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The real thing? People are often unsure about telling authentic luxury goods from fakes

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Luxury goods are supposed to be expensive because of their quality: A sip of fine wine or the comforting feel of designer clothing should justify the price.


Plants recognize siblings, and UD researchers have discovered how

Plants recognize siblings, researchers discover how

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 0

Plants may not have eyes and ears, but they can recognize their siblings, and researchers at the University of Delaware have discovered how.


A new take on why social cues confuse babies and dogs in a classic hiding game

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 3

A study by developmental scientists at the University of Iowa and Indiana University challenges the conclusions of two recent studies on how babies and dogs respond to certain social cues. The new findings, published in this ...


Peer Behavior, Not Communication Overload, Determines Mobile Device Use in Meetings, Study Shows

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Organizational norms and social cues, not communication overload, are the strongest predictors of whether individuals use their laptops or smart phones to electronically multitask during a meeting, according ...


'Neurologger' reads bird brains in flight

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Using a "neurologger" specially designed to record the brain activity of pigeons in flight, researchers reporting online on June 25th in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, have gained new insight into what goes t ...


Male or female? Coloring provides gender cues

Male or female? Coloring provides gender cues

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created May 27, 2009 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (9) | comments 2

Our brain is wired to identify gender based on facial cues and coloring, according to a new study published in the Journal of Vision. Psychology Professor Frédéric Gosselin and his Université de Mon ...


Let's get non-verbal, electronically

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Apr 17, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers have developed a suite of tools to add non-verbal cues to email, phone calls, chats and other channels of electronic communication. It is fascinating work, and the real-world applications ...


Researchers study attention mechanisms of autistic children

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Mar 30, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Two-year-olds with autism lack an important building block of social interaction that prompts newborn babies to pay attention to other people. Instead, these children pay attention to physical relationships between movement ...


Forget it! A biochemical pathway for blocking your worst fears?

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Mar 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

A receptor for glutamate, the most prominent neurotransmitter in the brain, plays a key role in the process of "unlearning," report researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. Their findings, published in the ...


Learning from our mistakes: Consumers won't be deceived twice

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Feb 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Sometimes a high price tag, a label, or an ingredient can lead us to believe that we're purchasing a high-quality item. But what happens if the attribute that attracted us to the product is false or meaningless? A new study ...


Internal choices are weaker than those dictated by the outside world

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 11, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The underlying sense of being in control of our own actions is challenged by new research from UCL (University College London) which demonstrates that the choices we make internally are weak and easily overridden compared ...


Mouse study reveals genetic component of empathy

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 11, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The ability to empathize with others is partially determined by genes, according to new research on mice from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU).


Rich man, poor man: study shows body language can indicate socioeconomic status

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 04, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (11) | comments 8

A new study in Psychological Science reveals that nonverbal cues can give away a person's socioeconomic status (SES). Volunteers whose parents were from upper SES backgrounds displayed more disengagement-related behaviors compar ...


Web site design affects how children process information

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 14, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Tacoma, WA - January 14, 2009 -A new study in the journal Psychology & Marketing investigates the influence of website design on children's information processing. Results show that the type of interface used can significantly affect ...


Where am I? How our brain works as a GPS device

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 09, 2009 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (9) | comments 0

We've all experienced the feeling of not knowing where we are. Being disoriented is not pleasant, and it can even be scary, but luckily for most of us, this sensation is temporary. The brain employs a number of tricks to ...