Should I have a flu vaccination or not? Is it safer to travel by car or by plane? Can early-detection screening tests for cancer prolong my life? Questions like these are the research focus of our team of six scientists led by Professor Gerd Gigerenzer, director of the Center.

Wie finden wir den richtigen Beruf? Wie entscheiden wir uns für den Partner fürs Leben? Oft lenkt uns das Bauchgefühl. Und das ist auch gut so, meint Gerd Gigerenzer. Denn die Intuition ist dem Verstand häufig überlegen. Hier finden Sie ein Video des Interviews.

More technology equals higher risks? In view of the nuclear accident in Fukushima, Barbara Bleisch and her guests discuss social risks and their consequences. Watch the broadcast from Swiss Television (in German)!

When it comes to health issues, our gut feelings are often influenced by fear. In this German radio broadcast, Wolfgang Gaissmaier talks about how to make sound decisions and how to deal with risks.

Even though improved survival rates and increased detection of cancers (incidence rate) with screening do not prove that screening actually saves lives, both statistics are often used to promote such examinations. However, a newly published shows that the majority of these doctors cannot distinguish between relevant and irrelevant – and even misleading – information.

How is it possible that people on the streets have a better nose for stock market developments than experts? On the basis of Gerd Gigerenzer's research, Martin Tschechne reports on this, and why the most simple strategies often lead to the best results.

What do the Germans think about palliative care? How much money do they want to spend on neuronal implants? Do they consider telemedicine to be useful? The civil dialogue "High-tech Medicine", organized by the German Ministry of Education and Research [BMBF], is part of a series of civic dialogues about technologies, that will shapre our everyday life in the near future. Accompanied by experts, these dialogues aim to assist citizens in forming opinions, but also to generate proposals for action.

Gerd Gigerenzer explains why starting a career doesn't need to make people feel insecure - not even in times of an international debt crisis.