Intelligence Agents More Likely To Make Irrational Decisions Compared To College Students

A study conducted at Cornell University reveals that U.S. intelligence agents are more likely to make irrational decision-making biases compared to college students. The finding was published in the journal Psychological Science. When people get older they start to make changes in their decision-making; decisions are made less analytically and are more based on gists (according to the Fuzzy-trace theory.) "FTT [Fuzzy-trace theory] makes the counterintuitive prediction that reliance on gist-based thinking increases with development...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychology / Psychiatry Source Type: news