Tag: decisionmaking

Study suggests brain responses may help marketers predict people’s decisions

From the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business press release: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is typically used by medical professionals to visualize the internal structures of the human body. By… Read more »

Study suggests thinking in a foreign language may help economic decision-making

From the University of Chicago press release via EurekAlert!: In a study with implications for businesspeople in a global economy, researchers at the University of Chicago have found that people… Read more »

Study suggests lack of sleep may produce unethical behaviour

From the Pamplin College of Business press release: Many studies have looked at the impact of sleep deprivation on workers’ health, safety, and morale, says Pamplin College of Business management… Read more »

Study suggests optimistic people are more likely to trust salespeople … after they’ve made a purchase

From the University of Chicago Press Journals press release via EurekAlert!: People who believe the world is a just place trust salespeople more than consumers who don’t—but only after they’ve… Read more »

Study looks at effects of global financial crisis on consumer decision-making

From the University of Chicago Press Journals press release via EurekAlert!: Consumers who feel financially deprived are more likely to seek scarce products, according to a new study in the… Read more »

Study looks at why decisionmaking ability in unfamiliar situations decreases with age

From the Vanderbilt University press release: If you are an aging baby boomer and you’ve noticed it’s a bit harder to drive to unfamiliar locations or to pick a new… Read more »

Study suggests contact networks have no influence on cooperation among individuals

From the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid press release via AlphaGalileo: Researchers at Carlos III University of Madrid and the University of Zaragoza theoretically predict, in a scientific study, that… Read more »

Study links neural variability to short-term memory and decision-making

From the University of Pittsburgh press release: A team of University of Pittsburgh mathematicians is using computational models to better understand how the structure of neural variability relates to such… Read more »