CTS-176: Learning, Emotion and Decisions (LED)
The current research group CTS-176: Learning, Emotion and Decision (AED) was born encompassing the animal and human learning research line.
Currently, the group has focused on three sets of processes:
-Learning: with special emphasis on the detection of causal relationships between behavior and its consequences; insisting on the development of psychological techniques aimed at behavioral change.
-Emotion: related to the effect of emotions on choice processes with emphasis on daily life, driving, eating and behavioral addictions.
-Decision: decision making and risk behavior. Especially in the topics of driving, addictions and health communication. He also focuses on the study of physiological correlates (EEG, etc.) in these processes.
His lines of research are:
- Decision-making and risk behavior in driving.
- Medical decision making, communication and cognitive processes in health care.
- Learning and emotional processes involved in action control and dietary decision making.
- Impulsivity and Compulsivity in addictive and criminal behaviors.