Tag: decisionmaking

Study suggests young adults tend to be rational when selecting potential mates

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 —… Read more »

Study suggests consumers value difficult decisions over easy choices

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… Read more »

Study suggests cerebellum is key to split-second decision-making

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… Read more »

Study suggests learning to avoid harm to others recruits the social brain, improves decision-making

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… Read more »

Study looks at how the brain’s internal states affect decision-making

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… Read more »

Study looks at how anxiety and hope can drive new product adoption

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… Read more »

Study identifies the cognitive limitations that hamper our decision-making

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… Read more »

Study suggests dopamine neurons can represent economic decision-making process

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… Read more »