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Control Yourself! Inhibiting Physical Action Cuts Risky Gambling and Drinking
TIME: Want to gamble smarter, make less risky financial decisions or cut down on your drinking? Practice stopping yourself midway through a simple physical movement, new research suggests. Although controlling risky impulses may seem unrelated
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Training People to Inhibit Movements Can Reduce Risk-Taking
New research from psychological scientists at the Universities of Exeter and Cardiff shows that people can be trained to become less impulsive, resulting in less risk-taking during gambling. The research could pave the way for
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Cycles of Dread: The Terror in Terrorism
Almost 3000 people died in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. That includes the victims in or near the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and all the passengers in the four commandeered jets, including the flight that
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Week in Ideas
The Wall Street Journal: Psychology Fast and Furious Could the hectic pace of modern life be spurring people to make risky choices? Researchers tested the effects of “thought speed” on appetite for risk. First, three
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Rapid Thinkers Take Greater Risks
The Atlantic: Pop quiz: do you consider yourself a fast thinker or a slow thinker? Time’s up! If you took less than a second to answer that, you might be more of a risk-taker. That’s
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The Real Risks of ‘Racy’ Thinking
Huffington Post: I worked in the news business for many years, and sometimes the pace could get hectic. But the work day didn’t really charge up until mid-morning. In the early-morning hours, my routine was
