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Making life-or-death decisions is very hard – here's how we've taught people to do it better

  • Written by Laurence Alison, Director of the Centre for Critical and Major Incident Psychology, University of Liverpool
When faced with a wildfire, responders must act quickly and decisively to save lives.AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez

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