Snap Decisions? Take A Second And You'll Probably Judge Right
You wouldn't know it from me but it's better to wait a little before making decisions , according to a new study. I constantly make snap judgments (sometimes I'm right, in the case of a husband, and sometimes I'm wrong, also in the case of a husband, and yes, the same one) but this new study has found that hesitating even a fraction of a second makes for a better decision, newswise.com reports. “Decision making isn't always easy, and sometimes we make errors on seemingly trivial tasks, especially if multiple sources of information compete for our attention,” the Web site quotes first author Tobias Teichert, PhD, a postdoctoral research scientist in neuroscience at CUMC at the time of the study and now an assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh. To make a good decision? Simply, do nothing. At least for a while. “Postponing the onset of the decision process by as little as 50 to 100 milliseconds enables the brain to focus attentio...