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Need to figure out your next big career move? Find the highest balcony you can and start pondering. Need to calculate the risk in shifting stuff around in your stock portfolio? Take a seat. Why do we say that? Well, according to a new study published in the Journal of … Read More
A whole lot of hot digital ink has been spent raging about Facebook’s experiment (exhibit A), but what, exactly, was happening? Here’s an even-handed explanation. Also, in case you’re mad, it’s worth remembering that if you aren’t paying for a product, the product might be you. [youtube width=”640″]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXsNh7QV_4Y[/youtube]
When do you start thinking a little slower? Forty? Thirty-five? Thirty? Try twenty-four. According to a study published in PLOS One, your brain starts showing it’s age and declining cognitively at an average of twenty-four. How’d we that that result? Easy: Starcraft 2. Here’s the handy thing about Starcraft 2, … Read More
Did you just post a picture of your fiancée’s ring on her Facebook page and reap a reward of one hundred plus likes? Congratulations, they all secretly hate you. According to a forthcoming study to be published in Personal Relationships, people really, really hate publicly happy couples. Researchers created a … Read More
You’re already thinking of ditching the chair at your desk; it may be time to ditch the chairs in the conference room too. According to a study published in Social Psychological & Personality Science, groups are better at brainstorming if they stand. Researchers recruited 214 undergraduates to work in groups … Read More
