Our brains know we’ll change our minds before we do. Understanding how might help us learn to make better decisions.
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To be useful in high-stakes situations, AI needs to understand cause and effect – and the limits of its knowledge.
Learning to satisfice can lead to a simpler, more content life – here’s how.
A new study shows indecisive people should go easier on themselves.
It’s not just race, gender and socioeconomic status that affect juror bias; sometimes it’s the actual way people on juries assess evidence and make decisions.
The “decision science” approach helps avoid unanticipated consequences of programs to bring species such as New Zealand’s little bush moa, Waitomo frog, or laughing owl back from extinction.
For 30 years, sports fans have been told to forget about streaks because the ‘hot hand’ is a fallacy. But a reanalysis says not so fast: Statistics show players really are in the zone sometimes.
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