#decision-making

All articles tagged with "decision-making"

Researchers conducted over 5,000 underwater trials on two species of featherfin cichlids in Lake Tanganyika.
When decisions were simple, both species behaved identically; when complex, one species was fast and decisive, the other slow and integrative.
The findings parallel Daniel Kahneman's 'Thinking, Fast and Slow' dual-process theory of human cognition.
The study suggests evolution can shape not only what animals choose but how they make decisions.

DT Editorial Team·Aug 13, 2026·via phys.org

Researchers combined free-text explanations with LLMs to uncover decision reasons.
Participants explained their choices in a gambling task; LLMs identified reasons from text.
Decision reasons shift systematically with the structure of the decision problem.
The approach validates self-reported reasons with mathematical modeling of choices.

DT Editorial Team·Jul 3, 2026·via phys.org