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David Brooks Sends Rahm Emanuel an Early Valentine—Again
ChicagoMag: When New York Times columnist David Brooks and Rahm Emanuel were both working in Washington, the two seemed to have had a good thing going: Rahm fed David snippets of stuff happening in the White House, and David presumably took some of them and used them in his column. (Brooks wrote that he was one of many whom Rahm would call—in his case “a few times a week”—brief calls but affording “enough time for him to tout some speech or policy initiative.” Read the whole story: ChicagoMag
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Language May Play Key Role In Learning Number Meanings
RedOrbit: New research conducted with deaf people in Nicaragua shows that language may play an important role in learning the meanings of numbers. Field studies by University of Chicago psychologist Susan Goldin-Meadow and a team of researchers found deaf people in Nicaragua, who had not learned formal sign language, do not have a complete understanding of numbers greater than three. Read the whole story: RedOrbit
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Bribing children to eat their greens really DOES work
The Daily Mail: It's an idea sure to cause a sharp intake of breath among many parents, but experts have found bribing your children is the best way to get them to eat their veggies. Children who were rewarded for eating their greens over a fortnight ate far more salad long-term than their peers, say scientists - even when 'payments' had been withdrawn. Read the whole story: The Daily Mail
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Women Are More Attracted to Men Whose Feelings Are Unclear, Study Finds
AOL: "Play hard to get" and "less is more" may actually be the best pieces of advice when it comes to relationships between men and women. New findings, published in Psychological Science, reveal that women are more attracted to men when they have no idea what their feelings are. Read the whole story: AOL
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Thoughts of Hopes, Opportunities Keep People From Clinging to Failing Investments
It's a common problem in the business world—throwing good money after bad. People cling to bad investments, hoping that more time, effort, and money will rescue their turkey of a project. A new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, finds that changing people's mindsets can make them more likely to abandon a failing investment. "These situations happen all the time," says Assistant Professor Daniel C. Molden, of Northwestern University, who conducted the study with his graduate student Chin Ming Hui.
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A Scientific Dating Insight: Create Uncertainty
Scientific American: Five years ago I had the misfortune of beginning a relationship one week before Valentine’s day. Long hours and many glasses of wine were consumed trying to develop the perfect strategy to court this new woman, and this most saccharine of holidays was proving to be an obstacle. Should I be assertive and make plans with her for the night? Should I assume that we’d be together that evening? Should I assume the contrary? Would presents be involved? If so, of what sort? According to friends’ counsel, my decision would hinge on the message I wanted to communicate. That is, how interested did I want to appear to this woman?
