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Vindictiveness doesn't pay

Other Sciences / Economics

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Vindictiveness doesn't pay. This has been demonstrated by a current study at Bonn and Maastricht Universities. According to this study, a person inclined to deal with inequity on a tit-for-tat basis tends to experience more ...





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The more you take the more you lose

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 17, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (23) | comments 4

In everyday social exchanges, being mean to people has a lot more impact than being nice, research at the University of Chicago has shown.


Punishment does not earn rewards or cooperation, study finds

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 19, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (20) | comments 3

Individuals who engage in costly punishment do not benefit from their behavior, according to a new study published this week in the journal Nature by researchers at Harvard University and the Stockholm School of Economics.


Stereotypes can fuel teen misbehavior

Stereotypes can fuel teen misbehavior

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Drinking. Drugs. Caving into peer pressure. When parents expect their teenagers to conform to negative stereotypes, those teens are in fact more likely to do so, according to new research by Christy Buchanan, ...


Cleanliness is next to godliness: New research shows clean smells promote moral behavior

Cleanliness is next to godliness: New research shows clean smells promote moral behavior

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 24, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 11

People are unconsciously fairer and more generous when they are in clean-smelling environments, according to a soon-to-be published study led by a Brigham Young University professor.


Mothers with postpartum depression with suicidal thoughts and their infant interactions

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The joys of motherhood for many women can also lead other new moms to experience postpartum depression and even worse - ideas for committing suicide.


Don't be happy, be worried: Sports fans need dose of negative

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

For sports fans watching their favorite team play, the greatest enjoyment comes only with a strong dollop of fear and maybe even near-despair, a new study suggests.


Toshiba develops molecular photoresist technology for EUV lithography

Toshiba develops molecular photoresist technology for EUV lithography

Technology / Semiconductors

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (12) | comments 1

Toshiba Corporation today announced that it has developed a high resolution photoresist (photo-sensitive film) essential for future application of EUV (extreme ultraviolet) lithography in semiconductor fabrication, ...


Study: Body posture affects confidence in your own thoughts

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sitting up straight in your chair isn't just good for your posture - it also gives you more confidence in your own thoughts, according to a new study.


The narrow line between love and jealousy

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A new study carried out at the University of Haifa has found that the hormone oxytocin, the "love hormone", which affects behaviors such as trust, empathy and generosity, also affects opposite behaviors, such as jealousy ...


Research shows avatars can negatively affect users

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Although often seen as an inconsequential feature of digital technologies, one's self-representation, or avatar, in a virtual environment can affect the user's thoughts, according to research by a University ...



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