Humans and other animals value information that reduces uncertainty or leads to
pleasurable anticipation, even if it cannot be used to gain tangible rewards or change …

Introduction: Decision making and action execution both rely on sensory information, and
their primary objective is to minimise uncertainty. Virtual reality (VR) introduces uncertainty …

Background Health‐related decision‐making is a complex process given the variability of
treatment options, conflicting treatment plans, time constraints and variable outcomes. This …

Previous studies have found that distracting someone through a challenging activity leads to
hypoalgesia, an effect mediated by parietal and prefrontal processes. Other studies suggest …

Does gravity affect decision-making? This question comes into sharp focus as plans for
interplanetary human space missions solidify. In the framework of Bayesian brain theories …

People often make less risky decisions for themselves than others. We examined how
people allocated risks (ie, determining the ratio of uncertain outcomes to certain outcomes) …

Despite being widely assumed, the worsening impact of unpredictability on pain perception
remains unclear because of conflicting empirical evidence, and a lack of systematic …

Correctly evaluating others' pain is a crucial prosocial ability. In both clinical and private
settings, caregivers assess their other people's pain, sometimes under the effect of poor …

* Theory of Pain Laboratory, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of
Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. Email: lkhenissi@ gmail. com† Theory of Pain Laboratory …

Introduction In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, individuals were asked to perform
costly actions to reduce harm to strangers, even while the general population, including …