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Decisions Under Pressure: It's All In The Heartbeat
A person's heart rate can
reveal a lot about how they
make decisions when feeling
stressed. Stress in the
workplace isn't necessarily
a bad thing, because it is,
... > full story
Despite Frustrations, Americans Are Pretty Darned Happy
We're number 16 ... in world
happiness. Feel the joy. The
United States ranks ahead of
more than 80 countries, but
below 15 others in happiness
levels, according to new ... > full story
Personal Information In E-mail Marketing Can Backfire, Study Indicates
Businesses risk chasing away
prospective customers when
they send chummy E-mails
that bandy around people's
names, hobbies and other
... > full story
Breaking The Pattern: How Motivation Plays A Role In Getting Healthy
People fall into a pattern.
They start out with the best
intentions and do well for a
little while ... but then
fall back into old habits. I ... > full story
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When The Patient Can't Decide: Study Looks At Physician Perspectives On Surrogate Decision-making
August 19, 2008 — Researchers led by Alexia Torke, M.D., of the Indiana University School of Medicine and the Regenstrief Institute Inc., studied how physicians treating patients who are unable to make medical ... > full story -
Americans Spending, Gambling, Saving: Who's Happiest, Who's Most At Risk?
August 16, 2008 — For some, spending in today's tumultuous economy is not a problem, especially for those who don't care what everyone else has. But for others, casino splurges, not saving enough or buying the latest ... > full story -
Neuroscientists Glimpse How The Brain Decides What To Believe
August 12, 2008 — Research by neuroscientists suggests that the estimation of confidence that underlies decisions may be the product of a very basic kind of information processing in the brain, shared widely across ... > full story -
Complex Decision? Don't Sleep On It
August 11, 2008 — Neither snap judgements nor sleeping on a problem are any better than conscious thinking for making complex decisions, according to new research. The finding debunks a controversial 2006 research ... > full story -
Hope: An Overlooked Tool In The Battle Against HIV/AIDS
August 10, 2008 — The links between HIV transmission and the degree to which people are able to adopt realistic plans to achieve future projects, in other words, hope, have been overlooked in policies to tackle ... > full story -
Humans' Response To Risk Can Be Unnecessarily Dangerous
August 7, 2008 — The traffic light ahead of you is turning yellow. Do you gun the engine and speed through the intersection, trusting that others will wait for their green, or do you slow down and wait your turn? ... > full story -
Context And Personality Key In Understanding Responses To Emotional Facial Expressions
August 7, 2008 — It is well-appreciated that facial expressions play a major role in nonverbal social communication among humans and other primates, because faces provide rapid access to information about the ... > full story -
Gender Stereotypes Contradicted When Negotiating
August 7, 2008 — A new study reveals that when trying to make a good impression, people may behave in ways counter to gender ... > full story -
Watching Too Much TV Is Causing Some University Students To Pack On The Pounds
August 3, 2008 — What's causing some university students to pack on the pounds? University of Alberta researchers say the culprit could be television commercials. Researchers discovered students who reported medium ... > full story -
Women's Access To Credit Affects Efficiency In Rural Households
July 29, 2008 — Rural households in which women are not able to meet their needs for capital do not produce as much as they could, according to new ... > full story
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