Isabel Thielmann is a research group leader at the Max Planck Institute for the study of crime, security and law. In this conversation, we talk about her background as a competitive sprinter, her research on prosocial behaviour and personality, the role of affordances, how game theory and interdependence theory can helpus understand human social behaviour, and Isa's experiences in having started a lab.

BJKS Podcast is a podcast about neuroscience, psychology, and anything vaguely related, hosted by Benjamin James Kuper-Smith.

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Timestamps
0:00:04: Isa used to be a pretty good sprinter
0:11:03: Lessons from athletics
0:16:40: How Isa got into psychology and doing science
0:26:47: Breadth vs depth in research topics
0:33:32: Start discussing Isa's review article 'Economics Games: an introduction and guide for research'
0:46:06: What are game theory and interdependence theory?
0:59:06: Affordances and economic games
1:10:44: Personality and economic games
1:34:20: Isa's experiences starting her lab and becoming a PI

Podcast links

• Website: https://geni.us/bjks-pod
• Twitter: https://geni.us/bjks-pod-twt

Isa's links

• Website: https://geni.us/thielmann-web
• Google Scholar: https://geni.us/thielmann-scholar
• Twitter: https://geni.us/Thielmann-twt

Ben's links

• Website: https://geni.us/bjks-web
• Google Scholar: https://geni.us/bjks-scholar
• Twitter: https://geni.us/bjks-twt

References
Amir, Rand & Gal (2012). Economic games on the internet: The effect of $1 stakes. PloS one.
Cameron (1999). Raising the stakes in the ultimatum game: Experimental evidence from Indonesia. Econ Inquiry.
Columbus, Münich & Gerpott (2020). Playing a different game: Situation perception mediates framing effects on cooperative behaviour. J Exp Soc Psych.
Diehl, Thielmann, Thiel, Mayer, Zipfel & Schneider (2014). Possibilities to support elite adolescent athletes in improving performance: Results from a qualitative content analysis. Science & sports.
Galizzi & Navarro-Martinez (2019). On the external validity of social preference games: a systematic lab-field study. Management Science.
Halevy, Chou & Murnighan (2012). Mind games: the mental representation of conflict. J perso and soc psych.
Kuper-Smith, Voulgaris, Briken, Fuss & Korn (2022). Social preferences and psychopathy in a sample of male prisoners. PsyArXiv.
Liebrand (1984). The effect of social motives, communication and group size on behaviour in an N‐person multi‐stage mixed‐motive game. Eur J soc psych.
Peysakhovich, Nowak & Rand (2014). Humans display a ‘cooperative phenotype’that is domain general and temporally stable. Nat Comm.
Thielmann, Böhm, Ott & Hilbig (2021). Economic games: An introduction and guide for research. Collabra: Psych.
Thielmann & Hilbig (2015). Trust: An integrative review from a person–situation perspective. Review of Gen Psych.
Thielmann, Spadaro & Balliet (2020). Personality and prosocial behavior: A theoretical framework and meta-analysis. Psych Bull.

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