Research Guides: Cognitive Science: Decision & Cognition

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Databases

The following databases are good starting places for research in this area. Some possible search terms are "cognitive processes" or "decision making" or neuroeconomics or "choice dilemma" or "decision theory." Economic topics in decision science include "rational choice" or rationality, uncertainty, and risk.

PsycInfo (APA) This link opens in a new window
Premier gateway to the international literature in psychology and related disciplines. Contains more than three million citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, dissertations and reports, with coverage back to the 1600s.
EconLit This link opens in a new window
EconLit contains abstracts of journal articles, dissertations, books, working papers, etc. in the field of economics, published from 1969 to the present.
Google Scholar @ U-M (with U-M Ann Arbor MGet It Links) This link opens in a new window
Search engine for scholarly works, with "Availability at UMichigan" links (powered by "MGet It") that connect to full text, automated searching of U-M's Mirlyn catalog, automated completion of requests for delivery services, etc.

Journals

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
This journal "publishes fundamental research in organizational behavior, organizational psychology, and human cognition, judgment, and decision-making."
Decision Support Systems
Articles in this journal deal with "the concepts and operational basis for decision support systems (DSSs), techniques for implementing and evaluating DSSs, DSS experiences, and related studies."
Theory and Decision
This journal "is devoted to all aspects of decision-making, exploring research in psychology, management science, economics, the theory of games, statistics, operations research, artificial intelligence, cognitive science, and analytical philosophy. Moreover, it addresses cross-fertilization among these disciplines."
Journal of Behavioral Decision Making
This journal emphasizes psychological and behavioral approaches to the study of decision making, particularly in real-life contexts.
Journal of Risk and Uncertainty
This journal "features both theoretical and empirical papers that analyze risk-bearing behavior and decision-making under uncertainty" and utilizes examples and frameworks from psychology, economics, public policy, and other areas.
Judgment and Decision Making
Areas covered include "experimental studies of judgments of hypothetical scenarios; experimental economic approaches to individual and group behavior; use of physiological methods to understand human judgments and decisions; discussion of normative models such as utility theory; and applications of relevant theory to medicine, law, consumer behavior, business, public choice, and public economics."