Confidence, bias and data combine to distort decision-making at home and in public life Decision-making is not a purely logical exercise. It is shaped by cognitive biases — mental shortcuts the human ...

Everyday sights and sounds quietly shape the choices people make, often without them realizing it. New research suggests that some individuals become especially influenced by these environmental cues, ...

Re “The Early Decision Option Is a Racket. Shut It Down,” by Daniel Currell (Opinion guest essay, Dec. 12): As a college counselor of 13 years and a formerly impoverished, first-generation college ...

Mr. Currell was a deputy undersecretary and senior adviser at the Department of Education from 2018 to 2021. He is a trustee of Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minn. This week, about 200,000 ...

While some choices are easy to make, like what to eat for dinner, others are more difficult. Think: anything related to moving, relationships or work. Now, science has narrowed down exactly which life ...

LeBron James has finally revealed “the decision of all decisions.” It’s a partnership with Hennessy. “The Decision has been made. Cheers to year 23,” the post’s caption reads. Yes, all that anxiety ...

Great leaders aren’t defined by how many decisions they make, but by the discipline to make fewer, better ones. Effective leadership is defined by the quality and impact of decisions, not the number ...

Neuroscientists from 22 labs joined forces in an unprecedented international partnership to produce a landmark achievement: a neural map that shows activity across the entire brain during ...

The average American second-guesses 41% of their daily decisions, according to new research. A survey of 2,000 adults explored how they make big and small decisions alike, finding that one in eight ...

When you’re making a big financial decision – whether to buy a house, change careers, retire, etc. – chances are you already have a number of concerns. But add to those a series of external events ...

Only 45 percent of employees know what’s expected of them at work, according to Gallup’s latest research on workplace engagement. At the same time, an entrepreneur named Nell Wulfhart is charging ...