Tag: decision-making

Study suggests making emotion-based choices makes one more easily influenced

From the BI Norwegian Business School press release via ScienceDaily: When we let our hearts choose for us, we are more influenced by people who resemble ourselves, a PhD study… Read more »

Study suggests thinking of less supportive relationships leads to wanting more choice

From the University of Michigan press release via MedicalXpress: People who view their relationships as secure have less need to consider many options when making choices about purchases, a new… Read more »

Study links managerial role with more automatic decision-making

From the Public Library of Science press release via EurekAlert!: Managers and non-managers show distinctly different brain activation patterns when making decisions, according to research published Aug. 22 in the… Read more »

Study looks at reasons for overconfidence

From the UC Berkeley press release via EurekAlert!: Researchers have long known that people are very frequently overconfident – that they tend to believe they are more physically talented, socially… Read more »

Study suggests feedback can have negative effect on performance

From the Queen Mary, University of London press release via EurekAlert!: People who give positive encouragement and constructive criticism could be wasting their breath according to the latest research from… Read more »

Research shows how computation can predict group conflict

From the University of Wisconsin-Madison press release via EurekAlert!: When conflict breaks out in social groups, individuals make strategic decisions about how to behave based on their understanding of alliances… Read more »

Study suggests brain hubs overactivate in hoarders trying to pitch stuff

From the NIH/National Institute of Mental Health press release via EurekAlert!: In patients with hoarding disorder, parts of a decision-making brain circuit under-activated when dealing with others’ possessions, but over-activated… Read more »

Study examines decision-making brain activity in patients with hoarding disorder

From the JAMA and Archives Journals press release via EurekAlert!: Patients with hoarding disorder exhibited abnormal activity in regions of the brain that was stimulus dependent when deciding what to… Read more »

Study suggests young people’s feeling of invulnerability has drawbacks – and benefits

From the University of Illinois press release via HealthCanal: A sense of invulnerability isn’t a hallmark of youth as many adults may believe nor is it necessarily detrimental, a new… Read more »