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Many young people are not in a position to splurge
Marketplace: The recession deprived many young people of a launching pad into career jobs and financial adulthood. And that means they also aren’t launching into some of the major investments that have traditionally been part
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Adverts on the road could be a distraction for drivers
The Conversation: People have to take in a lot of information when driving, including the locations of other road users, lane markings, signals, speed limits, directions and the dashboard display. It only takes a second
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Kooky Kickstarters — Why They Succeed
NPR: Kickstarters give people a sense of belonging “The Internet is this incredibly cluttered space,” says Deborah Small, “and advertisers are spending tons of money to capture the attention of consumers.” Like Ethan, Deborah is a
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Cap’n Crunch Is Looking at You
The New York Times: Walking through the cereal aisle, you would be justified in feeling you were being watched. According to a study published in the journal Environment and Behavior, the characters on cereal boxes
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The Ways Food Tricks Our Brains
The Atlantic: In 1998, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania published a study that might strike you as kind of mean. They took two people with severe amnesia, who couldn’t remember events occurring more than
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The Behavioral Psychology of Netflix’s Plan to Charge Higher Prices
The Atlantic: Netflix is crushing it. But now, the company untying cable’s $60 billion stranglehold on American TV is apparently trying to accomplish something simple—something it hasn’t done in more than two years in the U.S.
