Neuroscience

Understanding uncertainty with a new take on questionnaires

Researchers from the University of Nottingham have been working to address uncertainty in questionnaires across a variety of problems with support from the UK EPSRC and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC).  They ...

Medical research

Giving patients informed choices could reduce low-value care

To protect themselves from the potential harms of low value care, patients must take an active role in clinical decision making, according to the authors of a Perspective published today by the Medical Journal of Australia.

Psychology & Psychiatry

Psychedelic drugs: how the brains of informed users are different

There is a new generation of drug users out there who possess highly detailed pharmacological and technical knowledge about the drugs they take. "Psychonauts" (meaning "navigator of the soul") are enthusiastic and deliberate ...

Neuroscience

Making decisions based on how we feel about memories, not accuracy

When we recall a memory, we retrieve specific details about it: where, when, with whom. But we often also experience a vivid feeling of remembering the event, sometimes almost reliving it. Memory researchers call these processes ...

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