Education
University of Wisconsin–Madison.
University of Wisconsin–Madison.
He earlier worked at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the creator of the "Cognitive Reflection Test", or CRT, a form of intelligence test that tests how "rational" testees are. People who score high are less vulnerable to various biases in thinking including prospect theory and irrational intertemporal choices.
Shane Frederick was born in Park Falls, Wisconsin, and graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a Bachelor of Arts in Zoology, from Simon Fraser University with an Master of Surgery in Resource Management, and from Carnegie Mellon University with a Doctor of Philosophy in Decision Sciences.