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A Lack of Self Control during Adolescence Is Not Uniquely Human

August 21, 2019

Structural, functional, and neurophysiological comparisons between us and macaque monkeys show that this difficulty in stoppi...

Neuroscientists Make Major Breakthrough in 200-Year-Old Puzzle

August 13, 2019

Many explanations for Weber's Law have been proposed through the years

How We Make Complex Decisions

May 17, 2019

Neuroscientists identify a brain circuit that helps break decisions down into smaller pieces

Scientists Locate Brain Area Where Value Decisions Are Made

May 14, 2019

Researchers have pinpointed the brain area responsible for value decisions that are made based on past experiences...

The Neurobiological Basis of Leadership

August 3, 2018

Leaders are more willing to take responsibility for making decisions that affect the welfare of others, according to a new st...

4 Ways to Improve Inter-Generational Decision Making

September 21, 2017

The hardest type of decisions to make are those in which there are multiple generations involved in the process

Your Hands May Reveal the Struggle to Maintain Self-Control

July 10, 2017

Study shows decision-making in real time

What Free Will Looks Like in the Brain

July 15, 2016

Johns Hopkins scientists observe human brain as individuals make purely voluntary decisions to act

In Making Tough Decisions, Plants Weigh the Risks

June 30, 2016

"To our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of an adaptive response to risk in an organism without a nervous system"...

"Grazie","Prego" - Thanks for the Good Decision

October 8, 2015

The vast majority of people have never been trained to make good decisions, and relying on our own good intentions isn't alwa...

Why Good Managers Sometimes Make Bad Crisis Leaders

February 11, 2015

You are the manager of a big company and you know your business. Each day, you make important decisions regarding money, poli...

Scientists Surprised to Find Significant Adverse Effects of CO2 on Human Decision-Making Performance

October 19, 2012

Overturning decades of conventional wisdom, researchers at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Labora...

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