Monash University's BrainPark wants to better understand how decision-making – the mental processes that happen when you acquire knowledge, understand, experience and think about things – affects behaviours, habits and wellbeing.

BrainPark is a world-first research clinic dedicated to using neuroscience to create healthy habits, brains and communities. The BrainPark team is developing digital assessment tools and lifestyle and technology-based therapies to improve Australians’ physical, mental and brain health.

Its latest study, the Decision-Making Study led by Professor Murat Yücel and Dr Rico Lee, aims to investigate how decision-making styles affect behaviour, particularly over different life stages. The research aims to pick apart what makes us different, and how this may impact the likelihood of developing unhealthy habits.

As a result, the BrainPark team has developed interactive games that measure aspects of decision-making. The games will eventually form part of a mobile application the team hopes to make publicly accessible so the general community can gain insights into their own decision-making styles, but they need your help.

They are recruiting 50 to 65-year-olds to participate in the Decision-Making Study. The study is run online and involves completing questionnaires and games, broken into three one-hour blocks across three days. You will be reimbursed with a $45 e-gift card for your time. If you’re interested and would like to learn more, please follow this link.