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Rui Mata is affiliated with the University of Basel in Switzerland and focuses their research primarily in the field of Psychology. Their work spans several subfields, including General Decision Sciences, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Applied Psychology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics related to Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics, Mental Health Research Topics, Behavioral Health and Interventions, Topic Modeling, Computational and Text Analysis Methods, Mental Health via Writing, and Cognitive Science and Mapping.

Among their recent papers are several notable publications:

  • Identifying robust correlates of risk preference: A systematic approach using specification curve analysis. (2020, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology)
  • Large language models surpass human experts in predicting neuroscience results. (2024, Nature Human Behaviour)
  • Temporal discounting across adulthood: A systematic review and meta-analysis. (2022, Psychology and Aging)
  • Structural differences in the semantic networks of younger and older adults. (2022, Scientific Reports)
  • A tutorial on open-source large language models for behavioral science. (2024, Behavior Research Methods)

Rui Mata collaborates frequently with several coauthors, including Dirk U. Wulff, Ralph Hertwig, Loreen Tisdall, Renato Frey, and Samuel Aeschbach.

Their research outputs have appeared repeatedly in prominent publication venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), Nature Human Behaviour, PLoS ONE, The Journals of Gerontology Series B, and the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

Best Publications

  • The Geographic Distribution of Big Five Personality Traits Patterns and Profiles of Human Self-Description Across 56 Nations

    David P. Schmitt;Jüri Allik;Robert R. McCrae;Verónica Benet-Martínez

  • Universal sex differences in the desire for sexual variety: Tests from 52 nations, 6 continents, and 13 islands

    David P. Schmitt

  • Risk preference shares the psychometric structure of major psychological traits

    Renato Frey;Renato Frey;Andreas Pedroni;Andreas Pedroni;Rui Mata;Jörg Rieskamp

  • Patterns and Universals of Adult Romantic Attachment Across 62 Cultural Regions Are Models of Self and of Other Pancultural Constructs

    David P. Schmitt;Lidia Alcalay;Melissa Allensworth;Jüri Allik

  • Age differences in risky choice: a meta-analysis

    Rui Mata;Anika K. Josef;Gregory R. Samanez-Larkin;Ralph Hertwig

  • The aging decision maker: Cognitive aging and the adaptive selection of decision strategies.

    Rui Mata;Lael J. Schooler;Jörg Rieskamp

  • Patterns and Universals of Mate Poaching Across 53 Nations: The Effects of Sex, Culture, and Personality on Romantically Attracting Another Person's Partner

    David P. Schmitt

  • Stability and change in risk-taking propensity across the adult life span.

    Anika K. Josef;David Richter;Gregory R. Samanez-Larkin;Gert G. Wagner

  • Risk Preference: A View from Psychology.

    Rui Mata;Renato Frey;David Richter;Jürgen Schupp

  • Reduced dopamine receptors and transporters but not synthesis capacity in normal aging adults: a meta-analysis.

    Teresa M. Karrer;Anika K. Josef;Rui Mata;Evan D. Morris

  • Propensity for Risk Taking Across the Life Span and Around the Globe

    Rui Mata;Anika K. Josef;Ralph Hertwig

  • When less is enough: Cognitive aging, information search, and decision quality in consumer choice.

    Rui Mata;Ludmila Nunes

  • Effects of a salsa dance training on balance and strength performance in older adults.

    Urs Granacher;Thomas Muehlbauer;Stephanie A. Bridenbaugh;Madeleine Wolf

  • New Perspectives on the Aging Lexicon

    Dirk U. Wulff;Simon De Deyne;Michael N. Jones;Rui Mata

  • Adult age differences in frontostriatal representation of prediction error but not reward outcome.

    Gregory R. Samanez-Larkin;Darrell A. Worthy;Rui Mata;Rui Mata;Samuel M. McClure

  • Who Dares, Who Errs? Disentangling Cognitive and Motivational Roots of Age Differences in Decisions Under Risk.

    Thorsten Pachur;Rui Mata;Ralph Hertwig

  • The role of cognitive abilities in decisions from experience: Age differences emerge as a function of choice set size

    Renato Frey;Rui Mata;Ralph Hertwig

  • Age Differences in Striatal Delay Sensitivity during Intertemporal Choice in Healthy Adults.

    Gregory R. Samanez-Larkin;Rui Mata;Peter T. Radu;Ian C. Ballard

  • Cognitive aging and the adaptive use of recognition in decision making.

    Thorsten Pachur;Rui Mata;Lael J. Schooler

  • Learning to choose : Cognitive aging and strategy selection learning in decision making

    Rui Mata;Bettina von Helversen;Jörg Rieskamp

Frequent Co-Authors

Ralph Hertwig
Ralph Hertwig Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Jörg Rieskamp
Jörg Rieskamp University of Basel
Samuel M. McClure
Samuel M. McClure Arizona State University
Willibald Ruch
Willibald Ruch University of Zurich
David P. Schmitt
David P. Schmitt Kansas State University
Michael Cunningham
Michael Cunningham University of Louisville
Paul L. Vasey
Paul L. Vasey University of Lethbridge
Phillip R. Shaver
Phillip R. Shaver University of California, Davis
Kevin Durkin
Kevin Durkin University of Strathclyde

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