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Americans who believe in equality are more likely to buy on impulse

Oct 20, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (6) | 10

A new study from Rice University's Jones Graduate School of Business finds that Americans who believe in equality are more-impulsive shoppers. And it has implications for how to market products differently ...

Poor money saving linked to general impulsiveness

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Sep 03, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 1

Financial imprudence is linked to other impulsive behaviour such as overeating, smoking and infidelity, according to a new study led by UCL researchers, published in the journal Personality and Individual Differences.

Sedatives may increase suicide risk in older patients

Medicine & Health / Medications

Jun 04, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Sleeping tablets have been associated with a four-fold increase in suicide risk in the elderly. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Geriatrics have shown that, even after adjusting for the presence of psychi ...

Study links ADHD medicine with better test scores

Medicine & Health / Diseases

Apr 27, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 2

(AP) -- Children on medicine for attention deficit disorder scored higher on academic tests than their unmedicated peers in the first large, long-term study suggesting this kind of benefit from the widely ...

Genes influence impulsive behavior, preceding the development of alcoholism

Medicine & Health / Genetics

Apr 22, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Numerous studies have shown that highly impulsive behavior - defined as the tendency to choose small, immediate rewards over larger, delayed rewards - is more prevalent in drug addicts and alcoholics compared to individuals ...