The School of Art and Design History and Theory offers a comprehensive array of courses in design studies; fashion studies; visual culture studies; spatial design studies; art and design history and ...

Characteristics of Prospect Theory Prospect theory suggests that humans tend to prefer certainties over probabilities. For example, suppose that you have a choice between being given $50 or a 50% ...

The prisoner’s dilemma is a common game theory example and is often used to showcase the effect of the Nash equilibrium. The Nash equilibrium is often discussed in conjunction with the dominant ...

What makes humans conscious? Scientists disagree, strongly, as one group of peacemakers discovered the hard way.

The course is organized into three main sections: Overview of design theory and methods Design Research Special Topics (such as analogy, cognition, creativity, sustainability, co-design) Design ...

Artistic illustration of the study published in Nature. Image credit: Georgy Ermakov and Sergey Lebedyanskiy. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases ...

For more than a century, Parsons has been inspired by the transformative potential of design. Today, the school’s groundbreaking academic programs carry forward that mission, making Parsons the number ...