Dr Konstantinos Tsetsos
PhD, MRes, MSc, BSc
Expertise
I aim to understand how humans process information when making decisions, especially when these deviate from the normative standards.
Current positions
Senior Lecturer
School of Psychological Science
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Biography
Employment
2018-2021: ERC Principal Investigator, Department of Neurophysiology and Pathophysiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Hamburg, Germany.
2016-2018: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow, Department of Neurophysiology and Pathophysiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Hamburg, Germany.
2015-2016: ISSF Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellow, Department of Psychological Sciences, Birkbeck, University of London, London, UK.
2012-2015: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Education
2008-2012: PhD Cognitive Science, Cognitive, Perceptual and Brain Department, University College London, London, UK.
2007-2008: MRes Psychology, School of Psychology, Birkbeck, University of London, London, UK.
2006-2007: MSc Cognitive Science, School of Informatics, College of Science and Engineering, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
2001-2006: BSc Computer Science, Department of Informatics, Athens University of Economics and Business, Athens, Greece.
Fellowships & Grants
2018–2024: ERC Starting Grant, ERC-2018-STG (1,499,345 EUR).
2016–2018: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship, CH2020-MSCA-IF-2014 (177,599 EUR).
2015–2016: Career Development Fellowship, Wellcome Trust (ISSF).
2014–2015: British Academy & Leverhulme Trust, Small Research Grant (£10,000).
2018-2021: ERC Principal Investigator, Department of Neurophysiology and Pathophysiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Hamburg, Germany.
2016-2018: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow, Department of Neurophysiology and Pathophysiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Hamburg, Germany.
2015-2016: ISSF Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellow, Department of Psychological Sciences, Birkbeck, University of London, London, UK.
2012-2015: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Education
2008-2012: PhD Cognitive Science, Cognitive, Perceptual and Brain Department, University College London, London, UK.
2007-2008: MRes Psychology, School of Psychology, Birkbeck, University of London, London, UK.
2006-2007: MSc Cognitive Science, School of Informatics, College of Science and Engineering, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
2001-2006: BSc Computer Science, Department of Informatics, Athens University of Economics and Business, Athens, Greece.
Fellowships & Grants
2018–2024: ERC Starting Grant, ERC-2018-STG (1,499,345 EUR).
2016–2018: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship, CH2020-MSCA-IF-2014 (177,599 EUR).
2015–2016: Career Development Fellowship, Wellcome Trust (ISSF).
2014–2015: British Academy & Leverhulme Trust, Small Research Grant (£10,000).
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Information Sampling in Multiattribute Choice
Principal Investigator
Description
ERC Starting GrantManaging organisational unit
School of Psychological ScienceDates
01/12/2018 to 30/04/2024
Publications
Selected publications
06/12/2022Clarifying the role of an unavailable distractor in human multiattribute choice
eLife
Economic irrationality is optimal during noisy decision making
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Human optional stopping in a heteroscedastic world
Psychological Review
Recent publications
09/12/2023Rhythmic sampling of multiple decision alternatives in the human brain
FV 1 GABA induced changes of functional connectivity dissociate amplitude- and phase-coupling during task but not rest
Clinical Neurophysiology
Human optional stopping in a heteroscedastic world
Psychological Review
Unlocking a new dimension in the speed-accuracy trade-off
Trends in Cognitive Sciences
Toward an Atlas of Canonical Cognitive Mechanisms
Cognitive Science