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UrduImagine that you are a job consultant. You are sitting across from your client, an unemployed individual. After locating them in the system, up pops the following text on the computer screen; ‘increased risk of long-term unemployment’. Such assessments are…
Tag: DECISION-MAKING/PROBLEM SOLVING
Why people with dementia go missing
People with dementia are more likely to go missing in areas where road networks are dense, complicated and disordered – according to new research from the University of East Anglia. Researchers studied hundreds of ‘missing person’ police reports for people…
Decision conflict before cancer surgery correlates with lower activity after surgery
Patients with significant decision conflict prior to cancer surgery are less active after surgery, potentially impairing their recovery
Stanford researchers link poor memory to attention lapses and media multitasking
The eyes may be the windows to the soul, but they can also provide insightful glimpses into memory. Stanford scientists are now able to predict whether an individual will remember or forget based on their neural activity and pupil size.…
Will US college students’ lives be forever transformed by COVID-19?
NEW YORK, NY (Oct. 27, 2020)–A team of researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and New York State Psychiatric Institute have embarked on the largest, most comprehensive longitudinal study of how U.S. college students are being…
The BrainHealth project could create a resilient economy
As part of a global collaboration, the Center for BrainHealth proposes a holistic economic reimagination that focuses on brain health to improve employees’ resilience
The hidden threat of the home office
Yes, there are benefits to working at home; but there are traps, too
How fear encourages physical distancing during pandemic
Study finds negatively presented information and ‘Mr. Deadly COVID-19’ scary face could increase compliance
Researchers analyze studies of interventions to prevent violence against children
Numerous studies have examined interventions aimed at preventing violence against children. A recent analysis reveals various gaps not adequately addressed by these studies. The analysis, published in Campbell Systematic Reviews , points to the need for more quantitative and qualitative…
UCF receives $7.5 million grant to help save relationships during COVID-19
The money will expand a successful relationship education program to help more Central Florida families manage stress and conflict, which have heightened during the pandemic
How initiatives empowering employees can backfire
EAST LANSING, Mich. – Strategies meant to motivate people in the workplace may have unintended consequences — depending on who’s in charge. Recent research from Michigan State University and Ohio State University shows that empowerment initiatives aren’t necessarily the answer…
Hot-button words trigger conservatives and liberals differently
Brain scans reveal the vocabulary that drives neural polarization
Exercise and nutrition regimen benefits physical, cognitive health
12-week double-blind control trial in 148 Air Force airmen
Happy endings trip up the brain’s decision-making
The neural representation of a pleasant ending can override the true value of an experience
‘Happy ending effect’ can bias future decisions, say scientists
Study reveals brain mechanisms underlying irrational decision-making
High fructose intake may drive aggressive behaviors, ADHD, bipolar
New peer-review paper looks at evolution and current Western diet to help explain manic behaviors
Researchers question the existence of the social brain as a separate system
Russian research team gains deeper insight into the workings of the human brain during group problem
Marriage or not? Rituals help dating couples decide relationship future
URBANA, Ill. – Rituals such as those centered around holidays and other celebrations play an important part in human relationships. When dating couples engage in rituals together, they learn more about each other. And those experiences can serve as diagnostic…
Perception of risk and optimism barriers in behavior during coronavirus
Until a vaccine and/or effective cure for COVID-19 becomes available, battling the current pandemic strongly relies on how well people follow behavioural advice, such as adhering to local restrictions, social distancing rules, and engaging in effective personal hygiene. However, overcoming…
UH professor awarded federal grant to study how parents impact children’s emotions
Whether they mean to or not, parents teach their children what emotions are acceptable and expected. Julie Dunsmore, a professor at the University of Houston College of Education, has received a federal grant to evaluate these family interactions and study…
Simple solutions reduce court no-shows and subsequent arrest warrants
For low-level offenses in New York City, text nudges and a redesigned summons form decreased failure-to-appear rates by about 20% and led to 30,000 fewer arrest warrants over a three-year period
Facemask use has lesser consequences on indicators of cognitive performance than expected
Facemasks do not impair indicators of cognitive performance when performing moderate physical work in hot environments
Reducing the high social cost of death
How will you cope with the death of your mother or spouse? Their death may disturb your concentration, causing accidents or lowering your productivity.
Reducing the high social cost of death
Researchers investigate far-reaching ramifications of bereavement and their mitigation
Clarigent Health launches Clairity to support mental health risk reduction
Clairity supports clinical decisions and care with AI analysis of patient speech, treatment progress trends, and risk radar across patient groups
Cognitive flexibility training manages responses to social conflict
Army-developed intervention mitigates negative responses to perceived provocations
Forgetting past misdeeds to justify future ones
Proven fact: we remember our altruistic behaviour more easily than selfish actions or misdeeds that go against our own moral sense. Described as ‘unethical amnesia’ by scientists, it is generally explained by self-image maintenance. But could these selective oversights, not…
Researchers explore how the human brain is so resilient
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. — Future technology may be able to monitor and modify the brain to produce enhanced team performance, while increasing the efficiency and accuracy of decisions. The U.S. Army may be able to use this information to…
Grant facilitates research on behavioral development and cognitive aging over lifespan
UC Riverside psychologist Chandra Reynolds will lead the five-year research project
CU researchers call for national ethics guidelines when student health surveys uncover suicide-risk
Study finds an ethics gap for surveyors to respond to localized student health concerns
Tailored education system to benefit kidney transplant patients
Researchers find their computer-tailored education system, ‘Your Path to Transplant’ increases knowledge and readiness to pursue kidney transplant
Reprogramming brain cells enables flexible decision-making
Humans, like other animals, have the ability to constantly adapt to new situations. Researchers at the Brain Research Institute of the University of Zurich have utilized a mouse model to reveal which neurons in the brain are in command in…
The unintended consequence of becoming empathetic
EAST LANSING, Mich. – When people say that they want to change things about their personalities, they might not know about the inadvertent consequences these changes could bring. In fact, changes in personality may also lead to changes in political…
Amid pandemic and protests, Americans know much more about their rights
Annenberg survey finds major increases in civics knowledge
Factors linked to college aspirations, enrollment, and success
A recent study has identified certain factors associated with a greater likelihood that a high school student will decide to attend college, enroll in college the fall semester immediately following high school graduation, and then return to that same college…
Firearm ownership among LGBT adults
New Rochelle, NY, September 8, 2020 —Nearly 16% of LGBT adults in California own a gun or live in a household with a gun. These study results appear in the peer-reviewed journal Violence and Gender . Click here to read…
Brain stimulation reduces dyslexia deficits
Restoring normal patterns of rhythmic neural activity through non-invasive electrical stimulation of the brain alleviates sound-processing deficits and improves reading accuracy in adults with dyslexia, according to a study published September 8, 2020 in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by…
Apps and social distancing: Why we accept corona rules – or not
The higher the severity of an infection is thought to be, the greater the motivation is to socially distance. That is one result of a study conducted by the psychologist Professor Kai Kaspar at the University of Cologne. Kaspar explored…
Inequality of opportunity drags down everyone’s motivation
Unequal compensation reduces people’s motivation to work, even among those who stand to benefit from unfair advantages, finds a new UCL-led study. The researchers found that large disparities in rewards offered for the same task reduce people’s happiness, which in…
Is consciousness continuous or discrete? Maybe it’s both, argue researchers
Two major theories have fueled a now 1,500 year-long debate started by Saint Augustine: Is consciousness continuous, where we are conscious at each single point in time, or is it discrete, where we are conscious only at certain moments of…
Bus drivers more likely to let white customers ride for free
A new paper in The Economic Journal finds that bus drivers are more likely to let white riders ride for free and less likely to let Black riders ride without paying the fee. Police officers must issue tickets to drivers…
Insights into behavior during chimney tops 2 fire could improve evacuation planning
As global temperatures continue to rise, cities and towns not historically prone to large wildfires may begin to face greater threats. An unsuspecting Tennessee community found itself in this position during the 2016 Chimney Tops 2 Fire, which led to…
Tel Aviv University study sheds light on brain mechanism activated by uncertainty
Findings are relevant to an understanding of the neural mechanisms present in mental disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorder and addiction
Unravelling the potential of the unconscious mind
Can we tap into the vast amount of nonconscious information continually represented in our brain?
When it comes to supporting candidates, ideology trumps race and gender
Prejudiced people will still vote for Black and female politicians, as long as ideologies match, study says
People can make better choices when it benefits others
Learning to avoid harm to others recruits the social brain, improves decision-making
Why obeying orders can make us do terrible things
New brain study shows how obeying orders can dull our empathy
How misinformed vaccine beliefs affect policy views
More than partisanship, education or religion, belief in vaccine misinformation drives opposition to policies
Quick fixes won’t stop sexual harassment in academia, experts say
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — While many academic institutions are searching for ways to prevent sexual assault and sexual coercion among their faculty members, staff and students, they are failing to address the most common forms of gender-based harassment, say experts who…
How the brain’s internal states affect decision-making
Biomedical Engineering ‘s Matthew Smith and Byron Yu, along with former Ph.D. student Ben Cowley (School of Computer Science ’18), have studied the neural basis through which internal states in the brain affect decision-making over an extended period of time.…