New research identifies the complex relationship between effort and perceived value. While future effort decreases item appeal, past effort can increase it. Individual responses vary, with some ...

Effort and exploration activate reward cycles in our brains. We must ensure we have opportunities for both.

Inzlicht and his colleagues posed the Effort Paradox to make sense of this odd tendency: Sometimes we value experiences and ...

American students have been falling behind in math for decades—with test scores that consistently rank in the bottom 25% globally compared to students in other developed countries—and the ...

Do the math. The government sold bonds worth 147 tons in 67 tranches. As of last month, New Delhi was still on the hook for 132 tons, which translates to a liability of 1.2 trillion rupees ($13 ...

This paradox is not unique to Bhutto. The WEF Report underscores a troubling pattern: women in power do not always translate into broader gender equality. Angela Merkel, who steered Germany through ...

The findings, published in Nature, solve the paradox of how the immune system ... scientists have known that B cell evolution is unusual. Mathematical modeling from that era suggested that ...

One hypothesis for solving “the paradox of the plankton,” as it’s known, comes from terrestrial systems. Many animals exhibit distinct activity cycles, including diurnal rhythms of foraging that ...

The Department of Mathematics consists of the Mathematical Institute and the Freudenthal Institute. Mathematical research and academic education become one within the Mathematical Institute. The ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming medicine, promising to ...

Pi Day, celebrated annually on March 14, honours the mathematical constant Pi, which is approximately 3.14. The date, when written as 3/14, mirrors the first three digits of Pi, making it a ...

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