Hunger Games: How Gut Hormones Hijack the Brain’s Decision Desk
Researchers have found that hunger hormones in the gut directly affect the brain’s hippocampus, influencing eating decisions. This discovery, made through a study on mice,…
Researchers have found that hunger hormones in the gut directly affect the brain’s hippocampus, influencing eating decisions. This discovery, made through a study on mice,…
Smart drugs do motivate people, but the added effort can lead to “erratic thinking,” adversely affecting above-average performers, according to researchers. New research from the…
How do humans make decisions when the outcomes are uncertain? One possible way would be to calculate the expected value of each option by multiplying…
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…
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…
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….
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…