This year, the BRM Lab hosted the first Zugspitz Workshop on Cognitive and Decision Science at high altitude. Cognitive scientists from eight international institutions came together at the Schneefernerhaus on the Zugspitze. [read more]

Hellmann, S. & Forster, C. (2026). Two Paths to Bias: Distinct Influences of Stimulus Probability and Previous Choice on Drift Diffusion Parameters. Comput Brain Behav https://doi.org/10.1007/s42113-026-00331-6 [read more]

Jenna March investigates decision-making in the context of nutritional behavior. After her doctoral research at the University of Hamburg, she has now joined the BRM team as a postdoctoral researcher. [read more]

At the 2026 CogSci conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, hosted by the Cognitive Science Society, Nuno Busch presented his research on potential mechanisms that may drive strong loss aversion when risky choices rely on experienced information. [read more]

Hellmann, S., Zehetleitner, M. & Rausch, M. (2026). dynConfiR: An R package for sequential sampling models of decision confidence. Behav Res 58, 159 (2026). https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-026-03013-0 [read more]

At the 68th TeaP Conference in Tübingen, Nuno Busch and Sebastian Hellmann chaired two symposia on contextual effects and confidence in decision-making. [read more]

Kreis, B. K., Hermann, A., Pachur, T., & Groß, J. (2025). Hindsight bias through knowledge updating: A conceptual replication of Groß et al. (2023). Collabra: Psychology, 11(1), Article 147499. [read more]

Hof, L., Zilker, V., & Pachur, T. (2025). How sampling strategies shape experience-based risky choice. Cognitive Psychology, 161, 101769 [read more]

Philips, R., Pachur, T., Vögele, C., & Brevers, D. (2025). Does time pressure alter the affect gap in risky choice? Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 38(3), Article e70028. [read more]

Dr. Rebecca West explores the cognitive and metacognitive processes underlying decisions under uncertainty. She joined the BRM team as a postdoctoral researcher in August 2025. [read more]

Are you using height-adjustable workdesks? In two new articles, we test recent claims which suggested improved cognitive functioning when standing up compared to sitting posture. [read more]

Lipman, S. A., & Pachur, T. (2025). Attentional processes underlying health state valuation with time trade-off and standard gamble tasks. Journal of Health Economics. [read more]