Associate Professor Stefan Bode
Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, Head of Decision Neuroscience Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne
See research profile
Health & Medicine
Anticipating our emotions
New research on brain activity suggests that we can prepare ourselves for those situations in which we know we’ll need to control our emotions
Health & Medicine
Unlocking the secret to changing our minds
New research tracks the neural patterns that allow us to change our minds. Understanding this could open up the possibility of more advanced artificial intelligence
Health & Medicine
How difficult decisions change our brains
New research finds that making a difficult choice between two equally desirable options can change the way our brains think about future preferences
Sciences & Technology
Does the smell of blood make us hungry?
A pilot research project provides a tantalising hint that the scent of blood may enhance our appetite for food...even vegetables
Health & Medicine
Would graphic warnings on unhealthy food make you think again?
A new study shows that health warnings on packaged foods can help us make healthier choices – but it’s negative messaging that really drives the point home
Business & Economics
Made Possible By Melbourne
New tools uncover why we make the decisions we do
Business & Economics
Finance + Psychology: Finding a way to fight obesity
Researchers have used methods from finance and psychology to study the decision-making processes of lean and obese people
Business & Economics
Bubbly personality: how our biology hits budgets
Economics and neuroscience are coming together to help solve market bubbles and crashes, by investigating how financial decisions are tied to our biological makeup