by Chad Michael Lawson | Jan 31, 2010 | Blog, Social Media
“Though parents often have concerns about letting their teens use social media Web sites like Facebook and MySpace, a new study by University of Virginia psychologists suggests that well-adapted youth with positive friendships will use these sites to further...
by Chad Michael Lawson | Jan 30, 2010 | Blog, Human Psychology, Social Media
Image via CrunchBase Mashable.com has an interesting post about Facebook friends and your brain: Ever heard of Dunbar’s Number? According to British anthropologist Robin Dunbar, it’s the cognitive limit to the number of people you can be friends with. The number is...
by Chad Michael Lawson | Jan 5, 2010 | Blog, Social Media
Great little article that talks about predications in 2010 on local SEO. I think he’s right on a lot of stuff and this is gonna be one of the biggest in my humble opinion: Reputation Management Wars It seems like everybody’s working on a reputation management...
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,...