From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Trying to make a big decision while you’re also preparing for a scary presentation? You might want to hold off on that. Feeling stressed changes how people…
From the Arizona State University press release via Physorg: Whether you’re a safe, conservative investor or a fast-trading stock-swapper, genes may actually play a role in some of your decisions. Individuals frequently exhibit investment biases,…
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 in the Journal of Consumer…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Cancer risks. Investment alternatives. Calories. Numbers are everywhere in daily life, and they figure into all sorts of decisions. A new article published in Current Directions in Psychological…
From the University of Iowa press release: Money is great for buying stuff, but a new study by University of Iowa finance professors suggests it’s also useful for keeping score and might help people make…
From the Brown University press release: Life shrouds most choices in mystery. Some people inch toward a comfortable enough spot and stick close to that rewarding status quo. Out to dinner, they order the usual.…
From the University of Abertay Dundee via MedicalXPress: New research from the University of Abertay Dundee has found evidence that left-handed people may be better decision makers than their right-handed counterparts. The new behavioural research,…
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 at the University of Melbourne…
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 later on, according to new…
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 London) has found. The findings…