Decision Making and Science

Apparently, there is a difference in mental processes between those who can make decisions quickly and those who don't. Scientific American has a couple articles of interest on the topic. One article suggests that quick decision makers rely on mental shortcuts more readily than slow decision makers. Slow decision makers have to test the validity of those mental shortcuts before deciding. The other article suggests that the brain's ability to decide worsens if the brain has already had to make numerous decisions, which is to say that the decision-making part of the brain tires.

I am, without a doubt, a slow decision maker! If the first article is correct, my slowness may stem from my distrust of my own intuition. Not only do I distrust my own intuition, but I also distrust others' intuition. I think the human being is amazingly adept at deceiving itself. But perhaps this merely demonstrates the nature of my personality.