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Decision Making
Decision-Making: is regarded as the cognitive process resulting in the selection of a belief or a course of action among several alternative possibilities. Every decision-making process produces a final choice, which may or may not prompt action.
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OCT 01, 2015Neuroscience
Choosing whether or not to buy a lottery ticket is one example of making a decision where some risk is involved. Dodging ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 08, 2015Neuroscience
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and Germany’s Central Institute of Mental Health in Mannheim an ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 19, 2015Infographics
Scientists have progressed from using magazines, newspapers and tradeshows to the internet, social media, and virtual ev ...Written By: Jennifer EllisJUL 28, 2015Technology
In order to raise awareness and to prevent a real-life 'Terminator' scenario from ever happening in the real world, high ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 13, 2015Space & Astronomy
Did you ever wonder how the folks at NASA come up with the mission names, spacecraft names and other monikers for the wo ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 11, 2015Neuroscience
Harvard Medical School researchers believe that type 2 diabetes might reduce the ability to regulate blood flow, which, ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 07, 2015Videos
Thoughts are something that we experience every single day. Sometimes, we force ourselves to think about something so th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 02, 2015Technology
Car manufacturers have used robotic arms and other forms of mechanical assistance for years to make car production quick ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 23, 2015Technology
You're probably all too familiar with the frustrations of having to drive behind big rigs on the road. They're tall, wid ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 19, 2015Cancer
An automated droplet-based surface sampling probe can help a surgeon to determine whether a patient's tissue is cancerou ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 12, 2015Health & Medicine
The way that mothers-to-be choose to have their babies born can be up to them in many scenarios. Many prefer to give bir ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 10, 2015Plants & Animals
Human rights are a hot button issue in every government and in every country on the planet. Even here in the United Stat ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 05, 2015Neuroscience
How well do people really remember faces, and can technology actually prove that they do? What implications can these co ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 20, 2015Neuroscience
What really makes a good leader? There are probably as many lists of the traits that make up good leaders as there are l ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 18, 2015Neuroscience
In the course of his neurocriminology research, Adrian Raine of the University of Pennsylvania investigates the interpla ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 15, 2015Neuroscience
Consider the insurance salesman. She or he must overcome the preference in most people for immediate positive reinforcem ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 15, 2015Space & Astronomy
Curiosity, the Mars rover that's been tooling around the red planet since 2012 normally has a meticulously planned route ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 14, 2015Space & Astronomy
You know how every once in a while, in a presidential speech, or some statement from NASA, or a speech by someone in Con ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopMAY 06, 2015Neuroscience
When influencing prosthetic limb movement, finding the appropriate brain signal to determine when a decision is finalize ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 03, 2015Neuroscience
If you've ever tried introducing a novel thought or behavior into any type of human system--be it an academic institutio ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 30, 2015Earth & The Environment
For most of human history dams were seen as good things. They provided power, at first by mill wheel, later by turbine. ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 30, 2015Plants & Animals
The culmination of a nine-year study by biologists finds that an animal of one species often battles with one from anoth ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 28, 2015Health & Medicine
Making the decision to move from co-testing to primary Human papillomavirus (HPV) screening was one thing. Implementing ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 23, 2015Health & Medicine
"Listen to your heart," sang Swedish pop group Roxette in the late Eighties. But not everyone is able to tune into their ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
OCT 01, 2015
Neuroscience
Choosing whether or not to buy a lottery ticket is one example of making a decision where some risk is involved. Dodging
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 08, 2015
Neuroscience
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and Germany’s Central Institute of Mental Health in Mannheim an
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 19, 2015
Infographics
Scientists have progressed from using magazines, newspapers and tradeshows to the internet, social media, and virtual ev
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
JUL 28, 2015
Technology
In order to raise awareness and to prevent a real-life 'Terminator' scenario from ever happening in the real world, high
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 13, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Did you ever wonder how the folks at NASA come up with the mission names, spacecraft names and other monikers for the wo
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 11, 2015
Neuroscience
Harvard Medical School researchers believe that type 2 diabetes might reduce the ability to regulate blood flow, which,
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 07, 2015
Videos
Thoughts are something that we experience every single day. Sometimes, we force ourselves to think about something so th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 02, 2015
Technology
Car manufacturers have used robotic arms and other forms of mechanical assistance for years to make car production quick
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 23, 2015
Technology
You're probably all too familiar with the frustrations of having to drive behind big rigs on the road. They're tall, wid
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 19, 2015
Cancer
An automated droplet-based surface sampling probe can help a surgeon to determine whether a patient's tissue is cancerou
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 12, 2015
Health & Medicine
The way that mothers-to-be choose to have their babies born can be up to them in many scenarios. Many prefer to give bir
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 10, 2015
Plants & Animals
Human rights are a hot button issue in every government and in every country on the planet. Even here in the United Stat
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 05, 2015
Neuroscience
How well do people really remember faces, and can technology actually prove that they do? What implications can these co
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 20, 2015
Neuroscience
What really makes a good leader? There are probably as many lists of the traits that make up good leaders as there are l
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 18, 2015
Neuroscience
In the course of his neurocriminology research, Adrian Raine of the University of Pennsylvania investigates the interpla
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 15, 2015
Neuroscience
Consider the insurance salesman. She or he must overcome the preference in most people for immediate positive reinforcem
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 15, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Curiosity, the Mars rover that's been tooling around the red planet since 2012 normally has a meticulously planned route
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 14, 2015
Space & Astronomy
You know how every once in a while, in a presidential speech, or some statement from NASA, or a speech by someone in Con
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
MAY 06, 2015
Neuroscience
When influencing prosthetic limb movement, finding the appropriate brain signal to determine when a decision is finalize
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 03, 2015
Neuroscience
If you've ever tried introducing a novel thought or behavior into any type of human system--be it an academic institutio
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 30, 2015
Earth & The Environment
For most of human history dams were seen as good things. They provided power, at first by mill wheel, later by turbine.
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
APR 30, 2015
Plants & Animals
The culmination of a nine-year study by biologists finds that an animal of one species often battles with one from anoth
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 28, 2015
Health & Medicine
Making the decision to move from co-testing to primary Human papillomavirus (HPV) screening was one thing. Implementing
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 23, 2015
Health & Medicine
"Listen to your heart," sang Swedish pop group Roxette in the late Eighties. But not everyone is able to tune into their
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider