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People More Likely to Act Morally Than They Imagine
U.S. News & World Report (HealthDay): People are more likely to act morally than they would predict, a new study finds. Researchers gave a 15-question math test to two groups of volunteers. A $5 reward
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What to Do If You Haven’t Saved Enough for Retirement
CNBC: In the race to retirement a surprising number of Americans are getting to the finish line and realizing they haven’t saved enough. What’s more surprising is the number of people who have saved ZERO.
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On the Newsstand
Why Do Some People Ignore Evacuation Orders? Los Angeles Times, September 5, 2009 The recent wildfires and ensuing evacuation orders raise the touchy question of why some people refuse to leave their homes and risk
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Emotions drive us to do the right or wrong
The Times of India: A new study has shown that it’s our emotions that drive us to do a right or wrong thing. A study by Rimma Teper, Michael Inzlicht, and Elizabeth Page-Gould of the
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Are We More—or Less—Moral Than We Think?
If asked whether we’d steal, most of us would say no. Would we try to save a drowning person? That depends—perhaps on our fear of big waves. Much research has explored the ways we make
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Calories on menus don’t affect kids’ food choices
Reuters: Requiring fast-food restaurants in New York City to post calorie counts on menus did little to cut the number of calories children and teens consumed, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. They found that children