Neuroscience
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut:
The notices in hotel rooms asking if you want to reuse your towels should be rewritten to emphasise the fact that most people do reuse their towels - that way you will be more likely to do the same.
Mathematical models of human decision making are more accurate when they factor in the important role played by regret.
Comparing the ways we gesture when speaking face-to-face, on the telephone, or dictating to a voice recorder.
What internet predators are really like (pdf).
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Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: How and why people get lost in buildings. The sound of music makes time fly. Do monkeys think in metaphors? East Asians and Westerners responded differently to the news of the Swine Flu outbreak...
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Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: Neurons identified that respond to scratching only when itchy. The psychophysics of brightness. People with autism and associated conditions may show deficits in emotion and face processing but...
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Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: When testing the effectiveness of psychological therapies, does it make any difference whether the research is conducted in the unpredictable world of the clinic or if it is instead performed under...
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Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: Short arms and legs linked with increased susceptibility to dementia. Complaints against therapists. Introducing hedonomics: a mix of decision-making research with happiness research. The role of...
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Other eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut this fortnight: How losing a close friend to cancer affects our own long-term decision making. We use a person's distinctive facial movements to help us recognise them. Does heading the...
Neuroscience
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Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut:The notices in hotel rooms asking if you want to reuse your towels should be rewritten to emphasise the fact that most people do reuse their towels - that way you will be more likely to do the same.
Mathematical models of human decision making are more accurate when they factor in the important role played by regret.
Comparing the ways we gesture when speaking face-to-face, on the telephone, or dictating to a voice recorder.
What internet predators are really like (pdf).
- Extras
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: How and why people get lost in buildings. The sound of music makes time fly. Do monkeys think in metaphors? East Asians and Westerners responded differently to the news of the Swine Flu outbreak...
- Extras
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: Neurons identified that respond to scratching only when itchy. The psychophysics of brightness. People with autism and associated conditions may show deficits in emotion and face processing but...
- Extras
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: When testing the effectiveness of psychological therapies, does it make any difference whether the research is conducted in the unpredictable world of the clinic or if it is instead performed under...
- Extras
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: Short arms and legs linked with increased susceptibility to dementia. Complaints against therapists. Introducing hedonomics: a mix of decision-making research with happiness research. The role of...
- Extras
Other eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut this fortnight: How losing a close friend to cancer affects our own long-term decision making. We use a person's distinctive facial movements to help us recognise them. Does heading the...