Tag: economics

Study looks at pre-credit crisis manic behaviour in the financial world

From the University of Leicester press release via EurekAlert!: Western economies displayed the same kind of manic behaviour as psychologically disturbed individuals in the run up to the 2008 credit… Read more »

Study suggests many genes of small effect may influence economic decisions and political attitudes

From the Cornell University press releasse via EurekAlert!: Genetic factors explain some of the variation in a wide range of people’s political attitudes and economic decisions – such as preferences… Read more »

Study suggests that stress and low income may predispose mothers to overfeed infants

From the American Academy of Pediatrics press release via EurekAlert!: Efforts to prevent obesity among low-income infants should focus not only on what babies are being fed but also the… Read more »

Study suggests brain responses may help marketers predict people’s decisions

From the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business press release: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is typically used by medical professionals to visualize the internal structures of the human body. By… Read more »

Study links income inequality and distrust to incidence of academic dishonesty

From the Association for Psychological Science press release: College professors and students are in an arms race over cheating. Students find new sources for pre-written term papers; professors find new… Read more »

Study looks at ways to counteract the deleterious health effects of low socioeconomic status

From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Poverty is bad for your health. Poor people are much more likely to have heart disease, stroke, and cancer than wealthy people,… Read more »

Study examines links between personality traits and a preference for buying experiences instead of things

From the San Francisco State University press release: Psychologists have found that buying life experiences makes people happier than buying possessions, but who spends more of their spare cash on… Read more »