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Valerie Reyna, PhD
Lois and Melvin Tuchman Professor of Human Development at Cornell University and developer of Fuzzy Trace Theory, specializing in judgment, decision-making, memory, adolescent risk, and applications to medicine and AI.
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Sep 24, 2025
• 35min
Teens, AI and the science of risky decisions, with Valerie Reyna, PhD
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In this episode, Valerie Reyna, PhD, a cognitive psychologist at Cornell University known for her work in decision-making and Fuzzy Trace Theory, explores why understanding the 'gist' of information is crucial. She explains how this concept sheds light on the risky decision-making behaviors of teens driven by optimism bias. Reyna also discusses its applications in medicine for better patient communication and argues that AI is evolving towards gist-based reasoning, challenging traditional decision-making methods.
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