Decision Fatigue

'Decision fatigue' helps explain why ordinarily sensible people avoid making decisions or are easily persuaded to make the wrong decisions when they are tired. Yet few people are conscious of it, and researchers are only beginning to understand why it happens. A No matter how rational people try to be, they can't make decision after decision without paying a biological price. This 'decision fatigue' is different from ordinary physical fatigue. People are not conscious of being fired bu...