News tagged with decision
Study: Terrorism Evokes Different Responses Among Genders and Personality Types
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Terrorism incites fear designed to coerce governments to act, according to definitions of "terrorism" in U.S. law, in U.N. resolutions and elsewhere. But terrorism often prompts as much anger and retaliation ...
Under pressure: The impact of stress on decision making
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Sep 15, 2009 |
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We are faced with making decisions all the time. Often, we carefully deliberate the pros and cons of our choices, taking into consideration past experiences in similar situations before making a final decision. However, a ...
Don't stand by me: When involving an interested party may not be in your best interest
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Sep 10, 2009 |
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When business leaders leave organizations following poor decisions, constituents often find comfort in replacing them with insiders - others familiar with the problem and original choices. But, new research shows that such ...
How do doctors really feel about surrogate decision making?
Sep 08, 2009 |
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A growing number of hospitalized adults are incapable of making their own health decisions, but little research has explored how doctors feel about making medical decisions with a patient's surrogate decision ...
Monkey brains signal the desire to explore
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Sep 04, 2009 |
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Sticking with what you know often comes at the price of learning about more favorable alternatives.
How can clinicians help patients make decisions consistent with their values?
Aug 25, 2009 |
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Communication in healthcare: how can clinicians help patients make decisions consistent with their values?
When Mom Dates, Dad Stops Visiting His Kids
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 03, 2009 |
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New research from the Journal of Marriage and Family shows that children born outside of marriage are less likely to be visited by their father when the mother is involved in a new romantic relationship. Many children born out ...
The unwelcome gift: Marketing and cross-cultural differences
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Jul 20, 2009 |
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Westerner consumers are more receptive to unexpected promotional gifts than their East Asian counterparts, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.
Promises come at a price
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Jun 30, 2009 |
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Be careful what you promise people. You are not just obliging yourself to keep your promises; other people will hold you to account for them as well. Dutch-sponsored researcher Manuela Vieth investigated how the behaviour ...
Decision tool for prostate cancer patients helps men customize treatment in anxious time
Jun 15, 2009 |
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An online decision tool created in part by a graduate student at the University of California Irvine helps men diagnosed with prostate cancer sort through an intimidating flurry of possible treatments and customize treatment ...
FibroTest attributes to generate decision trees in hepatitis C
Jun 15, 2009 |
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In recent years the use of non-invasive biomarkers to assess liver fibrosis has become widely accepted. Although the combination of surrogate markers, such as those employed by the FibroTest, have a high predictive value ...
Be your best friend if you'll be mine: Alliance Hypothesis for Human Friendship
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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 ...
Brain cell mechanism for decision making also underlies judgment about certainty
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Countless times a day people judge their confidence in a choice they are about to make -- that they now can safely turn left at this intersection, that they aren't sure of their answer on ...
Genetic make-up influences biased economic decision-making, study shows
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May 05, 2009 |
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How would you respond if you were told that you had an 80% chance of surviving an operation - would you give consent? How about if you were told you had a 20% chance of dying? The answer may partly depend on your genetic ...
Researchers pinpoint the mechanisms of self-control in the brain
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Apr 30, 2009 |
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When you're on a diet, deciding to skip your favorite calorie-laden foods and eat something healthier takes a whole lot of self-control--an ability that seems to come easier to some of us than others. Now, ...
