Hundreds of years ago, two English philosophers wrote about their views on human nature. In Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes set forth the argument that when “men live without other security than what their ...

Behavioral economics helps investors understand irrational market behaviors and customer choices. Examples of behavioral economic theories include loss aversion and sunk-cost fallacy. Recognizing ...

Scientists find evolutionary explanation for 'irrational' dread risk behavior by Andrew Merrington, University of Exeter edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors' notes The GIST ...

There are certain habits that rational people find come to second nature, but not everyone is wired that way. Irrational people aren't naturally in tune with their emotions, so many behaviors others ...

Electric vehicles’ share of the total automotive sales market climbed to more than 9% this month, analysts at Cox Automotive said Aug. 15. Total sales, the firm said, climbed almost 20% year over year ...

The evolution of the so-called Dread Risk response has been explained by new scientific research. People often respond to low-probability, high-consequence events ...