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How the brain’s internal states affect decision-making
At Carnegie Mellon University, Biomedical Engineering’s Matthew Smith and Byron Yu, along with former Ph.D. student Ben Cowley (Ph.D., School
Continue reading »Morning exercise can improve decision-making across the day in older adults
A study of older Australians has found a morning bout of moderate-intensity exercise improves cognitive performance like decision-making across the
Continue reading »Decision-making tool fails to ease anxiety for families of life-support patients
Every year, the families of more than 400,000 patients on prolonged life support in intensive care units across the U.S.
Continue reading »What are you looking at? How attention affects decision-making
Scientists using eye-tracking technology have found that what we look at helps guide our decisions when faced with two visible
Continue reading »Yale approach bases decision-making on older adults’ own health priorities
In a pilot project, researchers at Yale, New York University School of Medicine and Baylor College of Medicine have shown
Continue reading »Financial decision-making capacity need not decline in healthy advanced aging
New research from The Center for BrainHealth at The University of Texas at Dallas shows that advancing age alone is
Continue reading »When do problems with memory and decision-making affect older adults’ ability to drive?
For older adults, driving can mean living a more independent, satisfying life. Therefore, it’s no surprise that about 86 percent
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