From the USC Marshall School of Business press release via EurekAlert!: Economists and professionals praise the merits of competition, as it leads to lower prices and improvements in quality. But in the automobile smog-testing industry,…
From the Science in Public press release via MedicalXpress: A psychology researcher from Canberra has collected some of the first scientific evidence that video gaming can be addictive in a way similar to gambling and…
From the press release via ScienceDaily: Student engagement is not independent of the type of school attended. Nor is it independent of the organisational development of the school. The school’s organisational style affects the work…
From the Universität Bonn press release via AlphaGalileo: Some people live their lives by the motto “no risk – no fun!” and avoid hardly any risks. Others are clearly more cautious and focus primarily on…
From the Journal of Consumer Research, Inc. press release via AlphaGalileo: Consumers seek out novel consumption experiences to increase their knowledge about products but do so selectively based on their level of expertise, according to…
From the Journal of Consumer Research, Inc. press release via AlphaGalileo: Consumers may be less satisfied with the choices they make if their options are presented one at a time rather than all at once,…
From the Caltech press release by Marcus Woo via MedicalXpress: You probably know it as Monday-morning quarterbacking or 20/20 hindsight: failures often look obvious and predictable after the fact—whether it’s an interception thrown by a…
From the Concordia University press release via EurekAlert!: What if factory foremen treated their workers less like the machines they operate, and more like people, with personality strengths and differences? Surely the workers would benefit,…
From the Kansas State University press release via EurekAlert!: The key to motivation in physical activity may be feeling inadequate. One Kansas State University researcher found that those who exercised with a teammate whom they…
From the Ohio State University press release: If you want to get rid of unwanted, negative thoughts, try just ripping them up and tossing them in the trash. In a new study, researchers found that…