Twelve-year-old Jaysen Carr died in July 2025. While he swam in Lake Murray, a reservoir a few miles from Columbia, South ...

A study from Dresden University of Technology (TUD) finds that previous actions shape current decisions more strongly than ...

Key points If someone made perfectly accurate judgments and sound decisions, would we recognize it? The science and philosophy of judgment and decision-making suggests that the answer is often “no.” ...

By recognizing the value of both intuitive and analytical thinking, individuals can enhance their decision-making abilities ...

Human beings behave irrationally — or as an artificially intelligent robot might say, “sub-optimally.” Data, the emotionless yet affable android depicted in Star Trek: The Next Generation, regularly ...

As modern life demands thousands of daily choices, emerging research reveals how cumulative decision-making reshapes brain networks, weakens judgment, and subtly shifts behavior toward easier, but ...

For centuries, economics was built on a clean, mathematical premise: people make rational choices. They weigh costs and benefits, analyze risks, and select the option that maximizes their utility. It ...

Throughout their everyday lives, humans are typically required to make a wide range of decisions, which can impact their well-being, health, social connections, and finances. Understanding the human ...

In a previous post, we considered three of seven "irrational" habits of highly rational people. Here we consider the remaining four, as well as some suggestions for distinguishing the genuinely ...