Decisions, Decisions
From the moment we wake up in the morning we are confronted with decisions large and small: what to eat, what to say in meetings, what to buy. Although many of us would like to believe those decisions are driven by a careful review of the facts, the reality is that everything from our age and our emotions to the way we express our opinions alters the decisions we make.
The science of how the brain sorts through those factors and eventually makes a decision – Pop-Tarts or oatmeal, donate to a cause or not – falls at the intersection of research taking place across Stanford schools and institutes, where neuroscience meets environmentalism and where psychology meets business.
Worldview Stanford, which creates interdisciplinary learning experiences for professionals, has more video and audio resources addressing the question: How do we decide?