Many critical decisions in life are complex and made when under high levels of acute stress. Examples include whether to evacuate during a natural disaster, whether to obtain a loan in a financial ...

When assessing our decisions, the normative strategy involves giving equal weight to each evidence sample when computing confidence. However, recent findings suggest that the brain tends to overweight ...

These words, from Nelson Mandela, speak volumes about the difficulties we face in the often-fraught process of decision-making. A decision is essentially a choice. Whether that choice involves major, ...