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Should consumer behavior research consider human biological and evolutionary roots? Yes, according to Prof. Saad, who is now likely to be banished from the Faculty Lounge in the business building to the one in the biology building for potentially forcing scores of marketing majors to wake up for those 7:45 evolutionary biology labs. Prof....
Swiss Bee Keeper, exploited on behalf of immunology researchers. From Meiler et al., “In vivo switch to IL-10 secreting T-regulatory cells in high dose allergan exposure, “Journal of Experimental Medicine 205:2887-2889 (11.10.08) doi:10.1084/jem.20512iti4 (Image from cover, crediting Scott Camazine/Photo Researchers, Inc) “Beekeepers are the new, improved mouse model for immune responses to allergens,” begins...
Another epidemiology study confirms the link between parental age and risk of austistic spectrum in the offspring: After adjustment for the other parent’s age, birth order, maternal education, and other covariates, both maternal and paternal age were independently associated with autism. . . . Firstborn offspring of 2 older parents were 3 times more...
Contagious yawning and the brain
And now for something completely different. Finger bones growing out of hip tissue forming a “pelvic digit” have been reported about 40-ish or so times. This is just as it sounds: bone imaging spots a “finger” (yes, with the bones and the joints) growing where it’s not supposed to. The condition is benign, and...
An instructive little article caught my eye: “Law Practice Management: Narcissists with Big Egos Lead Many Law Firms, Consultant Says” (ABA, 11.11.08). The article points to a consultant newsletter from last April entitled, “Understanding and Working with Narcissistic Leaders,” by Douglas Richardson of Altman Weil. Altman Weil advocates coaching and observes: . . .Narcissistic...
A contractor finds $182,000 in depression era cash while remodeling the home of a high school friend. The homeowner-proposer offers 10% — that’s $18,200, nothing to sneeze at. The contractor-responder must have read the neuroeconomics texts because the response is textbook dictator game: Kitts was tearing the bathroom walls out of an...
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