Tag: decisionmaking

Study suggests distance can help with consumer decision-making

From the University of Chicago Press Journals press release via EurekAlert!: Consumers who are having trouble making decisions can benefit from creating some psychological—or physical—distance, according to a new study… Read more »

Study suggests pronounceability of name can affect other people’s impressions

From the University of Melbourne press release: Having a simple, easy-to-pronounce name is more likely to win you friends and favour in the workplace, a study by Dr Simon Laham… Read more »

Study suggests that in a scandal, corporations tend to use others’ misbehaviour to justify their own

From the Rice University press release: Among corporations involved in the 2006 stock-option backdating scandal, those implicated earlier were more likely to dismiss their top executives than those that surfaced… Read more »

Study examines effect of testosterone on group decisionmaking

From the Wellcome Trust press release: Testosterone makes us overvalue our own opinions at the expense of cooperation, research from the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging at UCL (University College… Read more »

Study looks at how the brain processes decisions about whether to sell out

From the Emory University press release: An Emory University neuro-imaging study shows that personal values that people refuse to disavow, even when offered cash to do so, are processed differently… Read more »