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Postdoctoral Research Fellow Former Ph.D. student |
PositionEducation
B.A. in Psychology and Philosophy from University of California, Santa Cruz (2008)
M.A. in Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience from University of Michigan (2011)
Research interests
In the Decision Lab, I study how shifts in characteristics at the situational (e.g., similar, prior tradeoffs) and individual levels (e.g., affect, appraisals) influence choices that people make. In a more general sense, I am working with Stephanie Carpenter and Dr. Yates to construct a dynamic theory of value where evaluations are not only constructed on the spot, but shift over time in ways that we can predict.
Publications
Preston, S.D. & Vickers, B.D. (in press). The psychology of acquisitiveness. To appear in S.D. Preston, M. Kringelbach, & B. Knutson (Eds.), The Interdisciplinary Science of Consumption. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Vickers, B.D., & Preston, S.D. (2014). The economics of hoarding. In R.O. Frost & G. Steketee (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Hoarding and Acquiring. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
