By recognizing the value of both intuitive and analytical thinking, individuals can enhance their decision-making abilities ...

Wray Herbert is thinking about your brain. He concludes that your thinking may be so ancient that you’re making more mistakes than you’d prefer. In “On Second Thought: Outsmarting Your Mind’s ...

One of the stories that's making the rounds right now concerns Adam Orth, a (former) Creative Director at Microsoft who caused a ruckus by cramming his foot in his Twittermouth. He did so while ...

Welcome to my new blog, called On Second Thought. I have borrowed both the name and the concept for this blog from my new book, the full title of which is On Second Thought: Outsmarting Your Mind's ...

Clinicians must make diagnostic treatment decisions using a large body of probabilistic information and process this information under the pressure of time and workload. The pressure of this task is ...

I recently received a few questions about heuristics and thought the answers may be of broader interest than just to the person asking. 1- What is the difference between the detection by generic ...