Lydia Ashton
· Assistant Professor of Consumer ScienceUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison · Design Studies
Active 2014–2021
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About
Lydia Ashton is an Assistant Professor of Consumer Science at the School of Human Ecology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She is a fellow at the Institute for Research on Poverty and serves as the assistant director of the Behavioral Research Insights Through Experiments (BRITE) Lab. Her research utilizes lab and field experiments, as well as big data, to study the effects of inattention, fatigue, and hunger on economic decision-making. Ashton holds a PhD in Agricultural and Resources Economics from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Universidad de Monterrey. Her work contributes to understanding behavioral factors influencing economic choices, with a focus on consumer behavior and family economics.
Research topics
- Political Science
- Medicine
- Environmental health
- Computer Science
- Artificial Intelligence
- Economics
- Virology
- Public economics
- Business
- Data science
Selected publications
Engineering induction of singular neural rosette emergence within hPSC-derived tissues
eLife · 2018-10-29 · 132 citations
articleOpen accessHuman pluripotent stem cell (hPSC)-derived neural organoids display unprecedented emergent properties. Yet in contrast to the singular neuroepithelial tube from which the entire central nervous system (CNS) develops in vivo, current organoid protocols yield tissues with multiple neuroepithelial units, a.k.a. neural rosettes, each acting as independent morphogenesis centers and thereby confounding coordinated, reproducible tissue development. Here, we discover that controlling initial tissue morp…
Food safety: A policy history and introduction to avenues for economic research
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy · 2021 · 28 citations
Abstract Foodborne illness ranks seventh globally among major health hazards, falling between air pollution and tuberculosis. Yet food safety is relatively understudied by economists. This paper provides an introduction to food safety for economists new to the subject. It presents an overview of the problem, the history of major policy reforms, and the structure of food safety governance in the United States and internationally. It identifies potential opportunities for economists in interdiscip…
Hunger Games: Does Hunger and Cognitive Fatigue Affect Time Preferences?
SSRN Electronic Journal · 2014-01-01 · 11 citations
articleOpen access1st authorCorrespondingLeft-Digit Bias and Inattention in Retail Purchases: Evidence from a Field Experiment
SSRN Electronic Journal · 2014-01-01 · 7 citations
articleOpen access1st authorCorresponding2018-09-21 · 4 citations
peer-reviewOpen accessA bioengineering approach identifies tissue morphology as an effective variable for controlling the inception of neural organoid morphogenesis via induction of a biomimetic, singular neural rosette tissue cytoarchitecture.
Frequent coauthors
- 4 shared
Randolph S. Ashton
University of Wisconsin–Madison
- 4 shared
Brady F. Lundin
University of Wisconsin–Madison
- 4 shared
Nisha Iyer
Tufts University
- 4 shared
Gavin Knight
University of Wisconsin–Madison
- 2 shared
Emmanuel Kemel
HEC Paris
- 2 shared
Antoine Nebout-Javal
Alimentation et Sciences Sociales
- 2 shared
Sandra Hoffmann
Economic Research Service
- 2 shared
Rebecca L. Willett
Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
Labs
Awards & honors
- Fellow at the Institute for Research on Poverty
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