Whether gathering berries, hunting, or fishing, humans searching for food make decisions not only based on personal ...

We’re all guilty of putting off that big decision because our brains can’t stop focusing on potential negative outcomes.

In general, all adults, regardless of diagnosis or condition, should be presumed competent to consent to participation in research unless there is evidence of serious disability that would impair ...

In daily pediatric practice, shared decision-making is already happening, often more than is acknowledged,” a pediatrician writes.

Decision making is a multifaceted cognitive process that involves the integration of sensory inputs, previous experiences, and metacognitive evaluations to arrive at a course of action. In ...

Anchoring effects refer to a systematic bias in human cognition whereby initial information or reference points unduly influence subsequent judgements and decisions. This phenomenon has been ...

A new study reveals that people are far more emotionally affected by anticipating negative future outcomes than by imagining ...

WASHINGTON – When conducting research involving the testing of human biospecimens, investigators and their institutions should routinely consider whether and how to return individual research results ...

Effective delegation is critical to managerial success: delegating properly can help empower employees, and those who delegate can increase their earnings. Delegation can also be a way for managers to ...

According to recent McKinsey & Company research, executives spend nearly 40% of their time making decisions. Deciphering the results of a survey of 1,200 global business leaders, they estimated that ...

Utilizing market research to inform decision-making begins with clearly identifying the objective: What specific goal am I looking to achieve? The scope and nature of the decision to be made will ...