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Grant Award View - GA28376-V1
The psychology of not wanting to know
GA ID:
GA28376-V1
Agency:
Australian Research Council
Approval Date:
27-Nov-2018
Variation Publish Date:
17-May-2019
Variation Date:
1-Jul-2019
Category:
Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) Research
Grant Term:
1-Jul-2019 to 30-Jun-2022
Value (AUD):
$429,983.00
(GST inclusive where applicable)
Varies:
GA28376
- The psychology of not wanting to know
One-off/Ad hoc:
No
Aggregate Grant Award:
No
PBS Program Name:
ARC 18/19 Discovery
Grant Program:
Discovery Projects
Grant Activity:
The psychology of not wanting to know
Purpose:
This project aims to deliver insights into paradoxical decision-making behaviours of humans who pursue either useless information or deliberate ignorance. The project intends to shed new light on why these conflicting states of information preference exist by building on significant recent advances in understanding how reinforcement learning, anticipation and discounting combine to determine when people do and do not want to know. Intended benefits include maintaining and enhancing the excellent status of Australian psychological and cognitive science. The downstream benefits include elucidating the development of anxiety disorders and problem gambling.
GO ID:
GO Title:
Discovery Projects commencing in 2019
Internal Reference ID:
DP19 Round 1
Selection Process:
Targeted or Restricted Competitive
Confidentiality - Contract:
No
Confidentiality - Outputs:
No
Grant Recipient Details
Recipient Name:
The University of New South Wales
Recipient ABN:
57 195 873 179
Grant Recipient Location
Suburb:
KENSINGTON
Town/City:
KENSINGTON
Postcode:
2033
State/Territory:
NSW
Country:
AUSTRALIA
Grant Delivery Location
State/Territory:
NSW
Postcode:
2033
Country:
AUSTRALIA