14-05-22 By no means, replied Maimoune. I have no idea of being under any obligation to an accursed（讨厌的） genius like you. I refer the matter to an umpire（裁判员） , and shall expect you to submit to his verdict. Danhasch readily agreed, and on Maimoune...

14-02-23 The next time you want to turn down the emotional intensity before making an important decision, you may want to dim the lights first. A new study from the University of Toronto Scarborough shows that human emotion, whether positive or negative, is...

13-06-05 In order to tell what I believe, I must briefly sketch something of my personal history. The turning point of my life was my decision to give up a promising business career and study music. My parents, although sympathetic, and sharing my love of mu...

13-03-29 Women's abilities to make fair decisions when competing interests are at stake make them better corporate leaders, researchers have found. 研究人员发现，在竞争利益受到威胁时，女性能做出公平的决定，这使她们能更好地领导公司。 A survey of more than 600...

12-12-26 I believe it is important to separate good failures from bad failures. Good failures happen when, even though you made the correct decision, you still lost. Bad failures happen because you made bad decisions, or worse, didn't make a decision at all....

12-04-17 People who believe the world is a just place trust salespeople more than consumers who don't -- but only after they've made a purchase, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. As consumers, we make many decisions each day that...

11-12-30 For decades, science has suggested that when people make decisions, they tend to ignore logic and go with the gut. But Wim De Neys, a psychological scientist at the University of Toulouse in France, has a new suggestion: Maybe thinking about logic i...

11-10-06 精彩对白 Ghost writer: Roy. Who're you expecting to bomb you, Random House? Roy: We're publishing Lang's memoirs. That's enough to make us a target, apparently. Ghost writer: Thank you. How many have you seen? Roy: Five. You're the last. I must be h...

10-04-01 When faced with a choice that could yield（出产，屈服） either short-term satisfaction or longer-term benefits, people with complete information about the options generally go for the quick reward, according to new research from University of Texas...

10-01-06 Contented Married Life A man was telling one of his friends the secret of his contented married life, My wife makes all the small decisions, he explained, and I make all the big ones, so we never interfere in each other's business and never get anno...