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When Wanting Is More Important Than Having: Will That New Car Really Make You Happy?
January 15, 2013 — Materialistic consumers may derive more pleasure from desiring products than they do from actually owning them, and are willing to overspend and go into debt because they believe that future ... > full story -
Price Cap Regulations for UK Tobacco Would Raise £500 Million Every Year
January 14, 2013 — If tobacco products sold in the UK were subject to price cap regulation, the system would generate around £500 million (US$750 million) for the government every year, without affecting the ... > full story -
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If We Go Over the Fiscal Cliff, Will People Spend or Save? Childhood Environments May Hold the Key
January 14, 2013 — In the face of hard times, which strategy gives us the best shot at survival: saving for the future or spending resources on immediate gains? The answer may depend on the economic conditions we faced ... > full story -
Social Networks May Inflate Self-Esteem, Reduce Self-Control
January 14, 2013 — Researchers have obtained evidence on Facebook behavior and how it relates to users' self-control, body-mass indexes, and credit-card ... > full story -
Popularity Is an Unconscious Deterrent
January 14, 2013 — Although popular boys and girls get more attention from their classmates than less popular peers, they are often unconsciously avoided by those same ... > full story -
Effects of China's One Child Policy on Its Children
January 10, 2013 — New research shows China's controversial One Child Policy has not only dramatically re-shaped the population, but has produced individuals lacking characteristics important for economic and social ... > full story -
Deal or No Deal: Five Year Olds Make Smart Decisions in Games of Risk
January 9, 2013 — You may have to be over a certain age to be a contestant on "Deal or No Deal", but children as young as five start to maximize their profits -- in cookies -- when making decisions similar to those on ... > full story -
Small Price Differences Can Make Options Seem More Similar, Easing Our Buying Decisions
January 9, 2013 — Some retailers, such as Apple's iTunes, are known for using uniform pricing in an effort to simplify consumers' choices and perhaps increase their tendency to make impulse purchases. But other ... > full story -
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Many U.S. Physicians Often Fulfill Patient Requests for Brand-Name Drugs Instead of Equivalent Generics
January 7, 2013 — More than a third of U.S. physicians responding to a national survey indicated they often or sometimes prescribed brand-name drugs when appropriate generic substitutes were available simply because ... > full story -
Parkinson's Disease Itself Does Not Increase Risk of Gambling, Shopping Addiction, Study Finds
January 7, 2013 — Parkinson's disease itself does not increase the risk of impulse control problems such as compulsive gambling and shopping that have been seen in people taking certain drugs for Parkinson’s ... > full story
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