Decision making
hideDecision making can be regarded as an outcome of mental processes (cognitive process) leading to the selection of a course of action among several alternatives. Every decision making process produces a final choice. The output can be an action or an opinion of choice.
For more information about Decision making, read the full article at
Wikipedia.
This text uses material from Wikipedia and is available under the GNU Free Documentation License.
News tagged with decision making
UCI robot to aid brain research
Nov 04, 2009 |
5 / 5 (2) |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- A robot powered by a computerized model of a rodent brain will help researchers from UC Irvine and UC San Diego understand how people recognize and adapt to change.
Under Pressure: The Impact of Stress on Decision Making
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 12, 2009 |
2 / 5 (2) |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- We are faced with making decisions all the time. Often, we will carefully deliberate the pros and cons of each item, taking into consideration past experiences with similar situations before making our ultimate ...
Search results for decision making
In Greenland, warming fuels dream of hidden wealth
Nov 27, 2009 |
3.5 / 5 (4) |
1
(AP) -- Gert Ignatiussen returns to this fjord-front Inuit town with the spoils of his hunting trip. Six seals, all killed with a single shot to the head.
More clarity needed on law of assisted suicide
Nov 27, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- Doctors need more clarity on what they can and cannot do within the current law on assisted suicide, according to an editorial by Dr Richard Huxtable and Professor Karen Forbes in this week's ...
Should I buy a PC or Mac?
Nov 25, 2009 |
2.9 / 5 (13) |
17
Q. Our 6-year-old PC computer is dying a slow death and we are considering moving to a new iMac but have a few concerns. First, of all, we have several Word documents on our disk drive now that we want to keep and add to ...
Magic box for mission impossible
Nov 25, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
On September 11, firefighters, police officers and ambulance workers faced a terrifying rescue effort in the World Trade Center complex. They battled to save people from the collapsing Twin Towers, searched for survivors, ...
Global study of salmon shows: 'Sustainable' food isn't so sustainable
Nov 24, 2009 |
4.8 / 5 (4) |
1
Popular thinking about how to improve food systems for the better often misses the point, according to the results of a three-year global study of salmon production systems. Rather than pushing for organic or land-based ...
Trying last-ditch lung bypass for worst swine flu
Nov 23, 2009 |
not rated yet |
1
(AP) -- A technology originally developed for premature babies may be helping to save some of the sickest swine flu patients by rerouting their blood so their lungs can rest.
GOP: Health test recommendations could affect care
Nov 21, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
(AP) -- Republicans are seizing on this week's recommendations for fewer Pap smears and mammograms to fuel concern about government-rationed medical care - and to try to chip away support by women for President ...
The court will now call its expert witness: the brain
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 20, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- Will advances in neuroscience make the justice system more accurate and unbiased? Or could brain-based testing wrongly condemn some and trample the civil liberties of others? The new field ...
AOL offers buyouts to over a third of work force
Nov 19, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
(AP) -- The struggling Internet company AOL plans to shed up to 2,500 jobs - more than a third of its work force - as it prepares to separate from Time Warner and finally sever their ill-fated marriage.
People work harder when expecting a future challenging task
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 17, 2009 |
3.3 / 5 (4) |
1
Consumers will work harder on a task if they're expecting to have to do something difficult at a later time, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.
List of search results for decision making
