Jared M Hotaling

Jared M Hotaling is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. His research investigates complex human decision-making processes through cognitive psychology frameworks, focusing on scenarios involving information search, experiential learning, and future planning. He bridges psychology with economics, marketing, AI, and public policy using behavioral experiments and computational modeling.

Education:

• Ph.D. from Indiana University

Research Focus: Hotaling examines decision mechanisms through psychological constructs like attention, perception, and memory. His fingerprint analysis reveals core expertise in Decision Field Theory (100%), Decisions from Experience (86%), and Dynamic Decision Making (86%). Current work emphasizes cognitive modeling of sequential choices and risk assessment in reactive environments, with applications spanning behavioral economics and human-computer interaction.

Publication Trends: Recent articles (2020-2022) demonstrate increasing integration of computational modeling with empirical decision research. Key themes include attentional modulation in risky choices, memory-based decision frameworks (e.g., MEM-EX model), and extensions of decision field theory to multistage planning. His work shows growing interdisciplinary impact, particularly in cognitive psychology and economic decision theory.

Awards:

• Psychonomic Society Fellow (2024)
• Bruno de Finetti Prize, European Association for Decision Making (2015)

Academic Contributions: Hotaling teaches graduate courses in Computational Cognitive Modeling, Decisions & Judgments, and Learning & Decision Making. His research group conducts behavioral experiments and develops mathematical models of decision processes, though specific grant details aren't provided in the source material. The high citation counts (e.g., 20 citations for PNAS attention study) indicate significant scholarly influence in decision science.