Neuroscience
How imperfect memory causes poor choices
Quick: Pick your three favorite fast-food restaurants.
May 12, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Regret helps children to make better decisions
Regret gets a bad press. It is a painful emotion experienced upon realising that a different decision would have led to a better outcome. And it is something that we strive to avoid. In sharp contrast, our recent research ...
Jul 28, 2017
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Writing DNR orders takes longer, death more likely when surrogate decision-maker involved
Indiana University and Regenstrief Institute researchers report that it takes significantly longer for orders to forgo resuscitation in the event of cardiac arrest to be written for patients who had that decision made for ...
Jul 11, 2011
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Psychology & Psychiatry
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 their lives doesn’t ...
Feb 20, 2012
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Vaccination
National poll: 1 in 7 parents haven't discussed vaccines with their child's primary care provider during pandemic period
Parents may not always turn to health professionals for vaccine advice—and a small subset could even be avoiding the conversation—a new national poll suggests.
Nov 21, 2022
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Medical research
Exploring the role of AI in the ICU
Clinicians in an intensive care unit need to make complex decisions quickly and precisely, monitoring critically ill or unstable patients around the clock.
Apr 27, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Research reveals brain pathway that signals when we have made a mistake and facilitates better future decision-making
The Nobel prize winning physicist Niels Bohr once said, "An expert is a (person) that has made all the mistakes that can be made in a narrow field." This idea, that to master a skill we must learn from our mistakes and avoid ...
Apr 25, 2023
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New study suggests race might not influence life-sustaining treatment decisions in end-stage cancer
Sophisticated simulation techniques typically used for medical training could provide a powerful way of examining interactions between physicians and patients to reveal, for example, how race and other factors influence decision-making, ...
Jun 21, 2011
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Health
Physician-patient shared decision-making isn't always what it seems
Research shows there are many reasons why involving patients in decisions about their care is good medicine. Shared decision-making can increase patients' satisfaction, improve their understanding of the risks and benefits ...
May 27, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers assess the likelihood of sleep disorders after COVID-19
A team of researchers from the HSE Centre for Cognition and Decision Making and the Central State Medical Academy conducted a study on sleep disorders, mood and fatigue after COVID-19. These factors are interrelated and ...
Apr 14, 2022
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