All Articles Tagged As: value
 | Dollar signs for eyes -- cartoonists have been drawing them for years, and the artists, while whimsical, may have been onto something. According to new research from UC San Diego, areas of the brain responsible for vision respond more strongly to objects of value. ...> Full Article |
Just a few minutes of writing about an important value can reduce defensiveness
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Researchers found that participants' personal performance improved, and interpersonal relationships and sensitivity towards others declined, when they were reminded of money.
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A new neural evidence suggests that the brain's reward system works similarly for both praise and money
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The human brain responds to being treated fairly the same way it responds to winning money and eating chocolate
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Economists usually treat time like money - as another scarce resource that people spend to achieve certain ends. Money is used to pay for things like furniture and plane tickets; time is spent assembling the do-it-yourself bookshelf or searching for cheap flights on the Internet. But despite the old adage that time is money, the two are far from psychologically equivalent, reveals a study from the April issue of the Journal of Consumer Research - particularly when it comes to consumer spending decisions.
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Singles' bars, classified personals and dating websites are a reflection, not only of the common human desire to find a mate, but of the sense of scarcity that seems to surround the hunt. Many people participate in dating activities in the hopes of finding that special someone, yet feel as though it is an impossible task. However, thanks to an international team of psychologists, the solution may be closer than we think -- within ourselves, to be exact.
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How you are feeling has an impact on your routine economic transactions, whether you’re aware of this effect or not.
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A brain in balance, rather than the promise of pain
or pleasure, may form basis of decision-making for psychiatric patients
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 | People often pay more attention to price tags than to real value. Professor Jean-Robert Tyran, University of Copenhagen, discusses when money illusion can affect markets in the current issue of Science (Vol 317). ...> Full Article |
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