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No Bad Luck This Friday Unless You Think it Will Happen
Have you watched the movie Friday the 13th? Scary, isn’t it? Well, perhaps not quite as scary as the infamous Rebecca Black song, “Friday” – but close enough. If you are one of those who
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Decision-Making Under Stress: The Brain Remembers Rewards, Forgets Punishments
TIME: If you’re trying to make an important decision while the baby is crying, the boss is shouting on the phone and the cat has chosen this moment to think outside the box, you might
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How does stress affect your decision-making?
CBC News: New research suggests people under stress are more likely to look on the positive side of things when making choices. Researchers studying the effects of stress on decision-making found that anxiety changes the
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El estrés cambia la forma en la que se toman decisiones
ABC Salud: El estrés cambia la forma en la que se toman decisiones, alterando la manera en la que las personas sopesan riesgos y beneficios. Así lo apunta un estudio de llevado a cabo por
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Stress Changes How People Make Decisions
Trying to make a big decision while you’re also preparing for a scary presentation? You might want to hold off on that. Feeling stressed changes how people weigh risk and reward. A new article published
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Updating the Psychology of Self-Control
The Wall Street Journal: An influential theory of self-control holds that willpower is like a muscle — it is depleted through exertion, and it can be replenished by ingesting simple carbohydrates. There’s a book out
