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What to Expect from Retailers This Holiday Season
U.S. News & World Report: So far, most signs point to a very merry holiday season for retailers and shoppers alike. Early numbers from the National Retail Federation (NRF) show that shoppers spent almost $400
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The Amygdala As Sales Tool
The Wall Street Journal: Many are the tricks that companies use to win our business. As Martin Lindstrom reminds us in “Brandwashed,” marketers make sneaky appeals to our fears and desires, leverage our social connections
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Stefana Broadbent: How the Internet enables intimacy
Much ado is made over the role technology plays in interpersonal relationships, and psychologists spend quite a bit of time on understanding how the latest trends have impacted the human mind. This quick talk by
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The lies we email each other
msnbc: Wondering if that fabulous man you’ve been chatting with online is really a mountain-climbing astronaut fluent in six languages, including Latin? According to a new study published in the Journal of Applied Social Psychology
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Lying Is More Common When We’re Emailing, Study Shows
Huffington Post: Conversing online might make you more inclined to lie, a new study suggests. Researchers from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst found that people lied more when they were emailing or instant-messaging, compared with when
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Kid apps explode on smartphones and tablets. But are they good for your children?
The Washington Post: There has been no definitive study that shows whether apps on mobile devices are harmful for youths. And although lawmakers and regulators have been seeking to strengthen federal rules that protect the