IMAGINE you meet someone in a suit, talking confidently about stocks. You might instantly think, “He must be good with money.” Why? Because he fits the image of a successful investor. That’s ...

Introduction Black and Asian women experience significantly higher rates of mortality and morbidity perinatally compared with white women and are more likely to lose their babies. These groups are ...

hDepartments of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, NY, USA iDepartments of Psychiatry and of Neuroscience and Physiology, Norton College of Medicine, ...

Have you ever wondered why certain memories of your partner stand out more than others, shaping your perception of your relationship? This phenomenon can be explained by the availability heuristic, a ...

Journalists can’t report accurately on research involving human subjects without knowing certain details about the sample of people researchers studied. It’s important to know, for example, whether ...

Rural families living in impoverished conditions and developing nations who wish to start their own businesses are impacted by a multitude of cognitive shortcuts and heuristics. Three heuristics that ...

Representative Henry Cuellar started from humble origins, but records show he welcomed the trappings of power afforded by his position. By Kenneth P. Vogel and Kitty Bennett Kenneth P. Vogel reported ...