Tag: Decision making
Calorie counts on menus and food labels may not help consumers...
Deidre Popovich, Texas Tech University
Knowing the calorie content of foods does not help people understand which foods are...
The psychology behind anti-trans legislation: How cognitive biases shape thoughts and policy
Julia Standefer, Iowa State University and L. Alison Phillips, Iowa State University
A state law signed Feb. 28, 2025,...
Generative AI is most useful for the things we care about...
John P. Nelson, Georgia Institute of Technology
Generative AI tools such as ChatGPT and Midjourney can produce text, images...
Against baseball’s new pitch clock
Alva Noë, University of California, Berkeley
Baseball moves very fast. That’s how it seems to me, anyway.
Against baseball’s new pitch clock
Alva Noë, University of California, Berkeley
Baseball moves very fast. That’s how it seems to me, anyway.
Dog owners take more risks, cat owners are more cautious –...
Lei Jia, Kent State University
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People use mental shortcuts to make difficult decisions – even highly...
Manasvini Singh, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Being a physician is a difficult job. They must make complex, high-stakes decisions...
Changing your mind about something as important as vaccination isn’t a...
Art Markman, The University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts
Culturally, this is an era in which...
EXPLORING NATURE
What Trump’s budget proposal says about his environmental values
Stan Meiburg, Wake Forest University and Janet McCabe, Indiana University
To understand the federal government’s true priorities, follow the...
