From the AFTAU press release: Decision-making is an inevitable part of the human experience, and one of the most mysterious. For centuries, scientists have studied how we go about the difficult task of choosing A…
From the Springer press release: Parents need to be good role models to help their children make sensible financial decisions, according to Adam Hancock and his team, from East Carolina University in the US. Their…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: You’re in a store, trying to choose between similar shirts, one blue and one green. You don’t feel strongly about one over the other, but eventually you…
From the Public Library of Science press release via EurekAlert!: When making decisions about the value of an assortment of different objects, people approximate an average overall value, which though frequently useful can lead to…
From the Northwestern University press release via EurekAlert!: You’ve probably never given much thought to the fact that picking up your cup of morning coffee presents your brain with a set of complex decisions. You…
From the Arizona State University press release via EurekAlert!: Scientists at Arizona State University have discovered that ants utilize a strategy to handle “information overload.” Temnothorax rugatulus ants, commonly found living in rock crevices in…
From the Ohio State University press release by Jeff Grabmeier: If experts thought they knew anything about individual investors, it was this: their emotions lead them to sell winning stocks too soon and hold on…
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 from BI Norwegian Business School…
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 University of Michigan study shows.…
From the Caltech press release by Katie Neith via ScienceDaily: The frontal lobes are the largest part of the human brain, and thought to be the part that expanded most during human evolution. Damage to…