Study reveals how specific tasks are distributed to different areas within the prefrontal cortex to help with decision-making processes.
A new mathematical model has the potential to accurately distinguish a misunderstanding from false information and lies.
A new theory of decision-making helps explain why humans often make decisions that are simply adequate, not optimal. According to the theory, people often use relative thinking when they should use absolutes, and vice-versa.
The brain maximizes performance while minimizing cost by using data compression to help optimize decision-making.
Decisive people may be more confident in their choices, but that does not mean they are better at making decisions than the rest of us.
Sometimes, changing your mind about an initial decision can lead to a better overall outcome and success.
Study explores brain activity in primates and humans when presented with a choice between one option that maximizes information and another which prioritizes reward during decision making.
Striosomes, a collection of neurons in the brain's striatum, help with decision-making that requires the evaluation of risks and benefits.
When choosing between high-value items, people's decisions tend to be faster and more accurate.
Cannabis use leads to cognitive impairments that extend beyond the period of intoxication.
A new computational model found decisions people are most likely to feel right about are a result of the attentional effort to consciously weigh up different options.
When presented with a moral decision in their native language by people with a foreign accent, people tend to make more rational decisions.
