Cognitive resource allocation determines the organization of personal networks
Members of the IBSEN team (Ignacio Tamarit, José A. Cuesta, Robin I.M. Dunbar, and Angel Sánchez) have recently published an article in the journal PNAS …
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Have a Pint with Anxo Sánchez! [Spanish]
Uno de los compromisos fundamentales del proyecto IBSEN es la comunicación y divulgación de sus resultados. En algunas ocasiones, comunicar los resultados de una investigación …
Teoría de juegos experimental: charla divulgativa de Pedro Rey
El pasado martes 25 de septiembre Pedro Rey Biel ofreció una charla en el Salón de Grados del Auditorio Padre Soler de la UC3M. Aprovechando …
Social media is nothing like drugs, despite all the horror stories
Letting your child use social media is like giving them cocaine, alcohol and cigarettes – all at once, or so we’re told. If you have …
Behavioural Economics in the Real World
Much of the work of the IBSEN project falls under the umbrella of the so-called “behavioural economics“. This relatively new branch of economics was born …
How machines can learn from human behaviour
What do you think, can you tell when you are interacting with a machine as opposed to with a human? In some occasions, this is …
Simulador de fenómenos sociales
Recientemente, el coordinador del proyecto IBSEN, Anxo Sánchez, ha concedido una entrevista en el periódico El Mundo en la que aborda temas como la racionalidad …
Can the internet buy you more friends?
There is no doubt: the internet has changed the way we interact with each other. Additionally, it has been argued that online social networks, such …
The ecosystem of mental health care: cooperation, trust and collective action
In a research using ideas from behavioral sciences and game theory, the project coordinator of IBSEN, Anxo Sánchez, and collaborators, have worked along with the …
Cities That Never Sleep Are Shaped by Sunrise and Sunset
The New York Times has recently drawn its attention to a publication by Daniel Monsivais-Velázquez and other IBSEN members at Aalto University. Their work illustrates …