Neurosciencenews.com May 18, 2026 • 17:02

Thinking Longer Leads to Worse Decisions - Neuroscience News

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Thinking Longer Leads to Worse Decisions - Neuroscience News

Faster decisions in professional chess yield higher quality results, showing that overthinking hinders intuitive success.

Summary: A new study published reveals a surprising paradox in human cognition: when making complex strategic decisions, faster choices are, on average, of higher quality. Investigating actual human … [+6718 chars]
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