Consumers will pay more for a single expensive item, such as a watch, than they will for a combination of that item and a cheaper one, such as a pen. In five experiments, respondents were shown a series of products—phones, jackets, backpacks, TVs, watches, shoes, luggage, bikes, wine, and sunglasses. Some were relatively expensive, others ...
Date Posted: June 20, 2012
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If males feel their masculinity may be at stake, they are more likely to cut ethical corners.
What do Barry Bonds, Bernie Madoff, and James Murdoch have in common? They were all, in their respective areas, in it to win it – whatever the cost. ...
Jun 20
GONew mothers who read and write blogs may feel less alone than mothers who do not participate in a blogging community, according to family studies researchers. "It looks like blogging might be helping these women as they transition into motherhood ...
Jun 20
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This mind hack is simple: you imagine yourself way off in the future, or living in a different country or as a different person. The aim is to have that feeling of detachment, of stepping outside yourself, by whatever means you can.
This puts you ...
Jun 19
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Loneliness in individuals over 60 years of age appears associated with increased risk of functional decline and death, according to a report published Online First by Archives of Internal Medicine, a JAMA Network publication.
In older persons, ...
Jun 19
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Although research has shown that most of us are hopeless at spotting lies, there's been speculation in the literature that a minority of people might be unusually talented fib-detectors. The evidence for these "wizards", as they've been called, ...
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People make complex judgements about a person from looking at their face that are based on a range of factors beyond simply their race and gender, according to findings of new research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council ...
Jun 18
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Creative people can be a little weird. Great artists are often outsiders: they don't behave like us, they don't look like us and they don't think like us.
True creativity is not the preserve of people who think the same as everyone else. ...
Jun 18
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A link between unconscious conflicts and conscious anxiety disorder symptoms have been shown, lending empirical support to psychoanalysis.
An experiment that Sigmund Freud could never have imagined 100 years ago may help lend scientific support ...
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When the going gets tough, the tough ought to thank their fathers. New research from Brigham Young University shows that dads are in a unique position to help their adolescent children develop persistence.
BYU professors Laura Padilla-Walker and ...
Jun 16
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Does what goes around come around? Do you get what's coming to you? Do you reap what you sow?
Children are often heard to whine to their parents: "But that's not fair!" and their agitated parents reply: "Tough, life's not fair."
With age you ...
Jun 16
GONormally, male California mice are surprisingly doting fathers, but new research published in the journal Physiological and Biochemical Zoology suggests that high anxiety can turn these good dads bad. Unlike most rodents, male and female ...
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When a relationship is going wrong, it is comforting to dwell on positive memories of an ex.
Research found increased longing for ex-partners predicted declines in relationship quality, but only when focused on one’s most recent ex-partner. ...
Jun 15
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A bat and ball cost a dollar and ten cents. The bat costs a dollar more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?
The vast majority of people respond quickly and confidently, insisting the ball costs ten cents. This answer is both obvious and ...
Jun 15
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What if there were a pill that would make you want to exercise harder? It may sound strange, but a new research report appearing online in The FASEB Journal suggests that it might be possible. That's because a team of Swiss researchers found that ...
Jun 15
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It sounds cliché, but you really only do have once chance to make a first impression. And although you might be sick to death of hearing your parents spout this platitude, the reality is that your network and connections can make or break you in ...
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