Falk Lieder

Rationality Enhancement Alumni

I am a computational cognitive scientist interested in understanding and improving decision-making and learning. My research translates advances in machine learning and artificial intelligence into computational models of cognitive mechanisms and vice versa. The theoretical foundation for this work is the cognitive modeling paradigm of resource rational analysis that I have developed during my Ph.D. in Tom Griffiths's Computational Cognitive Science lab at UC Berkeley. 

I have been leading the Rationality Enhancement Group at the MPI for Intelligent Systems in Tübingen since July 2018. Ongoing projects in the lab investigate how people discover cognitive strategies, how people plan, and how digital interventions and artificial intelligence can be leveraged to boost human learning and decision-making.

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Rationality Enhancement Article Metacognitive Learning from Consequences of Past Choices Shapes Moral Decision-Making Maier, M., Cheung, V., Lieder, F. Nature Human Behaviour, December 2024 (Submitted) DOI BibTeX

Rationality Enhancement Article Gamification of Behavior Change: Mathematical Principle and Proof-of-Concept Study Lieder, F., Chen, P., Prentice, M., Amo, V., Tošić, M. JMIR Serious Games , 12, JMIR Publications, March 2024 (Published) DOI URL BibTeX

Rationality Enhancement Software Workshop Article Optimal feedback improves behavioral focus during self-regulated computer-based work. Wirzberger, M., Lado, A., Prentice, M., Oreshnikov, I., Passy, J., Stock, A., Lieder, F. Scientific Reports, 14:3134-, February 2024 (Published) DOI URL BibTeX

Rationality Enhancement Article Identifying Resource-Rational Heuristics for Risky Choice Krueger, P., Callaway, F., Gul, S., Griffiths, T., Lieder, F. Psychological Review, 2024 (Published) DOI URL BibTeX


Rationality Enhancement Conference Paper Toward a normative theory of (self-)management by goal-setting Singhi, N., Mohnert, F., Prystawski, B., Lieder, F. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, July 2023 (Published) DOI URL BibTeX


Rationality Enhancement Article A Computational Process-Tracing Method for Measuring People’s Planning Strategies and How They Change Over Time Jain, Y. R., Callaway, F., Griffiths, T. L., Dayan, P., He, R., Krueger, P. M., Lieder, F. Behavior Research Methods, 55:20377-2079, June 2023 (Published) DOI URL BibTeX
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