Search results for social rewards:
Praise = money?
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 23, 2008 |
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Why are we nice to others? One answer provided by social psychologists is because it pays off. A social psychological theory stated that we do something nice to others for a good reputation or social approval just like we ...
Researchers shed new light on connection between brain and loneliness
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 15, 2009 |
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Social isolation affects how people behave as well as how their brains operate, a study at the University of Chicago shows.
New mafia game hits up Twitter players for money
Jun 23, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Twitter Inc.'s founders still haven't decided how to cash in on their popular Internet messaging service - to the delight of a rapidly growing audience. But the deliberate approach may not prevent a gold rush among ...
Exploring reactions to inequality
Aug 18, 2009 |
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When primates don’t get the same rewards as their peers, they often refuse them. A Georgia State University researcher is exploring why this reaction happens, and how reactions to inequality have evolved in related species, ...
Singing to females makes male birds' brains happy
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Oct 03, 2008 |
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The melodious singing of birds has been long appreciated by humans, and has often been thought to reflect a particularly positive emotional state of the singer. In a new study published in the online, open-access journal ...
Brain mechanisms of social conformity
Jan 14, 2009 |
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New research reveals the brain activity that underlies our tendency to "follow the crowd." The study, published by Cell Press in the January 15th issue of the journal Neuron, provides intriguing insight into how human behavi ...
Promises come at a price
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 30, 2009 |
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Be careful what you promise people. You are not just obliging yourself to keep your promises; other people will hold you to account for them as well. Dutch-sponsored researcher Manuela Vieth investigated how the behaviour ...
Genetic variation cues social anxiety in monkeys and humans
Jan 14, 2009 |
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A genetic variation involving the brain chemical serotonin has been found to shape the social behavior of rhesus macaque monkeys, which could provide researchers with a new model for studying autism, social anxiety and schizophrenia. ...
Carrots are better than sticks for building human cooperation
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 03, 2009 |
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Rewards go further than punishment in building human cooperation and benefiting the common good, according to research published this week in the journal Science by researchers at Harvard University and the Stockholm School ...
New research explores role of serotonin in decision-making behaviour
Jun 05, 2008 |
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New research by scientists at the University of Cambridge suggests that the neurotransmitter serotonin, which acts as a chemical messenger between nerve cells, plays a critical role in regulating emotions such as aggression ...
Study: Social influence on teen sex global
Nov 03, 2006 |
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Social pressures and perceptions that influence young people's sexual behavior are markedly similar around the world, London researchers said.
Childhood adversity may affect processing in the brain's reward pathways
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 15, 2009 |
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New research shows that childhood adversity is associated with diminished neural activity in brain regions implicated in the anticipation of possible rewards.
Psychologists show that 'money changes everything'
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 08, 2007 |
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It's been said by everyone from Cyndi Lauper to Alex Rodriguez that "money changes everything." Now psychologists at Washington University in St. Louis have published a paper to support that claim.
Policies to Address Tardiness Will Not Work, Study Suggests
Nov 26, 2007 |
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A new study by a University of Arkansas economist suggests that national campaigns against tardiness in two South American countries will not work. The findings provide insight for policymakers and business leaders who want ...
UH sociologist has different perspective on obesity 'epidemic'
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 16, 2009 |
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Headlines tell us the nation is getting fatter, and that obesity has become an epidemic. But there is more to the story, according to one University of Houston sociologist.
