Previous Members, Associates, and Interns

2023

Member : Mehak Gupta. M.Sc. (Cognitive Science), IIT Delhi
Icons, names, and faces: Giving money to recipients in dictator game depend on gender and presentation forms [M.Sc. project]

Member : Rishav Singh (M..Sc., Cognitive Science), IIT Delhi.
Decision Biases on the football field: The case of penalty kicks [M.Sc. project]

Member : Srijony Kar. M.Sc. (Cognitive Science), IIT Delhi
Public judgments and the acceptability of AI is linked to a sense of understanding [M.Sc. project]

Member : Neel Lohit Dash. M.Sc. (Cognitive Science), IIT Delhi
Humans versus computers in tic-tac-toe: Playing against minmax and model-free reinforcement learning [M.Sc. project]

Member : Devang Agarwal (M..Sc., Cognitive Science), IIT Delhi.
Subtle cues for cleaner hands: Nudging behavior in public eating places [M.Sc. project]

Member : Neha Negi, M.Sc. (Cognitive Science), IIT Delhi
Designing for behavioral change: Applying self-determination theory to improve Swachhata Pledge portal [M.Sc. project]


2022

Member : Shadhiya Jaseem. M.Sc. (Cognitive Science), IIT Delhi
Utiliation of algorithmic advices [M.Sc. project]

Member : Sagar Dollin (M..Sc., Cognitive Science), IIT Delhi.
Strategic decision making when playing against human and computer [M.Sc. project]

Member : Vishakha Sharma. M.Sc. (Cognitive Science), IIT Delhi
Disgusting foods and sweet dishes: How do people choose future experiences under risk [M.Sc. project]

Member : Debjani Mondal. M.Sc. (Cognitive Science), IIT Delhi
Loss aversion and framing effects in bilinguals [M.Sc. project]

Member : Akshat Govekar (M..Sc., Cognitive Science), IIT Delhi.
Comparing and Contrasting Game Theory Strategies in Soccer Penalty Shootouts: A Statistical Analysis [M.Sc. project]

Shruti Tol (B.Sc., Zoology), Fergusson College Pune
Loss aversion and hormones among women

Mahima Samraik , IISER Mohali
Loss aversion and hormones among women

Jui Chaitale (B.Sc.), Maharashtra Inst. of Technology Pune
Public perception of human versus algorithmic advice

Anukrati Rana. M.Sc., Delhi University
Loss aversion in education

Ketaki Sengupta. Ex-PG (BioTech), IIT Bombay
Loss aversion in education

2021

Surbhi Agarwal, 4th year BTech (Textile Engg), , IIT Delhi
(Dec 2020 – Feb 2021 ) For Design Credits
Relationship of various metrics on medium.com

Shadhiya Jassim T A, M.Sc. (Cognitive Science), , IIT Delhi
(June 2021 – July 2021 ) For Summer internship
Public judgments about the general acceptability of Artificial Intelligence

Tirthesh Kotkar, M.Sc. (Cognitive Science), , IIT Delhi
(June 2021 – July 2021) For Summer internship
A Google Trends analysis around behavioral hesitancy for COVID vaccines

Rakshit Rao, BTech (Electrical Engg), , IIT Delhi
(May 2021 – June 2021) Summer internship project
Relationships between Google search trends and Covid-19 cases in India

Himanshu Anuragi and Abhishek Mina, BTech,, IIT Delhi
(May 2021 – Sep 2021 )
Tweets by key political leaders during the pandemic

Vatsala Nema, UG student, IISER Bhopal (Data science and Engg)
(2021) For Summer Internship
Risky decisions about commuting time in gain versus loss frames

Jeeva Muthukkumar, Master Student, IIT Gandhinagar (Cognitive science)
(May – July 2021) For Summer Internship
(1) Upsizing and Downsizing UI elements (2) Interaction with digital Voice assistants

Praneeta Taranekar, Master Student, IIT Gandhinagar (Cognitive science)
(May – July 2021) For Summer Internship
Deciding about prospective experiences based on prior user ratings

Somdatta Chakraborty. MSc student, Garden City University
(Jan 2021 – Jun 2021 ) For Summer Internship
Deciding about prospective experiences based on prior user ratings.

Salone Verma, UG Student, University of Waterloo
(May – July 2021) For Summer Internship
Upsizing and Downsizing UI elements to denote COVID cases

Sushmit Gupta, High School student, Mother’s International School New Delhi
(May 2021 – ) For Summer Internship
Testing Loss aversion in education



2020

Preet Malviya, 4th year BTech, IIT Delhi
(Jan – Oct 2020) For Design Credits
Mining tweets of political leaders during COVID along with Nishtha Jain, PhD student (HSS)

Anusha Tomar. Former BA student (Psychology), Amity University
(Feb 2020 – )
Affective valuation of lives

Ujjaini Kushari. Former MA student (Psychology), Delhi University
(Feb 2020)
Deciding about prospective experiences based on the previous user ratings on websites.

Paridhi Verma. Former MSc student (Cognitive Science), CBCS Allahabad.
(2020)
Concept of privacy and informational privacy issues with Apps

Isha Mahajan. BA student (Psychology, Computer Science), Symbiosis International University, Pune.
(2020 )
Understanding how algorithms work and Algorithm aversion



2019

Abhigyan Srivastav, 4th year BTech (Textile), IIT Delhi
(Feb – May 2019) For Design Credits
Perceptual estimation of magnitudes

Member: Nishad Singhi, 4th year BTech (Electrical), IIT Delhi
(2019-2020) BTech project (co-guided with Dr. Sumeet Agarwal)
Computational modeling of loss aversion

Naina Mehta, MTech (Electrical), IIT Delhi
(2019-2020) MTech project (co-guided with Dr. Sumeet Agarwal)
Computational modeling of number cognition

Saurabh Chachra, Post-Baccalaureate student of Psychology, Univ. of California Berkeley
(Mar – Aug 2019)
Deciding on prospective risky experiences based on other users’ ratings on websites

Savarni Pant, Former UG student, Jesus & Mary college, Delhi University
(May – August 2019)
Accuracy of visual perceptual estimates for snacks (online and offline)

Nataasha Khattar, Former UG student, Christ University
(May – July 2019)
Prospective affective valuation of gains and losses of lives in medical trials

Divya Reji, Master Student of cognitive science, IIT Gandhinagar
(May – July 2019) For Summer Internship
Prospective affective valuation of gains and losses of lives in medical trials

Pragya Sahni, Master Student of molecular and translational neuroscience, University of Ulm, Germany
(Aug – Sep 2019) For International internship
Select topics in decision making like reviewing the effect of serotonin