From the Association for Psychological Science press release: A study published in the journal Psychological Science found that young adults — contrary to how they are sometimes portrayed in the media — tend to make highly rational…
From the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University press release: Every day, we make hundreds of decisions. While most are small and inconsequential, like choosing what to eat or wear, others are…
From the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute press release: Let’s say you want to purchase a camera, and you’re comparing two different advertisements. In one, the font, colors, and layout make the information easy to read. The…
From the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus press release: A little understood region of the cerebellum plays a critical role in making split-second `go-no go’ decisions, according to a new study from researchers at…
From the Society for Neuroscience press release: People are better at learning and decision-making when trying to avoid harm to others, according to new research published in JNeurosci. Humans are often motivated by self-interest. Participants in…
From the College of Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University press release: Biomedical Engineering’s Matthew Smith and Byron Yu, along with former Ph.D. student Ben Cowley (School of Computer Science ’18), have studied the neural basis through…
From the American Marketing Association press release: Researchers from University of New South Wales, University of Southern California, and Imperial College London published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing that analyzes how varying levels of…
From the New York University press release: The chances of a commercial airliner crashing are vanishingly small — and yet many people are uncomfortable flying. Vaccination for many common childhood diseases entail almost no risk…
From the University of Tsukuba press release: In Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Indiana must choose his grail “wisely,” as a poor choice spells instant death. According to a new study by Professor Masayuki…
From the University of Zurich press release: Be it booking flight tickets, buying a car or finding a new apartment, we always come up against the same question: Should I strike while the iron’s hot,…