News tagged with social preferences

Punishment of egoistic behavior is not rewarded

The heated debate surrounding the German "state Trojan" software for the online monitoring of telecommunication between citizens shows that the concealed observation of our private decisions provokes public ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Nordic countries grill Facebook on privacy

Data protection agencies in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland have quizzed social network giant Facebook on its management of users' private information, they said Tuesday.

Technology / Internet

created Jul 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Personality predicts political preferences

There is a strong relationship between a voter's politics and his personality, according to new research from the University of Toronto.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jun 09, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (9) | comments 34

Helpful or creepy? Overpersonalized Web sites may spook shoppers

Michael Redding describes the get-to-know-you game between man and machine as a version of "Name That Tune."

Technology / Internet

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Blacks more likely to opt for life-sustaining measures at end of life

When faced with a terminal illness, African-American seniors were two times more likely than whites to say they would want life-prolonging treatments, according to a University of Pittsburgh study available online and published ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created May 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tropics are a boon for baby girls

Couples hoping for a baby girl might be best advised to go and live in Africa, if a study published on Wednesday is correct.

Biology / Other

created Apr 01, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1