Feb. 20 (UPI) --Researchers at The Ohio State University found cancer patients who lack math skills can be negatively impacted in the decision-making process. "The ability to understand numbers is ...

Getting something wrong is never a good feeling. And for people with math anxiety, one wrong answer could spiral into a lifetime of avoided opportunities and limited choices. “It is the vicious cycle ...

Many of the toughest decisions faced by cancer patients involve knowing how to use numbers -- calculating risks, evaluating treatment options and figuring odds of medication side effects. But for ...

Amanda Redlich spends much of her time pondering complex, abstract, mathematical questions. As assistant professor of mathematics, she teaches courses in multivariate calculus, probability, and ...

Last week, Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie attempted to alleviate some of the scrutiny of head coach Doug Pederson’s 4th-down decision-making. He explained that the majority of those decisions are based on ...

A researcher found that networks that consisted of both impulsive and deliberate individuals made, on average, quicker and better decisions than a group with homogenous thinkers. Whether it is ants ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

In a decision that underscores long-standing rifts over how to teach mathematics, Texas officials have rejected one of the most widely used elementary textbooks in the country in that subject after ...

Life is full of big decisions, and making a choice between seemingly endless options can be – well, paralyzingly hard. Should ...