Research Information
Research Interests
Generally speaking, Dr. Demaree鈥檚 research interests involve the interaction between emotional (鈥渉ot鈥�) and cognitive (鈥渃old鈥�) processing. Although his particular interests are described below, he supports the work of graduate students who fall within this relatively broad research umbrella.
Research Projects
Dr. Demaree is currently most interested in 鈥渆xploration鈥� versus 鈥渆xploitation鈥� decision-making, and understanding how personality variables and decision-making preferences (such as delay of gratification discount rate) may relate to exploration-exploitation decision-making. He would ultimately like to understand how different emotions (e.g., fear, happiness, etc.) affect exploration-exploitation decision-making preferences. Although the great preponderance of his research involves humans, he is also interested in how these constructs may work in other animals, too.