Research
decision making, problem solving in complex dynamic environments, safety critical systems, moral behavior
Interests
Magda's main research interests concern understanding the underlying mechanisms involved in learning, decision making, and problem solving in complex dynamic environments (e.g. biological (fitness), economic (stock market), ecological (rainforest), industrial (nuclear power plant), mechanical (automobile), management (company), and safety critical (automated-pilot) systems). Broadly, what these situations share in common is that a number of elements will vary from one point in time to another, not always reliably so, and not always as a direct consequence of the actions that we choose to make.
Publications

Publications of specific relevance to Applied Data Science
2020

gold N, Lin Y,
Osman M and Ashcroft R (2020).
‘Better off, as judged by themselves’: do people support nudges as a method to change their own behavior? Cambridge University Press (Cup) Behavioural Public Policy 10.1017/bpp.2020.6
Fenton N,
Osman M, Mclachlan S and
Neil M (2020).
COVID-19 infection and death rates: the need to incorporate causal explanations for the data and avoid bias in testing. Taylor & Francis (Routledge) Journal of Risk Research 10.1080/13669877.2020.1756381
Osman M, rytersk A and Jahanshahi M (2020).
Redefining the Relationship Between Effort and Reward: Choice-Execution Model of Effort-Based Decisions. Elsevier Behavioural Brain Research 10.1016/j.bbr.2020.1124742019
Osman M (2019).
Overstepping the boundaries of free choice: Folk beliefs on free will and determinism in real world contexts. Elsevier Consciousness and Cognition vol. 77,
10.1016/j.concog.2019.102860
Osman M, Ayton P, Bouder F, Pidgeon N and Lofstedt R (2019).
Evidence based uncertainty: what is needed now? Taylor & Francis Journal of Risk Research 10.1080/13669877.2019.1646316
Osman M and Thornton K (2019).
Traffic light labelling of meals to promote sustainable consumption and healthy eating. Appetite vol. 138, 60-71.
10.1016/j.appet.2019.03.015
Osman M and Nelson W (2019).
How can food futures insight promote change in consumers’ choices, are behavioural interventions (e.g. nudges) the answer? Futures 10.1016/j.futures.2019.04.0082018

Xhakollari V, Canavari M and
Osman M (2018).
Factors affecting consumers' adherence to gluten-free diet, a systematic review. Trends in Food Science and Technology vol. 85, 23-33.
10.1016/j.tifs.2018.12.005
Osman M, Radford S, Lin Y, Gold N, Nelson W and Löfstedt R (2018).
Learning lessons: how to practice nudging around the world. Journal of Risk Research 10.1080/13669877.2018.1517127
Meder B, Fleischhut N and
OSMAN M (2018).
Beyond the Confines of Choice Architecture: A critical analysis. Elsevier Journal of Economic Psychology 10.1016/j.joep.2018.08.004
lin Y,
OSMAN M, Harris A and Read D (2018).
Underlying Wishes and Nudged Choices. American Psychological Association Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied 10.1037/xap0000183
Vadillo MA, Gold N and
Osman M (2018).
Searching for the bottom of the ego well: Failure to uncover ego depletion in Many Labs 3. Royal Society Open Science vol. 5, (8)
10.1098/rsos.180390
Schoppek W, Kluge A,
Osman M and Funke J (2018).
Editorial: Complex problem solving beyond the psychometric approach. Frontiers in Psychology vol. 9, (JUL)
10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01224
OSMAN M, LV J and Proulx M (2018).
Can Empathy Promote Cooperation when Status and Money Matter? Taylor & Francis (Routledge) Basic and Applied Social Psychology 10.1080/01973533.2018.1463225
Wong RS,
Osman M, Wong WH, Lin Y and Ho K (2018).
Saving for a Better Retirement: How Risk Attitudes Affect Choice of Retirement Scheme. Psychol Rep 33294118755-33294118755.
10.1177/00332941187550932017
OSMAN M (2017).
Nudge: How Far Have We Come? ŒConomia. History, Methodology, Philosophy vol. 6, 557-570.

Holt DV and
Osman M (2017).
Approaches to Cognitive Modeling in Dynamic Systems Control. Frontiers Media Front Psychol vol. 8, 2032-2032.
10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02032
Osman M, Heath AJ and Löfstedt R (2017).
The problems of increasing transparency on uncertainty. Public Underst Sci 96366251771-96366251771.
10.1177/0963662517711058
Lofstedt R, McLoughlin M and
Osman M (2017).
Uncertainty analysis: results from an empirical pilot study. A research note. Journal of Risk Research 1-11.
10.1080/13669877.2017.1313768
Spence C,
OSMAN M and McElligott AG (2017).
Theory of Animal Mind: Human Nature or Experimental Artefact? Elsevier Trends in Cognitive Sciences 10.1016/j.tics.2017.02.003
OSMAN M, Pupic D and Baigent N (2017).
How Many Slaps is equivalent to One Punch? New Approaches to Assessing the Relative Severity of Violent Acts Psychology of Violence. Psychology of Violence 10.1037/vio00000792016

Petervari J,
Osman M and Bhattacharya J (2016).
The Role of Intuition in the Generation and Evaluation Stages of Creativity. Frontiers Media Frontiers in Psychology 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01420
vadillo M, Gold N and
Osman M (2016).
The Bitter Truth About Sugar and Willpower: The Limited Evidential Value of the Glucose Model of Ego Depletion. Psycholgical Science 10.1177/09567976166549112015
OSMAN M, Glass B and Hola Z (2015).
Approaches to Learning to Control Dynamic Uncertainty. Mdpi Ag Systems vol. 3, 211-236.
10.3390/systems3040211
OSMAN M and
Osman M (2015).
Moral Judgment: Truth, Order and Consequence. Scientific Research Publishing 
Puranam P, Stieglitz N,
OSMAN M and Pillutla M (2015).
Modelling Bounded Rationality in Organizations: Progress and Prospects. The Academy of Management Annals vol. p, (1) 337-392.
10.1080/19416520.2015.1024498
Osman M (2015).
Future-minded: The role of prospection in Agency, Control, and other goal-directed processes. Frontiers in Psychology vol. 6, (FEB)
10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00154
Osman M (2015).
Does our unconscious rule? Psychologist vol. 28, (2) 114-117.
Osman M (2015).
Consciousness complexity. Psychologist vol. 28, (5)
2014

Kittler J, Christmas W, de Campos T, Windridge D, Yan F, Illingworth J and
Osman M (2014).
Domain Anomaly Detection in Machine Perception: A System Architecture and Taxonomy. Ieee Transactions On Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence vol. 36, (5) 845-859.
10.1109/TPAMI.2013.209
OSMAN M (2014).
Future-Minded: The Psychology of Agency and Control. Palgrave 
Ryterska A, Jahanshahi M and
Osman M (2014).
Decision-making impairments in Parkinson's disease as a by-product of defective cost-benefit analysis and feedback processing. Neurodegener Dis Manag vol. 4, (4) 317-327.
10.2217/nmt.14.23
Osman M, Ryterska A, Karimi K, Tu L, Obeso I, Speekenbrink M and Jahanshahi M (2014).
The effects of dopaminergic medication on dynamic decision making in Parkinson's disease. Neuropsychologia vol. 53, 157-164.
10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2013.10.0242013

Ryterska A, Jahanshahi M and
Osman M (2013).
What are people with Parkinson's disease really impaired on when it comes to making decisions? A meta-analysis of the evidence. Neurosci Biobehav Rev vol. 37, (10 Pt 2) 2836-2846.
10.1016/j.neubiorev.2013.10.005
OSMAN M and Wim deNeys (2013).
New Approaches in Reasoning Research (Current Issues in Thinking and Reasoning). Psychology Press 
Taya S, Windridge D and
Osman M (2013).
Trained Eyes: Experience Promotes Adaptive Gaze Control in Dynamic and Uncertain Visual Environments. Plos One vol. 8, (8)
10.1371/journal.pone.0071371
Meder B, Le Lec F and
Osman M (2013).
Decision making in uncertain times: what can cognitive and decision sciences say about or learn from economic crises? Trends in Cognitive Sciences vol. 17, (6) 257-260.
10.1016/j.tics.2013.04.008
Osman M (2013).
A Case Study: Dual-Process Theories of Higher Cognition-Commentary on Evans & Stanovich (2013). Perspectives On Psychological Science vol. 8, (3) 248-252.
10.1177/1745691613483475
Osman M (2013).
Reasoning research: Where was it going? where is it now? where will it be going? New Approaches in Reasoning Research 10.4324/97813158798572012

Hagmayer Y and
Osman M (2012).
From colliding billiard balls to colluding desperate housewives: causal Bayes nets as rational models of everyday causal reasoning. Synthese vol. 189, 603-614.
10.1007/s11229-012-0162-3
Osman M (2012).
The effects of self set or externally set goals on learning in an uncertain environment. Learning and Individual Differences vol. 22, (5) 575-584.
10.1016/j.lindif.2011.09.012
Osman M (2012).
Monitoring, control and the illusion of control. Psychology of Self-Regulation 
Taya S, Windridge D and
Osman M (2012).
Looking to score: the dissociation of goal influence on eye movement and meta-attentional allocation in a complex dynamic natural scene. Plos One vol. 7, (6)
10.1371/journal.pone.00390602011
Osman M and Speekenbrink M (2011).
Cue utilization and strategy application in stable and unstable dynamic environments. Cogn Syst Res vol. 12, (3-4) 355-364.
10.1016/j.cogsys.2010.12.0042010

Taya S, Windridge D, Kittler J and
Osman M (2010).
Rule-based modulation of visual attention allocation. Perception vol. 39, 81-81.
Osman M (2010).
Controlling Uncertainty: A Review of Human Behavior in Complex
Dynamic Environments. American Psychological Association Psychological Bulletin vol. 136, (1) 65-86.
10.1037/a0017815
Hagmayer Y, Meder B,
Osman M, Mangold S and Lagnado D (2010).
Spontaneous causal learning while controlling a dynamic system. Bentham Science Open Psychology Journal vol. 3, 145-162.
10.2174/1874350101003010145
Osman M (2010).
Controlling Uncertainty: How we learn about, and make decisions in complex worlds. Wiley-Blackwells 2009
Osman M, Channon S and Fitzpatrick S (2009).
Does the truth interfere with our ability to deceive? Psychon Bull Rev vol. 16, (5) 901-906.
10.3758/PBR.16.5.9012008
Osman M, Wilkinson L, Beigi M, Castaneda CS and Jahanshahi M (2008).
Patients with Parkinson's disease learn to control complex systems via procedural as well as non-procedural learning. Neuropsychologia vol. 46, (9) 2355-2363.
10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2008.03.009
Osman M (2008).
Seeing is as Good as Doing. The Journal of Problem Solving 2007
Osman M (2007).
Can tutoring improve performance on a reasoning task under deadline conditions? Mem Cognit vol. 35, (2) 342-351.
10.3758/bf03193455
Osman M (2007).
SHOULD ACTION BE AWARDED
A SPECIAL STATUS IN LEARNING? Progress in Educational Psychology Research , Editors: Galwye VN.
Nova Science Pub Inc 2006
Osman M and Stavy R (2006).
Development of intuitive rules: evaluating the application of the dual-system framework to understanding children's intuitive reasoning. Psychon Bull Rev vol. 13, (6) 935-953.
10.3758/bf03213907
Flach R,
Osman M, Dickinson A and Heyes C (2006).
The interaction between response effects during the acquisition of response priming. Acta Psychol (Amst) vol. 122, (1) 11-26.
10.1016/j.actpsy.2005.09.0012005
Osman M, Bird G and Heyes C (2005).
Action observation supports effector-dependent learning of finger movement sequences. Exp Brain Res vol. 165, (1) 19-27.
10.1007/s00221-005-2275-0
Bird G,
Osman M, Saggerson A and Heyes C (2005).
Sequence learning by action, observation and action observation. Br J Psychol vol. 96, (Pt 3) 371-388.
10.1348/000712605X474402004
Osman M (2004).
An evaluation of dual-process theories of reasoning. Psychon Bull Rev vol. 11, (6) 988-1010.
10.3758/bf03196730
Collins DJ and
Osman M (2004).
Judgements of causality are independent of the category prior information but choice behaviour isn't. Aust J Psychol vol. 56, 110-110.
2001
Osman M and Laming D (2001).
Misinterpretation of conditional statements in Wason's selection task. Springerlink Psychological Research vol. 65, (2) 128-144.
10.1007/s004260000023
Osman M (2001).
How rational is deception? Pantaneto
Grants

Grants of specific relevance to Applied Data Science
OSIRIS: Optimising Shared decision-makIng for high-RIsk major SurgeryOsman M£2,238,252
National Institutes of Health (03-09-2018 - 02-09-2024)
Communication of UncertaintyOsman M£238,179
Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology (01-10-2019 - 31-03-2021)
Behavioural Science Approaches to Examining Product Safety & StandardsOsman M£300,000
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial strategy (01-10-2019 - 01-10-2020)
Putting in effort for the benefit of allOsman M£48,888
Economic and Social Research Council (30-09-2019 - 29-07-2020)
Improved Understanding of Causal Models in Dynamic Decision-makingOsman M£383,510
Leverhulme Trust (09-01-2017 - 13-01-2020)
Understanding decision-making under uncertaintyOsman M£30,000
Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology (01-01-2019 - 31-03-2019)
human-algorithm interfaceOsman M£60,000
ministry of justice UK (07-10-2019 - 31-03-2019)