From the Aalto University press release via Physorg: Most consumers do not like personal marketing messages. Sales phone calls and text messages are considered particularly obtrusive, with consumers preferring marketing in newspapers, catalogues and internet…
From the BI Norwegian Business School press release via ScienceDaily: When we let our hearts choose for us, we are more influenced by people who resemble ourselves, a PhD study from BI Norwegian Business School…
From the University of Michigan press release via MedicalXpress: People who view their relationships as secure have less need to consider many options when making choices about purchases, a new University of Michigan study shows.…
From the University of Queensland press release via Physorg: Atheists and believers alike will repeatedly sacrifice large portions of their income to unresponsive entities in the hope of a better outcome, a new study suggests.…
From the Washington University in St. Louis press release by Neil Schoenherr via ScienceDaily: Consumers generally prefer having more options when choosing among products but not when making choices involving the distant future, according to…
From the University of Luxemburg press release via HealthCanal: Living in poverty is often accompanied by conditions that can negatively influence cognitive development. Is it possible that being bilingual might counteract these effects? Although previous…
From the Weizmann Institute of Science press release via EurekAlert!: Is sleep learning possible? A new Weizmann Institute study appearing today in Nature Neuroscience has found that if certain odors are presented after tones during…
From the Lund University press release via HealthCanal: Previous research indicates that in many cases discrimination may depend on a particularly positive image we have of people with whom we identify, rather than on our…
From the Purdue University press release via HealthCanal: Older mothers are more likely to be stressed when they receive help from an adult child who is not their preferred caretaker, according to new research from…
From the Cell Press press release via EurekAlert!: Politics and genetics have traditionally been considered non-overlapping fields, but over the past decade it has become clear that genes can influence political behavior, according to a…