
Our lives are composed of millions of choices, ranging from trivial to life-changing and momentous. Luckily, our brains have evolved a number of mental shortcuts, biases, and tricks that allow us to quickly negotiate this endless array of decisions. We don't want to rationally...

A popular science writer explores new research into the many shortcuts that our minds use to make snap decisions--and explains how they help, how they hurt, and how we can overrule them.

