What motivates people to cooperate in collaborative endeavors? "First carrot, then stick". Tatsuya Sasaki, mathematician from the University of Vienna, has put forth for the first time ever a mathematical proof of this process. ...
Mathematics
Dec 3, 2014
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An international team of researchers including Loukas Balafoutas (University of Innsbruck), Nikos Nikiforakis (NYU Abu Dhabi) and Bettina Rockenbach (University of Cologne) has conducted pioneering research on the question ...
Social Sciences
Oct 29, 2014
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We're more likely to punish wrongdoing as a third party to a non-violent offense than when we're victimized by it, according to a new study by New York University psychology researchers. The findings, which appear in the ...
Social Sciences
Oct 28, 2014
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Children endure many forms of violence, from slapping and pushing, to fatal assaults; almost one in five of the world's homicide victims in 2012 were under 20.
Social Sciences
Sep 18, 2014
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An examination of the nation's history in carrying out executions is encountering a new challenge for modern-day capital punishment.
Social Sciences
Aug 18, 2014
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(Phys.org) —It's easier for people to forgive someone for doing wrong against them if some form of punishment is involved, according to psychology researchers at the University of Adelaide.
Social Sciences
Jun 18, 2014
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The botched execution in April of a man convicted of murder brought to the fore of national consciousness the precarious state of capital punishment. An article in Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), the weekly news magazine ...
Other
May 28, 2014
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Revenge is a dish best served with a side of change. A series of experiments conducted by researchers affiliated with Princeton University has found that punishment is only satisfying to victims if the offenders change their ...
Social Sciences
May 14, 2014
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In December 2012, when Adam Lanza stormed into the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., with a rifle and killed 20 children and six adult staff members, the United States found itself immersed in debates about ...
Social Sciences
Jan 28, 2014
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You're shopping for holiday gifts when you spot someone pocketing a nice pair of leather gloves. What do you do?
Social Sciences
Dec 10, 2013
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