by Karen B. Roberts, University of Delaware As any parent will tell you, no two children behave in exactly the same way. It is part of what makes each individual unique. So, why do some adolescents take more risks than others? University of Delaware Biomedical Engineer Curtis Johnson and graduate student Grace McIlvain think they...
In the early 1980s cognitive psychologist Amos Tversky and his colleagues set out to study if the way a question was framed influenced the way people think. They presented patients, medical students, and doctors with statistics about the effectiveness of surgery versus radiation therapy in treating cancer. The participants were given information about effectiveness and...
