Bill Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft, was arrested in 1977 for a traffic violation.
We see entrepreneurs as successful, self-made men and women. We value their innovation and charitable endeavors. Yet we also associate plenty of negative characteristics with entrepreneurs,stereotyping them as selfish and out to make a profit at whatever cost.
Continue reading… “Entrepreneurs were more likely to cheat and shoplift when the were teens: Study”
How young people behave now is what’s going to be normal in a few years.
Just about everyone is carrying a smartphone these days and we wanted to look at how etiquette is going to evolve. Checking the phone at dinner time was total no-no for some of us. But since almost all of us carry phones around, is that still true?
Continue reading… “How 18 to 29 year olds use their phones totally differently from older people”
Unattractive workers are treated much more harshly than attractive employees.
According to a new research study, people who are considered unattractive are more likely to be depreciated and intimidated in the workplace.
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A new study suggests languages shape how we think about the future, and how we plan for it.
New research by Keith Chen of Yale Business School suggests that the language we speak can determine how healthy and rich we will be. The structure of languages affects our judgments and decisions about the future and this might have dramatic long-term consequences.
Continue reading… “How the language we speak affects how healthy and rich we will be: Study”
A MEG brain-imaging test being done on a baby while listening to spoken words.
Babies as young as 6 months are capable of making predictions based on probability, a higher level of reasoning than is commonly believed possible, researchers have discovered.
Continue reading… “What babies really know”
Scrub jay
Scientists have discovered that when western scrub jays encounter a dead bird, they call out to one another and stop foraging. Then the jays often fly down to the dead body and gather around it.
Continue reading… “Some birds hold ‘funerals’ for their dead”
Psychology has only recently begun seriously investigating how having money, that major marker of status in the modern world, affects psychosocial behavior.
At the University of California, Berkeley two undergraduate students are playing a Monopoly game that one of them has no chance of winning. A team of psychologists has rigged it so that skill, brains, savvy, and luck—those ingredients that ineffably combine to create success in games as in life—have been made immaterial. Here, the only thing that matters is money.
Continue reading… “More money makes people less human: Study”
Everyone wants to believe that a few bad apples spoil the bunch. but according to research everyone lies a little bit when given the opportunity, even to the point where they lose their sense of integrity. Dan Ariely, author of the new book, “The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty,” explains why.
Continue reading… “Why everyone lies”
Brain scans can show the difference between ”go-getters” and ”slackers”.
Scientists have identified neural pathways that appear to influence an individual’s willingness to work hard to earn money. Lazy people who prefer to live off others may have brains that are wired for under-achievement, according to a new study.
“The fact that children find animals so appealing suggests that children may benefit from having an animal, like a pet, in their lives.”
Kids as young as 11 months showed more interest in live animals than toys, even ones made to replicate real living creatures, it was found in a new study.
Experts are trying several approaches to determine users’ identities solely through their computer behavior.
Imagine sitting down at your work keyboard, typing in your user name and starting work right away – no password needed. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, part of the defense department, wants to turn that vision into a reality. It will distribute research funds to develop software that determines, just by the way you type, that you are indeed the person you say you are.
Continue reading… “The way you type could be your computer’s password”
Today’s young Americans are less environmentally conscious—and often less civic-minded overall—than previous generations.
Are today’s Millennial generation altruistic and civic-minded or materialistic and self-absorbed? In the latest installment: a study that says the popular view of young adults as more caring, interested in social issues and concerned about the environment compared to previous generations is mostly false.
Continue reading… “Study finds Millennial generation might not be so special after all”
By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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