Andreas Kappes, Principal Investigator
Andreas Kappes is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at City St George’s, University of London. Before joining City St George’s, he held postdoctoral fellowships at University College London, working with Tali Sharot; the University of Oxford, working with Molly Crockett; and, briefly, New York University, working with Jay Van Bavel. He received his PhD from the University of Hamburg under the supervision of Gabriele Oettingen, and his BSc and Master's (Diplom) in Psychology from the Free University of Berlin. He lives in London with his wife, children and dogs.
James Yearsley, Co-Principal Investigator
James is a former physicist turned psychologist who specializes in developing and testing computational models of reasoning. Within the lab he is interested in the similarities and differences between learning from experience and learning from advice. Outside the lab he has research interests in memory, decision making, and the role of stories in decision making. When he’s not doing any of those things he enjoys running ultra marathons and walking his dog Wilfred.
Yasemin Genç, Lecturer
Dr Yasemin Genç is a Lecturer in Psychology in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at City St George's, University of London. Her research examines how people update their beliefs in response to evidence and advice, considering the mechanisms behind integration and departures from optimality. Using social cognitive, Bayesian and experimental methods, Yasemin studies belief formation and revision, advice taking, evidence integration and belief-updating biases. She works closely with Dr Andreas Kappes and Dr James Yearsley, and is keen to extend this work to contexts such as misinformation, climate change and political beliefs.
Yasemin holds a PhD from City St George's, University of London, an MSc (Distinction) in Social Cognition: Research and Applications from University College London, and a first-class BSc (Hons) in Psychology from City.
Constanza Musso, Phd Student
Constanza holds an MSc in Behavioural Economics from City, University of London, and a BSc in Engineering, specialising in Industrial Engineering and Transportation Engineering, from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. She started as a Research Assistant with The Other Lab in 2021, and is interested in Human/Artificial Intelligence interactions. She is currently researching people's behaviour when confronted with Artificial Intelligence-based systems, particularly when making financial decisions. Constanza has experience working in strategy and innovation consulting, and has a keen interest in the development of technological tools to improve human lives.
Oreoluwa Bademosi, Phd Student
Coming soon :-)
Shreya Gosh, Research Student
Coming soon :-)
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