John Hinson
Professor
Ph.D. Duke University, 1981
Contact Information:
Email: hinson@mail.wsu.edu
Office: Johnson Tower 350
Phone: (509) 335-1089
Classes Taught:
Psychology 311: Elementary Statistics in Psychology
Psychology 401: Historical Development of Psychology
Psychology 504: History of Psychology
Research Interests:
Hot and Cold Cognition in Decision Making
My research examines relations between hot (affective/emotional) and cold (rational/calculational) cognitive processes in decision making. I am primarily interested in how situational constraints (task demands or complexity) and individual constraints (personality traits or biological differences) affect hot and cold cognition and thereby lead to suboptimal decision making.
My research is part of an interdisciplinary research group examining decision making, affect and memory. Our group is currently focused on studies of sleep, examining how sleep restriction affects cognition, in general, and decision making, in particular.
Selected Publications :
Whitney, P. & Hinson, J. M. (2010). Measurement of cognition in studies of sleep deprivation. In: Gerard A. Kerkhof and Hans P.A. van Dongen, editors: Human Sleep and Cognition, Vol 185, Oxford: Elsevier Science; p. 37-48.
Tucker, A. M., Whitney, P., Belenky, G, Hinson, J. M., & Van Dongen, H. P. A., (2010). Effects of sleep deprivation on dissociated components of executive functioning. Sleep, 33, 1-11.
Whitney, P., Rinehart, C. A., & Hinson, J. M. (2008) Framing effects under cognitive load: the role of working memory in risky decisions. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 15, 1179-1184.
Hinson, J. M., Whitney, P., Holben, H., & Wirick, A. K. (2006). Affective biasing of choices in gambling task decision making. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, 6, 190-200.
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