Sometimes a choice over what to order at a restaurant or wear to work can feel as much an ordeal as major life decisions. Here’s what psychology research shows about why.
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Erroneous calls increase the chances of subsequent calls in favor of the person who was harmed. What drives this behavior, and do people even recognize they’re doing it?
A new study shows indecisive people should go easier on themselves.
People have plenty of individual reasons to stick with or end a romantic relationship. But researchers have identified some common themes that influence this big decision.
Freedom of choice is a pillar of Western culture. But can too much of it be a bad thing?
The decisions we make in life often come down to Bayes’ Theorem, but most of us don’t even realise what it is. So how does it work?
Kenneth Arrow, the Nobel prize winner who died last month, showed us there is no perfect voting rule. So how does his theory work?
In part nine of our multi-disciplinary Millennium Project series, Cliff Hooker argues that to get any better at decision-making, we must first face up to our limitations. Global challenge 9: How can the…
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Director of the Complex Adaptive Systems Research Group, University of Newcastle
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Professor in Evolutionary Biology (jointly appointed with South Australian Museum), Flinders University
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Professor of Psychology, Monmouth University
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Postdoctoral research associate, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
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Scientia Associate Professor, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Lab Director, Social Psychophysiology Laboratory, University at Buffalo
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Associate Professor of Psychology, University at Buffalo
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Assistant Professor of Management, Boise State University
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Professor in Decision Science, University of Southampton
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Research scientist in Psychology, Cardiff University
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Assistant Professor of Industrial/Organizational Psychology, University of Akron
