From the University of Cincinnati press release: There are plenty of negatives associated with smart technology — tech neck, texting and driving, blue light rays — but there is also a positive: the digital age…
From the Northwestern University press release: Scientists have long known the brain’s hippocampus is crucial for long-term memory. Now a new Northwestern Medicine study has found the hippocampus also plays a role in short-term memory…
From the University of Notre Dame press release: Like beauty, fairness is in the eye of the beholder. In the workplace, whether or not we believe that a supervisor has treated us fairly depends on…
From the Max Planck Institute for Human Development press release: Human decision-making depends on the flexible processing of complex information, but how the brain may adapt processing to momentary task demands has remained unclear. In…
From the Cell Press press release: A common factor called “decision acuity” underpins diverse decision-making abilities in adolescents and young adults, suggests a study appearing May 20th in the journal Neuron. A large set of behavioral…
From the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute press release: Numeric anchoring is a long-established technique of marketing communication. Once a price is mentioned, that number serves as the basis for — or “anchors” — all future discussions…
From the University of California – Berkeley press release: The more chaotic things get, the harder it is for people with clinical anxiety and/or depression to make sound decisions and to learn from their mistakes.…
From the University of British Columbia press release: People with gambling problems are less likely to consider important information that could prevent them from losing, according to new research published today from the UBC’s Centre…
From the Emory Health Sciences press release: Neuroscientists have provided clear visual evidence that a region of the human brain known as the ventral striatum kicks in during decision-making to weigh the costs versus the…
From the Virginia Tech press release: Your high school friends may have had a bigger influence on your behavior than you once thought. Prior studies about peer pressure have focused on why adolescents are likely…