From the Hokkaido University press release: Understanding how ant colonies make collective decisions could provide insight into the functioning of the human brain. Yes/no binary decisions by individual ants can lead to a rational decision…
From the University College London press release: UCL researchers have identified how the human brain integrates social information when a person decides how much they like something, by studying how user reviews on Amazon influence how…
From the University of Miami press release: Consumers make poor purchase decisions when they need to work with ratios to assess a product’s value, says a new study published in the May 2017 of the Journal…
From the Cell Press press release: As children age into adolescence and on into young adulthood, they show dramatic improvements in their ability to control impulses, stay organized, and make decisions. Those “executive functions” of…
From the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS) press release: How you dress, talk, eat and even what you allow yourself to feel — these often unspoken rules of a group are social norms,…
From the California Institute of Technology press release: Have you ever thought someone was angry at you, but it turned out you were just misreading their facial expression? Caltech researchers have now discovered that one…
From the NYU Langone Medical Center / New York University School of Medicine press release: Long thought to simply pass on information received from the senses, the thalamus may also quickly assemble the circuits that enable…
From the University of Eastern Finland press release: Psychologically, loss is known to cause about twice as much pain as pleasure caused by similar gain. However, earlier studies focusing on how prior outcomes affect subsequent…
From the Massachusetts Institute of Technology press release: When animals hunt or forage for food, they must constantly weigh whether the chance of a meal is worth the risk of being spotted by a predator.…
From the Carnegie Mellon University press release: Adolescents face many challenging decisions. So, do consumers. A new paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows how collaborations between psychologists and economists…