“Instead of assuming how brains should learn in optimizing our decisions, we developed an alternative approach to discover how individual brains actually learn to make decisions,” explains Marcelo ...

This post is Part 1 in a 7-part series. Before Donald Trump became a US President, I used to watch his reality show Celebrity Apprentice, where stars competed in tasks to raise money for charity. I ...

Russell Moore on the mid-level choices that perplex us. This piece was adapted from Russell Moore’s newsletter. Subscribe here. Not long ago, someone came to me grappling with a life decision. It ...

Adults make up to 35,000 decisions on average per day. But a 2023 Oracle study found that the number is rising, and 93 percent of people have changed how they make decisions, partly given the ...

Slowdowns often occur because inputs are messy, scattered or unclear, forcing leaders to reconstruct problems rather than actually make decisions. Properly applied, AI standardizes briefs, surfaces ...

Imagine you’re in line at your favourite bakery, deciding whether to have a doughnut or a tart. You weigh them up, the doughnut wins, and you settle on that. By the time you’re at the front of the ...

When a list of pros and cons won't cut it, a new decision-making tool developed by Cornell researchers can use artificial intelligence to help make difficult decisions. But there's a twist: Instead of ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

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 ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Imagine you’re in line at your favourite bakery, deciding whether to have a ...