Psychology professor Daniel Kahneman recently passed away. His most famous book, Thinking Fast and Slow, discusses how we have two methods of thinking — one based on immediate reactions and instinct, ...

Do you have a fast mind? Do you pride yourself on how quickly you can grasp information and make decisions? Yes, there's a benefit to having a fast mind. But sometimes, when making big life decisions, ...

The brain is wired for shortcuts and speed, not always for accuracy. It’s not a flaw; it’s just nature’s way of helping us survive. However, the errors in our thinking, also known as cognitive biases, ...

Your brain evolved to react quickly. But sometimes that lightning-fast intuition can lead you straight off a ladder, or worse ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Daniel Kahneman, a psychologist who won a Nobel Prize in economics for his insights into how ingrained neurological biases influence decision making, died Wednesday at the age of 90.

Slowing down to define the problem may feel counterintuitive when urgency is high. Yet, it is the clearest path to long-term success. Most managers are both excellent and flawed problem solvers, ...

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