News tagged with financial reward

Patients who don't follow treatments hurt dialysis clinics' pay

Dialysis clinics that provide care to kidney disease patients who cannot or will not follow their prescribed treatments will be penalized under a new Medicare payment system, according to a study appearing in an upcoming ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study: Older adults more willing to wait for gains

Older adults, compared with younger adults, tend to report they are more upbeat and that their emotions and mental health do not interfere with their work and social life. That better mental health allows them to wait longer ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jul 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Rewarding higher marks with money doesn't make the grade

(PhysOrg.com) -- Rewarding good grades with money has only a modest effect on students, says a new study conducted by researchers Tony Chambers (OISE) and Philip Oreopoulos (economics and U of T Mississauga) at the University ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 22, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists find first physiological evidence of brain's response to inequality

The human brain is a big believer in equality -- and a team of scientists from the California Institute of Technology and Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland, has become the first to gather the images to prove ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Feb 24, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Research Probes What it Takes to Spot Wanted Fugitives

(PhysOrg.com) -- When asked to be on the lookout for a fugitive, only a small percentage of participants in University of Arkansas studies spotted the wanted man or woman, even with the promise of a financial reward.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 22, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Research shows why you should believe your eyes

(PhysOrg.com) -- Changes in a person's eyes can show that they've seen something before, even when they're pretending they haven't, research by University of Sussex doctoral student Becky Heaver reveals.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers find that the unexpected is a key to human learning

The human brain's sensitivity to unexpected outcomes plays a fundamental role in the ability to adapt and learn new behaviors, according to a new study by a team of psychologists and neuroscientists from the University of ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0