During social interaction, we evaluate and make decisions about each other’s behaviour and actions. However, factors underlying this decision making can be complex, and are often non-transparent to ...

Consider all the variables involved when pulling out onto the road as a driver—some explicit, some implicit. How fast is the traffic moving? What’s my car’s acceleration from a standing start? How big ...

The most underestimated risk in business isn’t economic, technological or climate-related. It’s human decision risk triggered by our tendency to tune out and disregard who and what really matters.

It has become a commonplace that public policy ought to be based on scientific evidence. So commonsensical does the idea seem that one is tempted to ask, “What on earth was [it] based on before?”, as ...

AI can process data, but it lacks context, ethics and empathy – qualities essential for sound judgement. Leadership decisions hinge on six elements of judgement: knowledge, context, trust, feelings, ...

Master the art of sound judgement with a six-point framework. This online course enables you to make better choices in your professional and personal life. It focuses on practical ways to improve your ...

Lawyers have to make judgment calls in representing clients. Often, a lawyer must call on her training and experience, as well as her view of the law and facts, to make recommendations to a client.

We all make judgments of probability and depend on them for our decision-making. However, it is not always obvious which judgments to trust, especially since a range of studies suggest that these ...

Artificial intelligence fails to match humans in judgment calls and is more prone to issue harsher penalties and punishments for rule breakers, according to a new study from MIT researchers. The ...

The extremely overscheduled and busy lives parents tend to lead has led many of us to feel lonely and isolated. One psychological tendency that makes these feelings even worse is the fear of being ...