News tagged with decision
New insight into addictive behavior offers treatment hope
Apr 29, 2009 |
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Addictive behaviour is determined by conscious, rapid thought processes, not necessarily by the content of visual stimuli as previously thought according to research funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research ...
People with higher IQs make wiser economic choices, study finds
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Apr 27, 2009 |
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People with higher measures of cognitive ability are more likely to make good choices in several different types of economic decisions, according to a new study with researchers from the University of Minnesota's Twin Cities ...
Quantum Theory May Explain Wishful Thinking
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Humans don’t always make the most rational decisions. As studies have shown, even when logic and reasoning point in one direction, sometimes we chose the opposite route, motivated by personal ...
Tweet this: Rapid-fire media may confuse your moral compass
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Apr 13, 2009 |
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Emotions linked to our moral sense awaken slowly in the mind, according to a new study from a neuroscience group led by corresponding author Antonio Damasio, director of the Brain and Creativity Institute at the University ...
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 ...
Green marketers should take cue from ten commandments
Mar 31, 2009 |
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Companies offering "green" products and services can improve sales by making simple shifts in marketing language, new research from The University of Texas at Austin and the University of South Carolina has demonstrated.
Giving doctors the complete picture
Mar 06, 2009 |
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During the course of a hospitalization, patients are seen by a variety of specialists in addition to the physician who has primary responsibility for their care. However, faulty communication, inappropriate timing, inadequate ...
Diverse skills, personalities aid top management teams -- up to a point
Feb 26, 2009 |
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Organizations that diversify the skill levels of their top leadership benefit more than those that try too hard for similar diversity in personality, according to the Management Insights feature in the current issue of Management ...
Internal choices are weaker than those dictated by the outside world
Feb 11, 2009 |
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The underlying sense of being in control of our own actions is challenged by new research from UCL (University College London) which demonstrates that the choices we make internally are weak and easily overridden compared ...
Health-care providers and patients differ on views of knee replacement
Jan 07, 2009 |
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Total knee replacement (TKR) is a common treatment for osteoarthritis, a disease affecting more than 20 million Americans. However, the surgery poses risks and both patients and physicians must carefully assess its potential ...
New study shows governments need more honest environmental accounting
Jan 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Queensland research is paving the way for better management of our precious natural environment.
Our unconscious brain makes the best decisions possible
Dec 24, 2008 |
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Researchers at the University of Rochester have shown that the human brain—once thought to be a seriously flawed decision maker—is actually hard-wired to allow us to make the best decisions possible with the information we ...
Determining responsibility and assigning punishment governed by different brain systems
Dec 10, 2008 |
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A new study reveals that humans use different neural mechanisms for determining criminal responsibility and assigning an appropriate punishment. The research, published by Cell Press in the December 11th issue of the journal ...
Conscious vs. unconscious thought in making complicated decisions
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 09, 2008 |
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When faced with a difficult decision, we try to come up with the best choice by carefully considering all of the options, maybe even resorting to lists and lots of sleepless nights. So it may be surprising that recent studies ...
UK kidney cancer patients face toxic, out-dated treatments with little hope of change
Dec 09, 2008 |
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Leading oncologist Professor Tim Eisen has expressed concerns that patients with advanced kidney cancer could be condemned to toxic, barely effective, 20 year-old treatments because the National Institute for Health and Clinical ...
