News tagged with human decision processes


Can intuition resolve Christmas gift dilemmas? New research suggests it can help

The clock is ticking and you still haven't decided what to get that special someone in your life for the holidays. When it comes to those last-minute gift-buying decisions for family and close friends, intuition may be the ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Dec 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In decision-making, it might be worth trusting your gut

Turns out the trope is true: You should trust your gut—as long as you're an expert. So says a new study from researchers at Rice University, George Mason University and Boston College.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Dec 14, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Genes could be powerful predictor of our capacity to deal with stress, study shows

(Medical Xpress)—Work stress, job satisfaction and health problems due to high stress have more to do with genes than you might think, according to research by Timothy Judge, professor of management at the University of ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Sep 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Awareness biases information processing

How does awareness influence information processing during decision making in the human brain? A new study led by Floris de Lange of the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour at Radboud University Nijmegen, ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Nov 22, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Different ages need different risk messages, research finds

(Medical Xpress) -- From emergency evacuation notices to how many vegetables to eat, people need good information to make good choices. Ineffective risk communication, such as the drug warning inserts in tiny type on paper ...

Health created Oct 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0