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When it comes to complex medical decisions, cold hard statistics may hold little sway over patients in the face of a single, compelling anecdote.
“There’s an old trope that says justice is ‘what the judge ate for breakfast,’” writes Ed Yong on Discover Magazine’s “Not Exactly Rocket Science” blog — which is to say that “the law, being a human concoction, is subject to the same foibles, biases and imperfections that affect everything humans do,” biases like a bad [...]
What’s in a name? Letters that offer clues to one’s future decisions, apparently.
Anecdotally, we know we make worse decisions when we’re tired than after a good night’s sleep. Now, a new study published in the Journal of Neuroscience puts a finer point on the link between sleep deprivation and unwise decision-making, finding that a sleepy brain tends to make overly optimistic gambles.
It’s hard to imagine anything young people might value more than food, getting an extra paycheck or even having sex, but according to the results of a recent study in the Journal of Personality there is one thing prized most among college students: a boost to their self-esteem.
Malcom Gladwell makes it sound so easy. Need a burst of insight or inspiration? Just blink and the truth will reveal itself to you.
Beyond making you cranky and impatient, it turns out that being hungry—or more specifically, having low blood sugar—may actually change the way that you make decisions. In a new study published in the journal Psychological Science, University of South Dakota researchers X.T. Wang and Robert D. Dvorak found that people with lower blood sugar levels [...]
Although arthritis is extremely common, people still have many misconceptions about the disease. How much do you really know?
