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Calorie Labels Affect Decision Making in Overweight Individuals
When calorie information was displayed people who were overweight showed decision making that was similar to those who had normal weight.
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The Surprising Secret to Breaking Through a Mental Block, According to Science
When you’re wrestling with a tough decision or you’re trying to solve a hard problem, you might assume you just need to think harder. But concentrating harder won’t force a ‘eureka moment’ when you’re experiencing a
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Force Overtime? Or Go for the Win?
On Jan. 16, 2016, with time expiring in the fourth quarter of a playoff game between the Green Bay Packers and the Arizona Cardinals, the Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers completed an improbable Hail Mary touchdown
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Intuition May Overpower Probability in Decision Making
From football to blackjack, simply detecting an error in judgement may not be enough to alter behavior.
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New Research From Psychological Science
A sample of new research exploring: judgment, uncertainty, and optimism; processing of object-scene relations; and orienting biases in visual attention.
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Psychological Scientists Celebrate Thaler at Nobel Ceremony
University of Chicago economist Richard H. Thaler, whose work has roots in the groundbreaking research of APS William James Fellows Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky, received the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences on December 10
