Weighing your options? Thinking of less supportive relationships leads to wanting more choice
(Phys.org)—People who view their relationships as secure have less need to consider many options when making choices about purchases, a new University of Michigan study shows.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 27, 2012 |
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Managerial role associated with more automatic decision-making
Managers and non-managers show distinctly different brain activation patterns when making decisions, according to research published Aug. 22 in the open access journal PLOS ONE.
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Aug 22, 2012 |
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Thinking and choosing in the brain: Researchers study over 300 lesion patients
The frontal lobes are the largest part of the human brain, and thought to be the part that expanded most during human evolution. Damage to the frontal lobes—which are located just behind and above the ...
Neuroscience
Aug 21, 2012 |
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Front-most part of the cortex involved in making short-term predictions about what will happen next
Researchers at the University of Iowa, together with colleagues from the California Institute of Technology and New York University, have discovered how a part of the brain helps predict future events from ...
Neuroscience
Jun 19, 2012 |
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Women with irregular heart rhythm carry a higher risk of stroke than men
Women with irregular heart rhythm (known as atrial fibrillation) have a moderately increased risk of stroke compared with men, suggesting that female sex should be considered when making decisions about anti-clotting treatment, ...
Cardiology
May 31, 2012 |
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Fantasizing about your dream vacation could lead to poor decision-making
Summer vacation time is upon us. If you have been saving up for your dream vacation for years, you may want to make sure your dream spot is still the best place to go. A new study has found that when we fantasize about such ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
May 31, 2012 |
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People know when to move on
(Medical Xpress) -- People make decisions all the time. What sandwich to order, whether to walk through that puddle or around it, what school to go to and so on. However, psychologists disagree on how good we are at making ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
May 30, 2012 |
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Decision-making can and must be learned -- new test measures risk intelligence
(Medical Xpress) -- Tests exist for evaluating personality, intelligence and memory. However, up to now, it was not easily possible to find out how good someone is at making decisions in risky situations.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 11, 2012 |
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Rats match humans in decision-making that involves combining different sensory cues: study
The next time you set a trap for that rat running around in your basement, here's something to consider: you are going up against an opponent whose ability to assess the situation and make decisions is statistically ...
Neuroscience
Mar 13, 2012 |
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Difficult discussions now can ease difficult decisions later for patients with heart failure
Patients with advanced heart failure should have ongoing conversations with their healthcare providers to make informed decisions about treatment options that match their personal values, goals and preferences, according ...
Cardiology
Mar 05, 2012 |
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Family preferences strongly influence decision making in very premature deliveries
When making decisions and counseling about risk and management options for deliveries between 22 and 26 weeks (periviable deliveries), obstetricians are heavily influenced by family preferences, particularly by the impression ...
Obstetrics & gynaecology
Mar 02, 2012 |
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Metacognition: I know (or don't know) that I know
At New York University, Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Steve Fleming is exploring the neural basis of metacognition: how we think about thinking, and how we assess the accuracy of our decisions, ...
Neuroscience
Feb 27, 2012 |
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Right choice, but not the intuitive one
To take a gratifying, low-paying job or a well-paid corporate position, to get married or play the field, to move across the country or stay put: The fact that most people face such choices at some point in ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 20, 2012 |
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Testosterone makes us less cooperative and more egocentric, study finds
Testosterone makes us overvalue our own opinions at the expense of cooperation, research from the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging at University College London has found. The findings may have implications for how group ...
Medical research
Jan 31, 2012 |
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Internet addiction disorder characterized by abnormal white matter integrity
Internet addiction disorder may be associated with abnormal white matter structure in the brain, as reported in the Jan. 11 issue of the online journal PLoS ONE. These structural features may be linked to behavioral impair ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 11, 2012 |
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