There’s a fine line between regret and satisfaction when it comes to life decisions. Regret tends to creep in when we make choices out of fear, haste or ignorance. Satisfaction, however, comes from ...

Imagine leaving a stable career to pursue a new one, moving across the world to start afresh, or making the heartbreaking decision to end a marriage. These are not everyday choices; they are ...

Everyday sights and sounds quietly shape the choices people make, often without them realizing it. New research suggests that ...

Across cultures and continents, most people prefer to tackle life’s toughest choices alone, trusting their own gut or inner voice over the counsel of friends or the wisdom of the crowd, according to a ...

Decision making is ubiquitous and important. Those who write about it often focus on the big, strategic decisions, saying that if your long-term goal is clear in your mind, the rest follows. My ...

Have a tough decision to make? You can agonize over pros and cons lists for weeks or months. Or you could just call Nell Wulfhart. In a world is full of delightful, innovative entrepreneurs, Wulfhart ...

By modeling the single-trial electroencephalogram of participants performing perceptual decisions, and building on predictions from two century-old psychological laws, we estimate the times of ...