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JEDI-lab

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We conduct research on intuition, reflection, and emotion in economic decision-making.

The aim of our research is to understand everyday decision-making and its underlying processes, both at the individual level and at societal level. In particular, we investigate the interplay between intuition, reflection, and emotion in economic decision-making. We are interested in questions such as:

  • When and why are individuals willing to forsake personal gain in order to help others?
  • When and why do individuals make risky economic decisions?
  • How do people assign value to payoffs at different points in time?
  • How can the decision-making process be improved so that people make better decisions?

We address these questions using a variety of experimental methods, ranging from behavioral studies in the lab and in the field to more novel methods from behavioral neuroscience, including neuroimaging (fMRI), skin conductance, eye-tracking, and genetic data.

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Contact

Contact Us

E-mail: jedilab@iei.liu.se

Visiting Address

A Building, entrance 19, level 3
Campus Valla
Linköping University
Sweden

Postal Adress

Department of Management and Engineering (IEI)
Linköping University
581 83 Linköping
Sweden

Publications

2025

Kenny Skagerlund, Anna M. C. Karlsson, Mikael Skagenholt, Ulf Träff (2025) Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research (Article in journal)
Kajsa Hansson, Gissur Ó Erlingsson, Gustav Tinghög (2025) Journal of Experimental Political Science (Article in journal)
Liam Strand, Lars Sandman, Ann-Charlotte Nedlund, Gustav Tinghög (2025) Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (Article in journal)
Lina Koppel, Amanda M. Lindkvist, Gustav Tinghög (2025) Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol. 237, Article 107140 (Article in journal)
Hajdi Moche, Ulrika Noryd, Sara Ryden, Daniel Västfjäll (2025) Frontiers in Psychology, Vol. 16, Article 1519113 (Article in journal)
Lina Koppel, David Andersson, Magnus Johannesson, Eirik Strømland, Gustav Tinghög (2025) Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol. 234, Article 107039 (Article in journal)
Philip Millroth, August Collsiöö (2025) Nature Mental Health, Vol. 3, p. 393-395 (Article in journal)
David Andersson, Malou Lindberg, Gustav Tinghög, Emil Persson (2025) Communications Psychology, Vol. 3, Article 33 (Article in journal)
Hulda Karlsson, Hajdi Moche, Daniel Västfjäll (2025) CURRENT RESEARCH IN BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES, Vol. 8, Article 100171 (Article in journal)
Mikael Skagenholt, Kenny Skagerlund, Ulf Träff (2025) Cortex, Vol. 184, p. 263-286 (Article, review/survey)
Hulda Karlsson, Arvid Erlandsson, Joakim Sandberg, Daniel Västfjäll (2025) Judgment and Decision Making, Vol. 20, Article e7 (Article in journal)
Lewend Mayiwar, Erkin Asutay, Gustav Tinghög, Daniel Västfjäll, Kinga Barrafrem (2025) AI & Society: Knowledge, Culture and Communication (Article in journal)
Kenny Skagerlund, Mikael Skagenholt, Ulf Träff (2025) Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, Vol. 78, p. 101-115 (Article in journal)

2024

Hulda Karlsson, Arvid Erlandsson, Erkin Asutay, Daniel Västfjäll (2024) Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology, Vol. 6, Article 100181 (Article in journal)
Daniel Västfjäll, Erkin Asutay, Gustav Tinghög (2024) Affective Science, Vol. 5, p. 213-216 (Article, review/survey)
Kinga Barrafrem, Mario Kienzler, Daniel Västfjäll, Gustav Tinghög (2024) Financial Counseling and Planning, Vol. 35, p. 366-380 (Article in journal)
Eirik Strømland, Lina Koppel, Magnus Johannesson, Gustav Tinghög (2024) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 121, Article e2411093121 (Article in journal)
Liam Strand, Lars Sandman, Emil Persson, David Andersson, Ann-Charlotte Nedlund, Gustav Tinghög (2024) Medical decision making, Vol. 44, p. 641-648 (Article in journal)
Gustav Tinghög, Emil Persson, Daniel Västfjäll (2024) Medical decision making, Vol. 44, p. 611-613 (Article in journal)
Kinga Barrafrem, Daniel Västfjäll, Gustav Tinghög (2024) Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, Vol. 42, Article 100936 (Article in journal)

Podcast

Grey picture with the text Beslutsbotanikerna

Beslutsbotanikerna

The podcast, Beslutsbotanikerna (translation: The Decision Botanists), professors Gustav Tinghög and Daniel Västfjäll discuss the science of decision making. Each episode centers around one of the models of decision making, starting with Homo Economicus. The episodes are mainly in Swedish, but not all.

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News

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AI can boost financial decision making

Do you have limited financial knowledge, or prefer not to think about financial issues? Then there is great potential that AI can help, according to LiU researcher Kinga Barrafrem.

Nathalie Hallin and Hajdi Moche in conversation.

Religious people are not more generous – with one exception

Believers are no more generous than atheists – at least as long as they don’t know what the recipient believes in. This is the conclusion of a study carried out at LiU

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Political opinions influence our choice of chocolate

We distance ourselves from completely neutral products if they are liked by people who have political views that we find disagreeable. This is shown in four studies from ¸£Àû¼§.

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