I have been haunted by this question for nearly two years. It doesn't seem like it should be hard to answer but the fact is that neither 'media' nor 'psychology' are all that concise and they both carry a certain amount of metaphorical baggage. But I have arrived at a... read more →
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Jun
19
This article on the Medical News Today website entitled Neural Insights into The Economics of Philanthropy discusses a study where two economists and a cognitive scientist scanned brain activity using fMRI during forced and voluntary monetary contributions. These conditions were meant to simulate the social/economic processes of taxation and donation.... read more →
Jun
03
Harvard Business Review has launched its first ever Interactive Case Study. That, in itself, is pretty cool. But the case study itself “We Googled You” raises interesting questions and changes the meaning of a background search on potential employees. You can download a PDF version of the case study and... read more →
Jun
03
An interesting article by Randy Dotinga appearing in the 5-24-07 issue of Wired called Anakin Skywalker: Borderline Personality, Bipolar or Narcissist?A team of psychiatrists has done a study analyzing Anakin Skywalker . According to Dr. Eric Bui in Toulouse, France, a co-author of the study, they have concluded that Anakin... read more →
Apr
16
A colleague sent around an article about research out of UCD that has gotten a lot of attention with headlines like: "Study Reveals "Robin Hood Impulse' in Human Nature." ...120 paid student volunteers at a computer lab on the campus of the University of California at Davis sat at computer... read more →
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