Sandra Andraszewicz: Catalogue data in Autumn Semester 2019

Name	Dr. Sandra Andraszewicz
Address	Chair of Cognitive Science ETH Zürich, RZ E 25 Clausiusstrasse 59 8092 Zürich SWITZERLAND
Telephone	+41 44 632 02 60
E-mail	sandraszewicz@ethz.ch
URL	http://www.sandraszewicz.com
Department	Humanities, Social and Political Sciences
Relationship	Lecturer

Number	Title	ECTS	Hours	Lecturers
851-0252-05L	Research Seminar Cognitive Science Prerequisite: Participants should be involved in research in the cognitive science group.	2 credits	2S	C. Hölscher, S. Andraszewicz, V. Schinazi
Abstract	The colloquium provides a forum for researchers and graduate students in cognitive science to present/discuss their ongoing projects as well as jointly discuss current publications in cognitive science and related fields. A subset of the sessions will include invited external visitors presenting their research. Participants of this colloquium are expected to be involved in active research group.
Learning objective	Graduate student train and improve their presentation skills based on their own project ideas, all participants stay informed on current trends in the field and have the opportunity for networking with invited scholars.
851-0252-10L	Project in Behavioural Finance Number of participants limited to 40 Particularly suitable for students of D-MTEC	3 credits	2S	S. Andraszewicz, C. Hölscher, D. Kaszás
Abstract	In this seminar, students will study cognitive processes, behaviour and the underlying biological response to financial decisions. Research methods such as asset market experiments, lottery games, risk preference assessment, psychometrics, neuroimaging and psychophysiology of decision processes will be discussed. Financial bubbles and crashes will be the core interest.
Learning objective	This course has four main goals: 1) To learn about the most important topics within Behavioural Finance 2) To learn how to conduct behavioural studies, design experiments, plan data collection and experimental tasks 3) To learn about causes of market crashes, factors that influence them, traders' behaviour before, during and after financial crises 4) To investigate a topic of interest, related to behaviour of traders during market crashes. Additionally, the course gives to the students the opportunity to practice oral presentations, communication skills, report writing and critical thinking.
Content	The course provides an overview of the most important topics in Behavioural Finance. First part of the course involves reading scientific articles, which will be discussed during the seminar. Therefore, attendance is required to pass the course. Each week, a student volunteer will present a paper and the presentation will be followed by a discussion. After obtaining sufficient knowledge of the field, students will select a topic for a behavioural study of their own. The final assignment consists of preparing and conducting a small behavioural study/experiment, analysing the data and presenting the project in the final meeting of the class. Each student will write a scientific report of their study.