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Be your best friend if you'll be mine: Alliance Hypothesis for Human Friendship
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 03, 2009 |
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University of Pennsylvania psychologists studying the cognitive mechanisms behind human friendship have determined that how you rank your best friends is closely related to how you think your friends rank you. The results ...
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Risky decision-making essential to entrepreneurialism
Nov 12, 2008 |
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Whether someone will become the next Richard Branson, Steve Jobs or Henry Ford may be down to whether they make risky decisions, scientists at the University of Cambridge have concluded.
The Protein for Quick Decision-Makers
Oct 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Everyday, people are required to make decisions quickly and flexibly. In a flash, they must weigh up the advantages, disadvantages and possible consequences of their behaviour and coordinate it with the relevant ...
The choice is ours
Apr 02, 2008 |
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The option to choose among several courses of action is often associated with the feeling of being in control. Yet, in certain situations, one may prefer to decline such agency and instead leave the choice to someone else ...
From stress to financial mess: Study suggests acute stress affects financial decision making
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Apr 01, 2009 |
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It is not surprising that as our economy continues its freefall, we are feeling increasingly more stressed and worried. Many of us are feeling extreme unease about the security of our jobs and being able to make our next ...
Unconscious Decisions in the Brain
Apr 14, 2008 |
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Already several seconds before we consciously make a decision its outcome can be predicted from unconscious activity in the brain. This is shown in a study by scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Human ...
Financial advice causes 'off-loading' in the brain
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 24, 2009 |
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A study using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) shows that expert advice may shut down areas of the brain responsible for decision-making processes, particularly when individuals are trying to evaluate a situation ...
Don't count on long-term success in climate policy, warns paper in Decision Analysis
Jul 01, 2008 |
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Long-term climate change policy in the U.S. and abroad is likely to change very slowly, warns a researcher who calls for stronger short-term goals to reduce carbon emissions, according to a study published in Decision An ...
New Cortex Study Uncovers How We Recognize What is True and What is False
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jun 17, 2009 |
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A recent neuroimaging study reveals that the ability to distinguish true from false in our daily lives involves two distinct processes. Previous research relied heavily on the premise that true and false statements are both ...
Study explores how women make decisions about breast cancer surgery
Oct 26, 2009 |
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For women just diagnosed with breast cancer, one of the important decisions confronting them is whether to have a lumpectomy or mastectomy. A diagnosis of breast cancer will affect one in every eight women in the United States, ...
Boosting self-esteem can backfire in decision-making
Mar 31, 2008 |
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Smart business leaders understand that confidence affects decision-making and ultimately a company’s earnings. But giving employees positive feedback in the hopes of promoting better decisions sometimes can backfire, suggests ...
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