Psychology

This Is The Type Of Consumer That Dictates Price

Bud Light may create a marketing campaign to try and increase its brand but when it comes to pricing, experimentation isn't needed. If you want the most sales, target people who shop prices. It is certainly true that if you have a product during a fad ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 12 2023 - 2:17pm

IARC Conflict Of Interest On Aspartame- Ramazzini Director Seems To Know The Result In Advance

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a United Nations epidemiology group headquartered in France, could be in ethical hot water again over the claim by a Ramazzini Institute leader that seems to know in advance that IARC will consider as ...

Article - Hank Campbell - May 2 2023 - 8:58am

Volunteering Linked To Well-Being Of Adolescents

Volunteering often makes us feel good but does it mean better health? Epidemiologists in a new paper argue it does, but the confounders are obvious; parents who take their kids to volunteer are often wealthier and in better health and on surveys about thei ...

Article - News Staff - May 30 2023 - 11:30am

Healthcare Patients May Be Biased Against Chatbot Avatars

A decade ago, automated telephone menus were what everyone hated. It was common to press 0 or yell 'Agent' at the phone because you knew that after inputting everything it wanted, when you got to an agent they were going to ask you for everything ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jun 13 2023 - 11:04am

With Government Opposing Smoking Cessation Tools, Alternatives Like Gum Come Back Into Play

In the 1990s, culture seemed to truly get that cigarettes and the damage they cause are the leading preventable lifestyle killer. Tobacco companies got penalized to the tune of tens of billions of dollars for their part in suppressing data showing the harm ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jun 16 2023 - 9:59am

Why People Will Sacrifice Personal Enjoyment For Community

If you have traveled, you have seen someone who is a frequent traveler be offered an upgrade but decline because they are with someone else and want to stay together. This is rare in other species.  Yet not all experiences get equal treatment- if a parent ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 19 2023 - 9:57am

Pesticides, Vaccines, Why People Believe In Conspiracy Theories

If you believed Monsanto controlled 500,000 biologists who accepted GMOs and weedkillers worldwide while Whole Foods, with more revenue, was standing alone selling organic food that made you healthier, you are a conspiracy theorist.  You're not alone, ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jun 26 2023 - 9:18am

AI-nxiety And How You Can Cope

Even tech experts have been astonished by the recent, rapid growth of AI technology, able to hold human-like conversations in multiple languages, create music and pass medical exams. While the potential benefits of AI in fields such as healthcare are inde ...

Article - The Conversation - Jun 26 2023 - 3:41pm

Drug Overdoses, Falls, Car Accidents Lead In US Deaths Since 1999

Epidemiologists looked at data from from 1999 to 2020 and noted that death rates due to poisonings, firearms, and all other injuries increased substantially in the U.S., many of them due to suicide attempts. The demography analysis of 3,813,894 deaths coll ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 3 2023 - 10:34am

In Defense Of Dating Apps- They're Used For Affirmation, And That's A Good Thing

A survey of over one thousand Tinder users found that were not interested in meeting anyone, and nearly two-thirds were already married or "in a relationship." Instead of being used to find dates, people instead it has a similar appeal as social ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 11 2023 - 4:28pm