News articles tagged with 'decision'
Neurones cast votes to guide decision-making
— 9 Oct 2010 09:17 | HealthWe know that casting a ballot in the voting booth involves politics, values and personalities. But before you ever push the button for your candidate, your brain has already carried…
Video games lead to faster decisions that are no less accurate
— 14 Sep 2010 10:46 | TechnologyCognitive scientists from the University of Rochester have discovered that playing action video games trains people to make the right decisions faster. The researchers found that video…
Sizing up stockpiles of children's vaccines
— 11 Sep 2010 11:25 | HealthA creative version of a classic engineering technique may improve decisions about building and using supplies of important paediatric vaccines, potentially leading to lower public health…
Major moral decisions use general-purpose brain circuits to manage uncertainty
— 26 Aug 2010 09:37 | HealthScientists at Harvard University have found that humans can make difficult moral decisions using the same brain circuits as those used in more mundane choices related to money and food…
Study shows age doesn't necessarily affect decision-making
— 30 Jun 2010 11:51 | HealthMany people believe that getting older means losing a mental edge, leading to poor decision-making. But a new study from North Carolina State University shows that when it comes to…
Why humans believe that better things come to those who wait
— 15 Apr 2010 09:44 | HealthNew research reveals a brain circuit that seems to underlie the ability of humans to resist instant gratification and delay reward for months, or even years, in order to earn a better…
More than one-quarter of elderly patients lack decision-making capacity at death
— 1 Apr 2010 09:42 | HealthMore than one in four elderly Americans lacked the capacity to make their own medical care decisions at the end of life, according to a study of 3,746 people to be published April 1…
Armed with information, people make poor choices, study finds
— 1 Apr 2010 09:36 | HealthWhen faced with a choice that could yield either short-term satisfaction or longer-term benefits, people with complete information about the options generally go for the quick reward,…
Many factors contribute to adolescents' decision-making autonomy
— 26 Mar 2010 14:54 | HealthDecision making within families is an important way for young people to gain independence and responsibility, and adolescence is a time of increasing autonomy. A longitudinal study…
Gaining autonomy through decision-making
— 25 Mar 2010 11:34 | HealthDecision making within families is an important way for young people to gain independence and responsibility, and adolescence is a time of increasing autonomy. A new longitudinal study…