Blog Posts - Decision Making

How is the brain able to use past experiences to guide decision-making? A few years ago, researchers supported by the …Continue reading →...

Main Topic : Decision Making Quotes Makin’ major changes to the life I’m livin’. I had no choice, I had to prove I made the right decision. Source: Song Under Ground Kings by Drake Reference: http://genius.com/Drake-under-ground-kin...

  It’s all in the Hunger. You have to want it. You have to see the light peering through each and every crack and with hammer and pick axe you have to hammer away at those cracks with everything you’ve got, every moment and opportunity y...

I’ve been thinking about this post for a while, but it wasn’t until having some long, deep chats today with staff and students at Simon Fraser University‘s Department of Biological Sciences (with a particular hat-tip to the lovely...

I’ve been thinking about this post for a while, but it wasn’t until having some long, deep chats today with staff and students at Simon Fraser University‘s Department of Biological Sciences (with a particular hat-tip to the lovely...

  Following on from the last two days’ blogs of Can decision-making research provide a better understanding of chemical and behavioral addictions  and Decision-making difficulties in gambling and eating disorders today the third and fin...

  Following on from the last two days’ blogs of Can decision-making research provide a better understanding of chemical and behavioral addictions  and Decision-making difficulties in gambling and eating disorders today the third and fin...

    Following on from yesterday’s blog Can decision-making research provide a better understanding of chemical and behavioral addictions  today the second part of this blog which addresses decision making deficits in behavioral addic...

    Following on from yesterday’s blog Can decision-making research provide a better understanding of chemical and behavioral addictions  today the second part of this blog which addresses decision making deficits in behavioral addic...

  Part 1 This excellent review (1) covers many of the brain regions we have discussed as being implicated in all the addictive behaviours. We have previously suggested also  that these brain regions are connected in impaired  decision making d...

  Part 1 This excellent review (1) covers many of the brain regions we have discussed as being implicated in all the addictive behaviours. We have previously suggested also  that these brain regions are connected in impaired  decision making d...

How do you decide where to invest your money or whether a business opportunity is potentially good or bad? What is the thought process that goes into buying or selling a particular piece of property? Or, what factors will push you in a direction conc...

In your mind do you already believe that Bernie is a socialist or that Hillary should be indicted?Okay forget those two because one openly admits to it and the other is obvious!But what factors will push you in a direction concerning who to vote for...

A perennial lament of nearly every conservation scientist — at least at some point (often later in one’s career) — is that the years of blood, sweat and tears spent to obtain those precious results count for nought in terms of improving re...

There are days when I think I’m losing the plot! When my memory fades, I get distracted by random thin—-ooh! is that a cat?! We all have brain fades, but people with chronic pain have more of them. Sometimes it’s due to the side eff...

Passion and commitment are necessary to getting a successful food truck business started, but without an objective assessment your mobile empire can fail. Often times being too passionate about your food truck business can cause you to ignore real...

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Whether in politics where our President has created a legacy of making decisions by omission or in sports, as a leader the buck stops with you.It's actually only in politics, however, where denial, pointing fingers elsewhere and obfuscation are...

  Most of my distress and emotional pain in recovery comes from wanting stuff, and not getting my way or not accepting things as they are. As Bill Wilson noted, we seem to get distressed when we don’t get what we want or feel people or trying...

There are two points I’ve been repeating. One is that there are multiple perspectives to every subject on this planet. I’ve pointed out that having thoughts, ideas, questions and different viewpoints is something to embrace and not fear, ban and...

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