Latest

decision making

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles Visual Neuroscience

·July 27, 2021·4 min read

How Decisions About What We See Are Relayed Back Through the Brain

Study reveals how decisions based on visual information, which involves a complex stream of data flowing forwards and backward along the visual pathways, are broadcast widely to neurons in the visual system, including those not involved in the decision-making process.

This shows a man in a business suit pointing aggressively

Featured Psychology

·July 10, 2021·5 min read

The Outsized Impacts of Rudeness in the Workplace

Rudeness in the workplace boosts negative emotions, narrowing workers' perceptions and incurring biases in judgment.

Featured Psychology

·June 19, 2021·2 min read

Use Rewards Effectively to Boost Creativity

Offering a range of rewards for people to choose from helps to boost creativity, especially within the workforce, a new study reports.

This shows a woman surrounded by questionmarks

Featured Psychology

·June 18, 2021·2 min read

Going With Your Gut Can Result in Better Decision-Making Than Using Detailed Data Methods

People who trust their gut instinct with simple decision-making strategies make equally as good, but faster, decisions as those who rely on data methods alone.

Featured Psychology

·June 17, 2021·4 min read

Writing Can Improve Mental Health

From reflective journaling to creative prose, writing can help boost self-esteem, deepen a sense of self-control, and improve self-awareness. Writing can also help reduce stress, anxiety, and depression.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·June 11, 2021·6 min read

Brain Areas Involved in Seeking Information About Bad Possibilities Identified

Study reveals specific neurons in the ventrolateral prefrontal cortex and anterior cingulate cortex that become active when people are faced with the decision to learn or hide from information about an adverse event the person is not able to prevent.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles Visual Neuroscience

·June 9, 2021·3 min read

Brain Connections Mean Some People Lack Visual Imagery

People with hyperphantasia, the ability to visualize vividly, have stronger connections between their visual brain network and decision-making networks. By contrast, those with aphantasia, an inability to visualize, have weaker connections between the brain regions.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·June 3, 2021·4 min read

Neuroscience Doesn’t Undermine Free Will After All

A new study brings into question conventional theories of the neuroscience of free will. Researchers found readiness potential reflects neural activity that underlies the formation of a decision to move, rather than the outcome to move.

This shows a pair of men's shoes and arrows on a road

Featured Psychology

·June 1, 2021·3 min read

Men Make More Extreme Choices and Decisions

Why males may be more prone to make more extreme choices, their decisions do not necessarily have a negative outcome.

This shows the outline of a girl and a sign post reading "this way" and "that way"

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·May 20, 2021·4 min read

Independent of IQ, “Decision Acuity” Predicts Broad Range of Decision-Making Abilities

Independent of IQ, decision acuity predicted performance in decision-making tasks. This factored higher in older adults and increased in light of parental education.

This shows three arrows pointing in different directions and men's shoes

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·May 12, 2021·4 min read

How Imperfect Memory Causes Poor Choices

When faced with having to make good choices, we often forget the option we like best and tend to be swayed by what we remember.

This shows a cartoon of the space invader game

Featured Psychology

·March 28, 2021·4 min read

Teens Ignore Advice, but Only When They Know Better

Teens are more likely to ignore advice than younger children, but only when the advice offered is bad. This is because teens are better at judging their own decisions, researchers say. The findings reveal the development of metacognition may be a key driver of developing independence during teenage years.

1 … 9 10 11 12 13 … 30

decision making

How Decisions About What We See Are Relayed Back Through the Brain

The Outsized Impacts of Rudeness in the Workplace

Use Rewards Effectively to Boost Creativity

Going With Your Gut Can Result in Better Decision-Making Than Using Detailed Data Methods

Writing Can Improve Mental Health

Brain Areas Involved in Seeking Information About Bad Possibilities Identified

Brain Connections Mean Some People Lack Visual Imagery

Neuroscience Doesn’t Undermine Free Will After All

Men Make More Extreme Choices and Decisions

Independent of IQ, “Decision Acuity” Predicts Broad Range of Decision-Making Abilities

How Imperfect Memory Causes Poor Choices

Teens Ignore Advice, but Only When They Know Better

Rethinking Vibration as an Emotional Language

Immature Neurons and the Secret to Alzheimer’s Resilience

Molecular Trigger for Alzheimer’s Brain Inflammation Found

Early-Life Metal Exposure Linked to Adolescent Brain Health

Subscribe