Whether we're deciding to return to a restaurant or to purchase a DVD, many consumers rely on memory when they're making decisions. A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research examines the role of mood on those memory-based ...
Social Sciences
Sep 21, 2009
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People react more positively to new technologies when hearing spoken descriptions of them than when the identical information is written down, a new study finds.
Social Sciences
Apr 5, 2022
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It's been a crazy year for decision making. Not only did we have an election, we now have the threat of a double dissolution if the Federal Senate keeps knocking back bills from the House of Representatives.
Social Sciences
Dec 18, 2013
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There is no shortage of critiques concerning the use of AI in public decision-making processes. Scholars, for example, have described algorithms as a "toxic cocktail for democracy" by pointing at the ever-growing availability ...
Political science
Aug 24, 2022
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Educated and married American moms are more likely to try to time their pregnancy so that they have their first baby in the spring, according to new research from the University of Exeter Business School in the UK.
Economics & Business
Jun 13, 2019
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Opinion poll or survey results could potentially change depending on whether respondents are provided with spoken or written information, new research suggests.
Social Sciences
Dec 8, 2022
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Back-to-school sales are underway, and people across the country will be shopping online to fill up backpacks, lockers and closets—and they'll be taking advantage of free returns.
Social Sciences
Jul 19, 2023
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Federal environmental laws are failing to mitigate against Australia's extinction crisis, according to University of Queensland research.
Ecology
Jan 24, 2023
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I have been researching the psychology of conspiracy beliefs for seven years now and people often ask me why people believe in them. This is not a simple question.
Social Sciences
Mar 21, 2024
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You had a really great idea to share with your boss that would save your employer money. The boss agreed and assigned the project to you. Which gives you yet another thing to do in your already busy schedule.
Economics & Business
Sep 6, 2023
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