“third person effect” this psychological phenomenon tells us that while we acknowledge the effect of advertising and other influences upon our peers, we deny them upon ourselves. The effect is compounded when the source of influence is something we don’t care about (an ad for a TV when ...
Today, we're going to put our feet a little bit more on terra ferma here and take a look at what the data tells us about primacy. Unfortunately, once again, for those of you who are frequent listeners of the Purposeful Banker who know that when it comes to this sort of stuff, Gita...
examples of how to successfully share biographical details of characters; ensuring your metaphors don't take your reader out of the pages; avoiding over-writing in opening pages; the importance of reading your work aloud; ensuring your plot paragraphs speak to each other; an example of great int...
function. Contrary to what was once believed, the cell’s nucleus is not its brain. If, however, you destroy the cell membrane, then the cell dies because it can no longer interact with other cells. Are our cells telling us something about how we interact with the world as a ...
“Even within the human species, the smartest among us are not the ones who are the most dominating,” says LeCun. “And the most dominating are definitely not the smartest. We have numerous examples of that in politics and business.” ...
It's commonly understood that you're not really "allowed"to give yourself a name — it must be given to you by someone else.That tells us our first thing about names — they're not solitary(孤立的).One might think your name is your business,but in reality,...
But what is it about a woman in leather that turns a man to putty? Perhaps, asNPRpoints out, humans have an evolutionary predilection for risk-taking. This is because those with a dangerous streak both excite us and give us a sense of security, the site notes. We're willing to bet,...
Very interesting about exercising during the day. I run three times a week but first thing in the morning. I’m thinking I should start doing this midday instead. Fantastic post, thanks! Reply Ramsay on March 12, 2014 Nice one Marcus. Let us know how you go with the running. Nice ...
but alienated consumers. For instance, the US brewer Anheuser-Busch ran an advert for Bud Light featuring a transgender social-media influencer. This appealed to some consumers but sparked a backlash among others, and the beer lost its status as the US bestseller. ...
Could you tell us what we should know about your parents’ story? Sheida Soleimani Yeah. I can give you kind of the spark alert threshold is even still a little long. My parents were in Iran and are still today leftist pro-democracy activists that were opposed both to the Shah government...