Understanding human decision-making has been a central goal in psychology for decades. Researchers have long sought to design ...

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Decision-making is a daily challenge for organizations. Here's how leaders and team members can manage the four main types.

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The high-stakes poker pro gave a recently-released TEDx talk on what makes a sound decision-making process at UC San Diego.

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Strategies such as the “premortem”—a process in which teams imagine how things could go wrong before making a decision—can reveal weaknesses in a plan and eliminate bias. 4.

RIKEN researchers have gained insights into how the brain incorporates such predictions about choices made by others into the decision-making process.