News tagged with money illusion

Inflation 'felt' to be not so bad as a wage cut

Many people view a rise in their income as a good thing, even when the increase is completely negated again by inflation. Researchers at Bonn University and the California Institute of Technology have discovered the cerebro-physiological ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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Discovering Autism: An unsettling boom

Amber Dias couldn't be sure what was wrong with her little boy.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Tobacco industry dying? Not so fast, says Stanford expert

The cigarette industry is not dying. It continues to reap unimaginable profits. It's still winning lawsuits. And cigarettes still kill millions every year.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 4

Design could help Facebook members limit security leaks

A sign-up interface created by Penn State researchers for Facebook apps could help members prevent personal information -- and their friends' information -- from leaking out through third-party games and apps to hackers and ...

Technology / Internet

created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

CEO stock options can lead to increased risk taking, finds new study

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study by a finance professor at Washington University in St. Louis finds that the amount of stock options in a CEO’s compensation package can result in an increase in risk-taking ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Sep 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Radical change in blood pressure diagnosis and treatment

The way blood pressure is diagnosed and treated is set to be revolutionised following new guidelines for the medical profession issued by NICE and developed in conjunction with the British Hypertension Society ...

Medicine & Health / Health

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

With holidays approaching, TV prices to drop slightly

Prices on big-screen TVs will be going down in time for holiday shopping this year, but don't expect the dramatic discounts of 2009, when they fell 20 percent.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 08, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Enterprise PCs work while they sleep - saving energy and money - with new software

Personal computers in enterprise environments save energy and money by "sleep-working," thanks to new software called SleepServer created by computer scientists from the University of California, San Diego.

Technology / Software

created Jun 23, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (13) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Free will is an illusion, biologist says

(PhysOrg.com) -- When biologist Anthony Cashmore claims that the concept of free will is an illusion, he's not breaking any new ground. At least as far back as the ancient Greeks, people have wondered how ...

Biology / Other

created Mar 03, 2010 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (133) | comments 464 | with audio podcast feature

A special kind of flight training

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new generation of flight simulators will attempt to make air traffic safer.

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Cisco to proceed with $3.4 billion Tandberg deal

(AP) -- Cisco Systems Inc. says it is waiving its condition that 90 percent of shareholders of Norwegian videoconferencing equipment firm Tandberg ASA back its $3.4 billion takeover offer and will close the deal as soon ...

Technology / Business

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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