The Risks of Hunger. It Makes You Take More Risks.
Big Think,
You know those nature documentaries, the ones where hungry polar bears risk their lives attacking dangerous walruses…
External (and internal) influences on decisions
Brain Study,
We like to think that we are in control of our decisions. Yet evidence from various neuroeconomics and marketing studies have…
Monthly PLoS ONE News and Blog Round-Up
Public Library of Science - PLoS ONE Blog,
Events interfered, so I could not collect the media coverage every week. So today here is the entire month! We’ll return to…
Want to Play It Safe? Have a Cheeseburger
Mind Matters | Big Think,
Sometimes it seems that…
The Risky Business of Hunger
Scepticon,
We like to think of ourselves as rational actors when it comes to making decisions, we take in information, process it and…
The Risky Business of Hunger
Skepticon,
We like to think of ourselves as rational actors when it…
Don’t diet (or be obese) and drive?
Five Minute Economist's Blog,
A paper by scientists at UCL suggests that the risks we take are linked to how hungry we are. The interesting part aspect of…
Why Hungry Men Live On The Edge
Dr. Sharma's Obesity Notes » blog,
In the days when fast food referred to food on four legs that you had to chase after, feeding yourself and your family was not…
Why Hungry Men Live On The Edge
Dr. Sharma's Obesity Notes » blog,
In the days when fast…
Being hungry or full influences our risk taking.
Deric Bownds' MindBlog,
How hunger affects our financial risk taking
BPS Research Digest,
The hungrier an animal becomes, the more risks it's prepared to take in the search for food. Now, for the first time, Mkael…