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Return trips feel shorter in hindsight

From the PLOS media release: People reflecting on a roundtrip walk estimated that the return trip took less time than the outward trip, according to a study published June 10, 2015 in the open-access journal… 

Lenient return policies lead to increased purchases

From the University of Texas at Dallas media release: In 2014, product returns totaled about $280 million across all U.S. retailers. New research from UT Dallas examined existing studies on return policies to quantify the policies’… 

Growing old can be risky business

From the Rush University Medical Center media release: Managing money can be difficult at any age. For older adults, changes in physical condition and life circumstances can lead to changes for the worse in financial behavior,… 

The brain-computer duel: Do we have free will?

From the media release: Our choices seem to be freer than previously thought. Using computer-based brain experiments, researchers from Charité — Universitätsmedizin Berlin studied the decision-making processes involved in voluntary movements. The question was: Is…