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Weighing the Risks
No one can know everything; in our daily lives, we make do with the best information we can get. Psychological scientists are working to understand how people choose to learn facts about the world when
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How to improve decision-making and keep from getting sidetracked
Minnesota Public Radio – The Daily Circuit: The McMaster’s DeGroote School of Business study shows that companies with women on their boards get better results. The cooperative form of decision-making that women leaders engage in
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The Two Faces of Attractiveness
Imagine that you’re an early human, trying to make your way in a perilous world. One very useful talent would be reading and reacting to the faces of other early humans—rapidly categorizing them into good
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Conservatism and Product Purchase
The Huffington Post: When you meet new people, there are a few things you can find out about them that seem to say a lot about them. The music people listen to, for example, seems
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For Obesity, the Future Is Now
Obesity is largely a failure of self-control. I know it’s possible to quibble about calories and carbs and dietary fat, but fundamentally, obesity comes down to valuing fattening foods today, in this moment, more than
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The White House Budget: Does It Distort The Science of Choice?
President Obama’s budget proposal released this week has turned the arcane term “chained CPI” into a controversial buzz phrase. This new calculation for the Consumer Price Index (CPI) assumes that as prices rise, consumers will
