An imagination exercise can help people make more realistic judgments about the riskiness of their daily choices.

To help people who live in areas with high flood risk consider moving, you need to first understand how they decide to stay or leave, says Anna Rhodes.

Thinking of the body as a machine and food as fuel works to get some people choosing healthy eating. But it can totally backfire for others, a study shows.

Hear an expert explain what characterizes vaccine apathy and how to get through to folks in that category.

Our brains process taste information before health information. That might explain why we choose a candy bar instead of an apple.

Climate change is affecting some people's decision whether or not to have children. A new survey identifies the specific factors.

A label describing a product's climate impact could get people to make more sustainable purchases, even those who'd rather avoid that kind of information.

Researchers have found that we rely on subjective memory, how we feel about what happened, rather than objective memory to make decisions.

Avoiding the worst options can be as key to problem solving as finding the best option. New research digs into how the brain knows it's on the wrong track.

Do you browse every option or make a speedy selection? New research upends ideas about which type of decision makes people feel better.