From the Carnegie Mellon University press release: Adolescents face many challenging decisions. So, do consumers. A new paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows how… Read more »
From the University of Cambridge press release: Schoolchildren who receive words of encouragement from a teacher are significantly more likely to continue their education beyond the age of 16 than… Read more »
From the UT Austin press release: Because innovation is part of the American culture, adults in the United States may be less likely to associate children’s conformity with intelligence than… Read more »
From the Carnegie Mellon University press release: We live in an unprecedented “age of information.” Dieters have access to nutritional information, people at risk of genetic disease can undergo cutting-edge… Read more »
From the Caltech press release via EurekAlert!: When it comes to economics versus psychology, score one for psychology. Economists argue that markets usually reflect rational behavior—that is, the dominant players… Read more »
From the Linköping University press release via ScienceDaily: A study that was presented in Nature last year attracted a great deal of attention when it asserted that intuition promotes cooperation…. Read more »
From the Columbia Business School press release via EurekAlert!: With so much on the line for job seekers in this difficult economic climate, a lot of new hires might be… Read more »
From the press release via ScienceDaily: Many people express objections against child labor, exploitation of the workforce or meat production involving cruelty against animals. At the same time, however, people… Read more »
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Math and reading ability at age 7 may be linked with socioeconomic status several decades later, according to new research published in… Read more »
From the Arizona State University press release via MedicalXpress: Don’t put all your eggs in one basket. Most of us have heard this old adage applied to many of life’s… Read more »
