Consumer Behavior News

Posted December 15, 2006:

• Your Buddy In The Sky: New System To Improve Interaction Between Autopilots And Pilots

Posted December 11, 2006:

• Why Teens Do Stupid Things

Posted December 9, 2006:

• Do Low-Fat Foods Make Us Fat? Mindless Eating Leads Us To Consume More Calories

Posted December 5, 2006:

• Virtual Reality Can Improve Memory -- Perhaps Too Much

Posted November 28, 2006:

• Success A Family Affair? Willingness To Take Risks And Trust Others Are Inherited, Study Suggests
• MRI Shows Brains Respond Better To Name Brands

Posted November 17, 2006:

• Money: It's More Than An Incentive According To University Of Minnesota Researcher

Posted November 6, 2006:

• Why Do We Stick To Our Bad Habits?

Posted November 2, 2006:

• Which Is More Annoying, Spam Or Direct Mail? Study Reveals Answer

Posted October 30, 2006:

• Soccer Referees Do Favor Home Teams, Study Shows

Posted October 19, 2006:

• Stress Fast Tracks Puberty, Researchers Say

Posted October 17, 2006:

• Internet Addiction: Stanford Study Seeks To Define Whether It's A Problem

Posted October 15, 2006:

• Altered Perception Of Reward In Human Cocaine Addiction

Posted October 10, 2006:

• Appetite Changes, Depression Signal Impulse Control Disorders In Parkinson Disease

Posted September 30, 2006:

• Men, Women Have Similar Rates Of Compulsive Buying, Stanford Study Shows

Posted August 20, 2006:

• Location, Location, Location! Brain Neurons Found To Combine Economic Value And Spatial Information

Posted August 4, 2006:

• Computer Software Tackles Bullying In Schools

Posted August 3, 2006:

• Irrational Decisions Driven By Emotions
• Brain's 'Gambling Circuitry' Identified

Posted July 15, 2006:

• Increasing Consumer Preferences By Manipulating Memory

Posted July 10, 2006:

• Avoiding Punishment Is Its Own Reward

Posted June 28, 2006:

• 'Big Brother' Eyes Encourage Honesty, Study Shows

Posted June 25, 2006:

• He Who Hesitates ... Might Get A Bargain

Posted June 23, 2006:

• People Remember Prices More Easily If They Have Fewer Syllables

Posted June 18, 2006:

• Exploration Uses High-Level Regions Of The Brain

Posted May 30, 2006:

• Stock Performance Tied To Ease Of Pronouncing Company's Name

Posted May 5, 2006:

• Neurobiology Of Dread Gives Scientists Clues About Human Decision Making

Posted May 3, 2006:

• New Study Finds Similarities Between Monkey Business And Human Business

Posted May 1, 2006:

• Perfectionist Fathers Can Reinforce Tendencies

Posted April 23, 2006:

• Attention Shoppers: Researchers Find Neurons That Encode The Value Of Different Goods

Posted April 12, 2006:

• Oops! Researchers Publish New Findings On The Brain's Response To Costly Mistakes

Posted March 18, 2006:

• Brain-Scanning Technology Reveals How We Process Brands And Products

Posted March 3, 2006:

• Baby's Helping Hands: First Evidence For Altruistic Behaviours In Human Infants And Chimpanzees
• People Use Separate Brain Mechanisms To Make Ambiguous And Risky Choices

Posted February 13, 2006:

• Which Holds More: A Tall, Thin Glass Or A Short, Fat One?

Posted January 12, 2006:

• How Elasticity Affects The Market For Illegal Goods

Posted January 11, 2006:

• Experimental Economists Find Brain Regions That Govern Fear Of The Economic Unknown

Posted January 3, 2006:

• Psychotropic Drug Prescriptions For Teens Surge 250% Over 7 Year Period

Posted December 23, 2005:

• New Year's Eve Warning: Shape Of Glass Influences How Much Alcohol Is Poured -- And How Much You Will Drink

Posted November 10, 2005:

• More Is Not Always Better

Posted October 17, 2005:

• Perceptions Of Morality Influence Economic Decisions, Brain Responses To Rewards

Posted August 14, 2005:

• Personality Traits And Craving Among Pathological Gamblers And Alcoholics

Posted July 28, 2005:

• Do Free Drug Samples Influence Residents' Prescribing Decisions?

Posted July 25, 2005:

• Posting And Lurking: Communication On A Product Rating Website

Posted July 18, 2005:

• Does The Language Gender System Of English And Spanish Affect Consumers' Perception Of Brands?

Posted July 10, 2005:

• Humans' Rational And Irrational Buying Behavior Is Mirrored In Monkeys

Posted June 29, 2005:

• Study Ties Risk Of Problem Gambling With Proximity To Casinos And Other Gambling Opportunities

Posted June 16, 2005:

• Consumers Suspicious Of Sponsored Links

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