decision making

Psychologists find evidence that it's not. People act in their own best interests, according to traditional views of how and why we make the decisions that we do.

However, psychologists have recently found evidence that this assumption is not necessarily true. In fact, most of us will act in the best interest of our team -- often at our own expense.

Contrary to what most of us would like to believe, decision-making may be a process handled to a large extent by unconscious mental activity.

A team of scientists has unraveled how the brain actually unconsciously prepares our decisions. "Many processes in the brain occur automatically and without involvement of our consciousness.

This prevents our mind from being overloaded by simple routine tasks. But when it comes to decisions we tend to assume they are made by our conscious mind.