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  1. A new study published in the journal Nature has found that people tend to solve problems by adding, even when subtracting would be easier. (Sam Brewster) Social Sharing
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  3. sciencetimes.com

    A new study explains how brains missed out on opportunities because it is inclined to adding instead of removing something when solving a problem. Humans almost always add some elements solution ...
  4. sciencealert.com

    Have you ever noticed how we usually try and solve problems by adding more, rather than taking away? More meetings, more forms, more buttons, more shelves, more systems, more code, and so on. ... A study of 1,585 people across 8 different experiments showed that our brains tend to default to addition rather than subtraction when it comes to ...
  5. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

    Adding is favoured over subtracting in problem solving. Adding is favoured over subtracting in problem solving. Adding is favoured over subtracting in problem solving Nature. 2021 Apr;592(7853):189-190. doi: 10.1038/d41586-021-00592-. Authors Tom Meyvis, Heeyoung Yoon. PMID: 33828311 ...
    Author:Tom Meyvis, Heeyoung YoonPublished:2021
  6. stern.nyu.edu

    But a simpler (and cheaper) solution would be to remove the existing pillar, and let the roof simply rest on the base. Across a series of similar experiments, the authors observe that people consistently consider changes that add components over those that subtract them — a tendency that has broad implications for everyday decision-making.
  7. ui.adsabs.harvard.edu

    A series of problem-solving experiments reveal that people are more likely to consider solutions that add features than solutions that remove them, even when removing features is more efficient. ... Adding is favoured over subtracting in problem solving Meyvis, Tom; ...
  8. semanticscholar.org

    A series of problem-solving experiments reveal that people are more likely to consider solutions that add features than solutions that remove them, even when removing features is more efficient. People tend to solve problems by adding features.
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