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Good news for veggies: Personal values deceive taste buds
Jul 17, 2008 |
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Many heavy meat eaters believe they eat a lot of meat because of the taste. But according to groundbreaking new research in the Journal of Consumer Research, the reason that a beef burger tastes better than a veggie burger ...
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Social networking aggregator sues Facebook
Jul 10, 2009 |
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(AP) -- In a counter-punch to the world's biggest online hangout, a small Web company called Power.com has sued Facebook, saying it doesn't follow its own policy of giving users control over their content.
Rich people don't need friends
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 16, 2009 |
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In a paper evaluated by f1000 Medicine, six studies tested relationships between reminders of money, social exclusion and physical pain.
Social media and presidential election: Scientists examine impact of YouTube, MySpace
Oct 31, 2008 |
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Dr. Paul Haridakis, associate professor of Communication Studies at Kent State University and a long-time scholar in the area of the impact of media on the political landscape in the U.S., is investigating the impact of hugely ...
Are power and compassion mutually exclusive?
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 17, 2008 |
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The fact that many cultures emphasize the concept of "noblesse oblige" (the idea that with great power and prestige come responsibilities) suggests that power may diminish a tendency to help others. Psychologist Gerben A. ...
Researchers explore how power influences interpretation
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 10, 2009 |
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A newly completed New York University study of public reaction to the 9/11 attacks concludes that people in positions of power, from government officials to managers working on Wall Street to military personnel, tended to ...
Feminist social theories put to the test
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 27, 2009 |
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A dissertation at Örebro University in Sweden brings to light major weaknesses in feminist social theories. They are untenable, far too undeveloped, and laden with insoluble internal problems of logic.
Intel boosts Facebook users power for research
Aug 04, 2009 |
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Intel unveiled a software program that lets Facebook users devote spare computer processing power to researching diseases or climate change.
The power structure of Bronze Age societies was based on social networks
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Apr 09, 2009 |
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Archaeologist Magnus Artursson at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, demonstrates in his thesis that societies during the Late Neolithic and Bronze Age had a significantly more varied and complex structure than was previously ...
Avoiding social potholes on your career path
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 14, 2009 |
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In today's financial crisis, networking know-how is a necessity for finding jobs and business opportunities. But a series of new studies by Dr. Yuval Kalish of the Leon Recanati Graduate School of Business Administration ...
Surprising results: Virtual games players stick close to home
Feb 14, 2009 |
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In the real world, tracking a person's social network -- which could include hundreds of contacts that serve different purposes -- is nearly impossible.
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