Amitai Shenhav

Behavioral Scientist

Amitai is an associate professor in the department of psychology at UC Berkeley. He researches the computational and neural mechanisms at the intersection between decision-making and cognitive control, focusing on how people weigh the costs and benefits of engaging in cognitively demanding tasks. Amitai serves on the editorial board of Social, Cognitive, and Affective Neuroscience, and his research is supported by NIH.

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