Students were asked to solve various problems, some with a partner and others individually.
Each were asked to solve a series of tough diagnostic cases.
In the study, American and Canadian college students were asked to solve word puzzles involving anagrams.
In one, 30 college students were asked to solve math problems on a computer.
tests and then, after receiving one type of praise or the other, were asked to solve difficult puzzles.
For many people, being asked to solve their own retirement savings problems is like being asked to build their own cars.
But Mr. Barzani rejected the proposal, complaining that he was being asked to solve a problem between Shiite and Sunni Arabs at the expense of the Kurds.
The study involved college students who were asked to solve anagrams while extraneous chitchat (either by cellphone or between two people) took place in the room.
As policymakers use it to devise programs, it's becoming clear that behavioral economics is being asked to solve problems it wasn't meant to address.
The researchers found that there were two regions of the professionals' brains that were excited consistently when they were asked to solve the shogi problems.
The prediction was that different areas of the students' brains would light up depending on what kind of dilemma they were asked to solve.
