A new study to be published in Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes has found a very interesting thing about human nature: testosterone is not predictive of an individual’s status in a group. This seems sort of like a “duh” moment for some of you. However, frequently in the animal kingdom, testosterone is the driver [...]
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Testosterone, Status, and Group Dynamics
June 29th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Group Dynamics, Neurobiology
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How intuition blinds managers
June 15th, 2009 · No Comments · Emotion, Neurobiology, Personnel Selection
Human beings are odd creatures. We like to pride ourselves on our logic. However, our brains contain two systems for processing. The first is fast, automatic, and not at the conscious level of use. Kahneman and Tversky, the Nobel prize winners who documented these systems, called this system our intuition system. The second system, being [...]
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