The onus on the average person is greater than ever before to make sense of large amounts
of readily accessible quantitative information, but the ability and confidence to do so are …

Risky decision-making lies at the center of the COVID-19 pandemic and will determine
future viral outbreaks. Therefore, a critical evaluation of major explanations of such decision …

The special series of articles on adolescent risk taking addresses the discrepancy between
laboratory studies versus real-world data indicating a peak in risk behavior during …

Theory—understanding mental processes that drive decisions—is important to help patients
and providers make decisions that reflect medical advances and personal values. Building …

Uncertainty permeates decisions from the trivial to the profound. Integrating brain and
behavioral evidence, we discuss how probabilistic (varied outcomes) and temporal (delayed …

Disparities in socioeconomic status (SES) may affect individuals' risk preferences, which
have important developmental consequences across the lifespan. Yet, previous research …

Introduction The aim of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of a
Norwegian translation of the Sensation Seeking Scale for Children (SSSC), designed for …

Developmental reversals are puzzling situations in which cognitive development seems to
be devolving rather than evolving because reasoning and memory become more illogical …

The ways that psychopathology manifests in adolescence have shifted dramatically over the
past twenty-five years, with rates of many externalizing behaviors declining substantially …

This paper reviews the developmental literature on decision making, discussing how
increased reliance on gist thinking explains the surprising finding that important cognitive …