decision-making

A simple way to tell if a date will be a good long-term mate is to take notes after the first date. If the pattern seems too similar to your failed mates, do not continue dating.

There is risk in pursuing a new chapter or career pivot. There is also risk in staying where you are when your heart is nudging you elsewhere.

A new study suggests people with a history of regular substance use understand the negative consequences of their actions. However, they struggle to consistently apply this knowledge when making decisions, leading to costly and seemingly random choices.

SWARM Engineering, a decision intelligence company focused on agrifood and manufacturing, has closed a $10 million oversubscribed Series A funding round. The post SWARM Engineering Raises $10M Series A to Scale Decision Intelligence for Agrifood and Manufacturing appeared first on iGrow News .

IntroductionModern football imposes considerable demands on referees' rapid foul judgements, yet the dissociation between accuracy and efficiency of officiating expertise across different foul situations remains poorly characterized.MethodsThe present study compared 15 national-level and 15 Class-3 male football referees in three typical situations: ball-contesting, tactical foul and handball. Pa…

Researchers cracked a 50-year-old math problem scribbled by Richard Feynman over lunch. The equations show that humans are better decision-makers than scientists once thought.

What is Decision making? Decision making is the cognitive process of choosing a course of action from multiple alternatives. it's not just about "big" life choices (career, marriage, relocation) but also routine ones (what to eat, when to reply to an email). Every decision consumes mental energy, and the quality of your decision determines the quality of your life. WHY WE STRUGGLE WITH DECISIONS…

Comparative shopping for the right therapist works much better than taking the first offer, referral, or suggestion—and not just for finding the right therapist.

The 50-year mystery suggests humans may be more rational than we thought The post Solving Feynman’s Formula for Eating Well, Parking Your Car, and Finding a Mate appeared first on Nautilus .

New research from Indiana University Professor of Psychological and Brain Science Tom James suggests that a combination of sensory, sensorimotor, and motor processes leads to what he prefers to call "action selection" based on a less linear, more simultaneous and circular interaction between body, brain, and environment - a feature which calls for a shift in scientific methods that can capture th…

For decades, public health has focused on controlling infections, improving quality, and reducing risk. Yet many healthcare failures begin much earlier—with a human decision. Could the next frontier of public health be the science of understanding and improving those decisions?

Neuropsychopharmacology, Published online: 29 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41386-026-02448-5 Rapid and reliable computational markers of decision-making for predicting daily smoking behavior and smoking cessation treatment outcomes

Applications are now open for the Maynooth University Faculty of Science and Engineering Doctoral Scholarship 2026 at the Hamilton Institute. This fully funded doctoral scholarship is designed for highly qualified candidates interested in cognitive computational neuroscience, decision-making, neural network modelling, and human brain research. The scholarship offers the chance to work under exper…

For decades, leaders have found ways to remove small decisions from their lives. But does limiting your outfit choices actually help your workday? Maybe.

A new study reveals that novice chess players rely heavily on visual pattern recognition rather than complex mental calculations. Training beginners to memorize board arrangements could be the fastest way to improve their game.

Nature Communications, Published online: 26 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41467-026-73622-y Sensory stimuli have different implications depending upon context. Here, the authors report prominent context-dependent integration of whisker sensation with auditory working memory cues in frontal cortex directly downstream of somatosensory cortex.

Discussions of free will often center on the question of whether actions are determined, with a special focus on causes, effects, and when subjects experience the desire to act relative to neural events. However, because the only evidence for the existence of free will is the subjective experience itself, explanation must center on the phenomenal: why do we feel free? Here, we propose a neuropsyc…

Penn researchers studied the relative persuasive impact of messages expressing attitudes, describing behaviors, or combining both. The post What Makes Messages Persuasive? appeared first on The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania .

Contrary to the idea that dating apps offer too many choices, new research suggests that seeing more profiles helps users find better matches. Having abundant options tends to increase an individual's desire to pursue a relationship.