by Chad Michael Lawson | Dec 29, 2009 | Blog, Human Psychology
Interpreting this facial expression correctly (as a „baffled” expression) is very difficult based on this photo alone. When showing the corresponding video sequence, however, recognition becomes easy, which underlines the importance of the temporal dimension for...
by Chad Michael Lawson | Dec 20, 2009 | Blog, Human Psychology
Broken down; many of our actions are guided by emotions that originally fueled by thoughts brought on by stimuli around us. These actions in turn have results, that often fuel future thoughts, and thus the cycle continues. Original story here Really neat piece that...
by Chad Michael Lawson | Dec 19, 2009 | Blog, Business Advice
Robert East, Professor of Consumer Behaviour at Kingston Business School, said it made financial sense for firms to encourage complaints because it helped them to improve their goods and services and could even lead to increased sales. His review of the latest trends,...
by Chad Michael Lawson | Dec 18, 2009 | Blog, Human Psychology
providing consumers with a very small or even trivial immediate benefit encourages people to use products that may have more significant long-term advantages. Her research may offer the key to getting kids to wear their seatbelts and encourage adults to use sunscreen....
by Chad Michael Lawson | Dec 17, 2009 | Blog, Human Psychology
Original article here “Our natural inclination is to avoid — or try to avoid — anything immediately aversive even though it may be beneficial for us in the long term,” write authors Aparna A. Labroo (University of Chicago) and Jesper Nielsen...