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Not buying it: Marketing messages may not work in uncommon situations

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 15, 2008 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Marketers like to talk about "priming" goals -- or sending subtle messages to encourage consumption. For example, thirsty people who encounter ads related to thirst tend to buy more beverages.





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Long road ahead in developing effective avian flu vaccination strategy, Stanford expert says

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Feb 17, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The near inevitability that influenza will explode into a pandemic in the coming few years has kept researchers searching for a way to prevent the worst effects of infection. The ultimate prize is a highly effective vaccine ...


Evidence that priming affiliation increases helping behavior in infants as young as 18 months

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Most of us are willing to help a neighbor in need, but there's no question that we pay a price for our altruism. Not necessarily in money, but in valuable time and energy, and with no promise of payback. So, why do we engage ...


Study: How much you're willing to pay depends on what you were just doing

Other Sciences / Other

created Jan 23, 2008 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Your shopping buddy turns to you and asks, “Which one of these would you get?” Or, you’re talking with your spouse about which candidate you’d like to vote for before switching on the nightly news. Turns out simply being ...


When you don't know what you want

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

How is it possible that you were not planning on going shopping, but that you still end up going and even return home with four new pairs of trousers?


Research Finds Photos More Useful Than Words for Memory Recall

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Apr 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that pictures allow patients with very mild Alzheimer's disease (AD) to better recognize and identify a subject as compared to using ...


What is unique in the brain of an Arabic speaker?

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (11) | comments 1

Literary Arabic is expressed in the brain of an Arabic speaker as a second language and not as a native language. This has been shown in a new study by Dr. Raphiq Ibrahim of the Edmond J. Safra Brain Research Center for the ...


What are you looking at?

What are you looking at?

Biology /

created Feb 02, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Why do we look when another person looks? Are we looking for objects of interest or perhaps a warning of impending danger? Or are we just plain nosey? Human tendency to follow another person's ...


Researchers unravel role of priming in plant immunity

Researchers unravel role of priming in plant immunity

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists have discovered a naturally occurring compound that triggers a plant's immune system, thereby protecting the plant from a secondary bacterial infection.


Scientists find better way to boost the immune system

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 22, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Queen’s University immunologists have discovered how to manipulate the immune system to increase its power and protect the body from successive viral infections.


Searching in space and minds: New research suggests underlying link

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 10, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 1

New research from Indiana University has found evidence that how we look for things, such as our car keys or umbrella, could be related to how we search for more abstract needs, such as words in memory or solutions to problems.



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