From the Cornell University media release: Social scientists have long studied the relationship between a person’s height and their success in life. Taller people, studies purport, tend to be better educated, earn… Read more »
From the International Communication Association press release via EurekAlert!: A recent study by a team of researchers at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas found that risky sexual behavior can… Read more »
From the CNRS (Délégation Paris Michel-Ange) press release via AlphaGalileo: Compulsive gamblers suffer from an optimism bias that modifies their subjective representation of probability and affects their decisions in situations… Read more »
From the Association for Psychological Science press release via HealthCanal: People are worse at predicting whether a sports team will win, lose, or tie when they bet on the final… 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 »
From the Association for Psychological Science press release via HealthCanal: Teenagers are risk-takers — they’re more likely than children or adults to experiment with illicit substances, have unprotected sex, and… Read more »
From the Association for Psychological Science press release via HealthCanal: Teenagers are risk-takers — they’re more likely than children or adults to experiment with illicit substances, have unprotected sex, and… Read more »
From the University of Warwick press release: The more choices people have, the riskier the decisions they make, according to a new study which sheds light on how we behave… Read more »
From the University of Chicago Press Journals press release via EurekAlert!: Consumers are more willing to take risks and accept delays in exchange for greater benefits when they are able… Read more »
From the University of Kansas press release via MedicalXpress: Much research in psychology and economics has shown that people are “loss averse,” meaning they tend to weigh losses more strongly… Read more »
