Tag: Amitai Shenhav

  • Science & Tech

    Intuitive? Try God

    Harvard researchers exploring the roots of religion have found that intuitive thinking leads to belief in God, while more reflective thinking points toward atheism.

    3–4 minutes
  • Science & Tech

    Major moral decisions use general-purpose brain circuits to manage uncertainty

    Harvard researchers have found that humans can make difficult moral decisions using the same brain circuits as those used in more mundane choices related to money and food. These circuits, also found in other animals, put together two critical pieces of information:  How good or bad are the things that might happen?  What are the…

    3–4 minutes
  • Health

    What’s right for me?

    In a new study, Harvard scientists find that humans can make difficult moral decisions using the same brain circuits as those used on more mundane choices such as money or food.

    3–4 minutes