There are "systemic weaknesses" in the way juries make decisions—and these are likely to be contributing to the conviction of innocent people, failures to convict the guilty, and inequalities, new research warns.
Social Sciences
Jul 30, 2024
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Many employees believe their counterparts at other firms make less in salary than is actually the case—an assumption that costs them money, according to a study co-authored by MIT scholars.
Economics & Business
Mar 14, 2024
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The ability to remain anonymous when commenting online is a double-edged sword. It is valuable because it enables people to speak without fear of social and legal discrimination. But this is also what makes it dangerous. ...
Social Sciences
Nov 18, 2021
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Imagine there's a bus that arrives every 30 minutes on average and you arrive at the bus stop with no idea when the last bus left. How long can you expect to wait for the next bus? Intuitively, half of 30 minutes sounds right, ...
Mathematics
Oct 4, 2021
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The "invisible" words that shaped Dickens classics also lead audiences through Spielberg dramas. And according to new research, these small words can be found in a similar pattern across most storylines, no matter the length ...
Social Sciences
Aug 7, 2020
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At JST Strategic Basic Research Programs, the research group led by associate professor Yuya Oaki and graduate student (at the time) Hiromichi Numazawa of the Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University established ...
Materials Science
Sep 20, 2019
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A new Massey University study shows many top executives are failing to capitalise on the benefits of big data, preferring to rely on their own intuition.
Economics & Business
Apr 12, 2019
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Disgust has long been recognised as an emotion which evolved to help our ancestors avoid infection, but now researchers have been able to show the human disgust system is likely to be structured around the people, practices ...
Evolution
Jun 4, 2018
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When a task calls for intuitive knowledge, as in "subtracting means taking something away," its complexity often goes unnoticed. However, when intuitions are not mobilized – having to grasp, for instance, that subtracting ...
Mathematics
Mar 6, 2018
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Have you ever thought to yourself, "I'll bet that's true," before you had all the facts? Most people probably have at some point.
Social Sciences
Sep 28, 2017
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