Article 5ZWRM It’s decided: decisive people no more accurate than self-doubters

It’s decided: decisive people no more accurate than self-doubters

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Nicola Davis Science correspondent
from Science | The Guardian on (#5ZWRM)

Research finds only difference between so-called action-oriented and state-oriented people is confidence

It's a trait best seen in the eager pub quizzer - a tendency to leap to an answer without a shadow of a doubt.

Now researchers have suggested that while people who have little difficulty making decisions are more confident in their choices, they are no more accurate than those who feel more torn.

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