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I think internet dating can be terrific (read this, though), but the whole thing about personality testing — like human resources personality testing — is just wrong. Findings: Hitting It Off, Thanks to Algorithms of Love By JOHN TIERNEY NYT Published: January 29, 2008 As online matchmakers compete for customers using algorithms...
MBLWHOI Library: Library Exhibits Gertrude Stein (1874-1946), first row, second from left (above), and in back of boat (below)(click image to enlarge) Did you ever drive, say, to the grocery store and then realize that you totally spaced out and didn’t remember at all driving there because you were thinking about something else?...
Neuromarketing Blog is a blog (affiliated with NeuroscienceMarketing.com) that I try to catch once or twice a week. Professional, polished and clear, its a quick way to scan the neuromarketing up-to-the-minute news. I’m in the biopharma business, and sometimes deal with marketing or sales folks — so strictly speaking, marketing is not my line...
Studies Cite Head Injuries As Factor in Some Social Ills – WSJ.com The Wall Street Journal(subscription required for most, but not this) has an article saying that brain injuries are way more common, and account for way more problems, than we appreciate. (See the video either on the WSJ site or via Psychoanalyst.tv) HIDDEN...
Superbowl Sunday coming up — so I’m focusing on domestic violence. (There is no rigorous study that domestic violence increases after the Superbowl). “ Suspected, convicted and charged”, graphic from Boston Globe, 07.22.07 ( Keith O’brian, “Why do men kill their wives?”visited 01.28.08) Domestic violence has always been implicitly given a “diminished capacity” sort...
There are lots of studies as to why people purchase luxury goods, but these are mostly directed at individuals in isolation. What about group behavior? Manhattan, Harlem, Lenox Ave. Ray Fisman, an economist, has an interesting article in Slate about why African-Americans (and other ethnic minorities) in the US spend disproportionately on status-seeking items....
One of my litmus tests for people is to see how they react to Senator Clinton: if there is irrational hostility and negative attributional bias (not based on any knowledge of the substance of her positions), I figure that person has a whole bunch of hostility somewhere, and tend to avoid them. And I’m...
Here it is, a substance that prevents brain neuron remodeling in response to stress: Neuropeptide Y, “NPY”. A new report, sponsored in part by Eli Lilly, the manufacturer of Prozac, demonstrates that Neuropeptide Y prevents neurons in the amygdala from remodeling in response to stress, in rodents. The nomenclature “Neuropeptide Y” always reminds me...
Does money play a role in economic crime? This seems so obvious, why even ask the question? But, for some, the thrill is in the taking — not in the having. Engdahl, O., “The role of money in economic crime,” British Journal of Criminology (Advanced Online 01.16.08)
The rewarding effect of aggression is reduced by nucleus accumbens dopamine receptor antagonism in mice.Couppis MH, Kennedy CH.Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2008 Jan 8 I sat next to someone the other day wearing a t-shirt that said: Of course, I had to sit and do the full analysis of that one for...
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