News tagged with perceived ownership
Buyer beware: Touching something increases perceived ownership
To avoid unwanted or unnecessary purchases, keep your hands off the goods. That's the conclusion of a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 31, 2009 |
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Binghamton scholar advocates for additional corporate oversight
In the wake of the Enron and other corporate scandals, new research from Binghamton University suggests that strengthening parts of the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act would improve corporate performance and ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Mar 26, 2012 |
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Researchers find early savings accounts help low-income kids reach college
Anyone who has saved for a college education, whether for a child or for themselves, can attest it's not easy to put money away. A team of researchers from the University of Kansas and colleagues have shown that when savings ...
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Sep 19, 2011 |
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Handsome annual reports cause investors to value company higher
As firms begin the 2011 annual report process, which many do at this time of year, they may want to pay closer attention to the way those reports look. A recent study out of the University of Miami School of Business Administration ...
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Aug 23, 2011 |
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Tough dogs not merely gang weapons
Youths in groups or gangs choose to own dogs primarily for socializing and companionship. Dogs are also used for protection and enhancing status, but to a lesser extent, contrary to popular perception. The research by Jennifer ...
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Jun 16, 2011 |
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How to leave your body
Leave your body and shake hands with yourself, gain an extra limb or change into a robot for a while. Swedish neuroscientist Henrik Ehrsson has demonstrated that the brain's image of the body is negotiable. Applications stretch ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Feb 20, 2011 |
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Cultural Cognition Project Study Sheds Light on Reactions to HPV Vaccine
(PhysOrg.com) -- New research conducted by the Cultural Cognition Project at Yale Law School concludes that people’s cultural values influence how risky they perceive the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to be and thus, ...
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Jan 13, 2010 |
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Jackson film not part of Sony's new 3-D vision
(AP) -- Michael Jackson videos or the next Spider-Man movie won't be among the titles that Sony Corp. releases in 3-D as it gears up to boost TV sales with that technology, Chief Executive Howard Stringer ...
Dec 03, 2009 |
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Musical sensibility can help shape teaching, research education
The underlying similarities between teaching, research and music can be a powerful metaphor for education and qualitative inquiry, according to a University of Illinois professor of education.
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Oct 28, 2009 |
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Perceiving touch and your self outside of your body
When you feel you are being touched, usually someone or something is physically touching you and you perceive that your "self" is located in the same place as your body. In new research published in the open-access, peer-reviewed ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 05, 2009 |
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eBay has unexpected, chilling effect on looting of antiquities, archaeologist finds
(PhysOrg.com) -- Having worked for 25 years at fragile archaeological sites in Peru, UCLA archaeologist Charles "Chip" Stanish held his breath when the online auction house eBay launched more than a decade ...
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May 04, 2009 |
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