People are averse to ambiguity in a lot of real-world reasoning situations, in part because they are pessimistic about the outcomes
An experiment examined decision-making processes among nonclinical participants with low or high levels of OCD symptomatology (N=303). To better simulate the decision environments that are most likely to be problematic for clients with OCD, we …
We disentangled base rate neglect and conservatism and found that most people show both but there is a lot of heterogeneity
Humans have a long childhood in comparison to all other species. Across disciplines, researchers agree that humans’ prolonged immaturity is integral to our unique intelligence. The studies presented here support the hypothesis that human beings’ …
Making choices in a complex world