Cognition Learning and Adaptive Behavior

The adaptive behaviour of individuals is a fundamental aspect of change and innovation. After all, it is individuals who initiate and drive change and innovation in dynamic environments. Our goal is to understand the cognitive mechanisms involved in adaptive decision-making, problem-solving and learning. To achieve this interdisciplinary goal we use a combination of qualitative, experimental, neuroimaging and computational methods. Key questions focus on how individuals can develop abilities that better allow them to manage tensions such as those between exploration and exploitation, between social and economic outcomes, between creative and old ideas, and between focusing on one rather than multiple goals.

The following video clips summarize two articles representative of the research we do:

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Laureiro-Martínez, D., & Brusoni, S. (2018). Cognitive Flexibility and Adaptive Decision-Making: Evidence from a Laboratory Study of Expert Decision-Makers. Strategic Management Journal, 39, 1031–1058.
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Laureiro-​Martínez, D., Brusoni, S., Canessa, N., & Zollo, M. (2015). Understanding the Exploration-​Exploitation Dilemma: An fMRI Study of Attention Control and Decision-​Making Performance. Strategic Management Journal, 36 (3), 319-​338.

A selection of further articles we have published are the following (for more information see publication):

Brusoni, S. & Laureiro-Martinez, D., Canessa, N. & Zollo, M. (2020). Exploring exploration: the Role of Affective States as Forces that Hinder Change. Industrial and Corporate Change, 29 (1), 207-223.  

Crespi, C., Laureiro-Martínez, D., Dodich, A., Cappa, S. F., Brusoni, S., Zollo, M., Falini, A. & Canessa, N. (2018). Improving Innovative Decision-Making: Training-Induced Changes in Fronto-Parietal Networks. Brain and Cognition, 128, 46-55.

Csaszar, F. A. & Laureiro-Martinez, D. (2018). Individual and Organizational Antecedents of Strategic Foresight: A Representational Approach. Strategy Science, 3 (3), 513-523.

Laureiro-Martinez, D. (2014). Cognitive Control Capabilities, Routinization Propensity and Decision-Making Performance. Organization Science, 25 (4), 1111-1133.

Zagorac-Uremović, Z. & Marxt, C. (2018). The Cognitive Processes of Entrepreneurial Opportunity Identification - Towards a Holistic Understanding of the Micro-Mechanisms. In R. J. Galavan, K. J. Sund, & S. Brusoni (Hsg.), Cognition and Innovation. Bingley: Emerald Publishing.

Zagorac-Uremović, Z. & Marxt, C. (2018). Identification of Entrepreneurial Opportunities: A Conceptual Model of Cognitive-motivational Mechanisms. The International Journal of Creativity & Problem Solving, 28 (1), 59-72.

Some examples of ongoing Projects in the COLAB research area are:

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