How Parents Decide if They Should Vaccinate Their Kids Against COVID-19
New study explores complexity of decision-making. A recent study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) on February 21 has found that the decision…
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How Does the Brain Decide in Chaos?
The brain uses data compression while making decisions. If you grew up in the 1980s or like playing old video games, you might be familiar with…
Drinking Coffee Can Make You More Impulsive and Cause You To Spend More Money
According to international research conducted by the University of South Florida, caffeine influences what you purchase and how much you spend when you go shopping….
Why Do We Forget? New Theory Says “Forgetting” Is Actually a Form of Learning
We create countless memories as we live our lives but many of these we forget. Why? Counter to the general assumption that memories simply decay…
Zebrafish in Virtual Reality Experiment Predict the Future To Avoid Danger
Scientists from the RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS) and collaborators in Japan have discovered particular neurons in the brain that monitor whether predictions made…
Top 11 Reasons for COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy – First: Mistrust of Government
People’s trust in the government’s approval of a safe and effective vaccine against COVID-19 is the biggest driver of vaccine uptake, an Australian study has…
“Hijacked” by Arousal: How a Racing Heart May Alter Decision-Making Brain Circuits
Mount Sinai study discovers that body-state monitoring neurons can hijack the decision-making process. Anxiety, addiction, and other psychiatric disorders are often characterized by intense states…
To Cheat or Not To Cheat? Cognitive Control Can Drive Cheaters To Be Honest and Honest People To Cheat
The ability of cognitive control allows humans to override the brain’s impulses, like focusing on one person in the crowd and ignoring distractions. It also…
It’s Not in the Brain: Why Independent Cultures Think Alike When It Comes to Categories
In contrast to prior hypotheses, this experiment shows that people are not born with category systems already in their brains. Imagine you gave the exact…
Why Your Gut Instinct Is Wrong at Work – And How to Know When It Isn’t
Let’s say you’re interviewing a new applicant for a job and you feel something is off. You can’t quite put your finger on it, but…
Flexibility Paradox: Scientists Uncover Hidden Threat of Working From Home
Yes, there are benefits to working from the home office; but there are traps, too. Working at home has given many people the opportunity to…
Brain Mechanisms Underlying Irrational Decision-Making: “Happy Endings” Can Bias Future Decisions
Our brains can’t always reliably evaluate experiences that unfold over time We tend to give disproportionate weight to the later part of an experience This…
Humans Are Less in Control of Their Brains Than Previously Thought
Most of the actions that people take for granted are the result of a set of complex decisions that the brain deals with. The decisions…
