), optimal stopping problems, and bandit problems. We consider a behavior-based approach, using majority decisions to determine crowd behavior and show that this approach performs poorly in the BART and bandit tasks. The key problem is that […]

Published on July 4, 2021

Air pollution during pregnancy may affect growth of newborn babies

Maternal exposure to air pollution during pregnancy has often been linked to adverse effects on the health of the newborn. However, there are very few studies on the subject. A study has just concluded that the stages most sensitive to air pollution are the early and late months of pregnancy. Read Full Article (External Site) […]

Published on July 4, 2021

Smart technology is not making us dumber

There is no scientific evidence that shows that smartphones and digital technology harm our biological cognitive abilities. Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, Ph.D., is a co-founder of the Institute for the Future of Human Potential, where he leads the charge in pioneering Self-Enhancement Science for the Success of Society. […]

Published on July 4, 2021