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Nice girls finish last; ‘queen bees’ get paid
Central Florida Future: According to the U.S. Department of Education, despite having earned higher college GPAs in every subject, young women will take home, on average across all professions, just 80 percent of what their
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To Prevent False IDs, Police Lineups Get Revamped
NPR: In a small room at police headquarters in Dallas, a police officer and the eyewitness to a minor crime recently sat down together to consider six photographs in a photo lineup. Eyewitness identifications like
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Share the love! Being aroused makes you more likely to send information to other people, study finds
news.com Australia: DEAR reader, you’re an idiot. And you smell bad. And nobody likes you. And, according to one professor, you’re more likely to share this story with your friends if you took those insults
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Wellbeing: How money manipulates our relationships
National Post: What is a little money between friends? According to new research, at the very least, it’s not going to stimulate bonding. Researchers have found that mimicry strengthens social bonding between strangers. By subtly
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It’s A Duel: How Do Violent Video Games Affect Kids?
NPR: Scientists have long clashed over whether violent video games have an adverse effect on young people. Indeed, the conclusions of different groups of researchers are so contradictory they could give a tennis umpire whiplash.
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Landau named vice provost for faculty affairs
The Gazette: Barbara Landau, the Dick and Lydia Todd Professor and chair of the Department of Cognitive Science in the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, has been appointed vice provost for faculty affairs. She
