A sale that touts a “great deal” available “today only” or while “supplies last” is a textbook … [+] example of how companies create a perception of scarcity to drive sales. Getty Images Humans are ...
Sandy • Kelli Stowers believes a good hike has healing properties. Nothing washes away her stress better than moving her body through nature. But people’s reaction to the nature of the way her body moves ...
A fresh analysis of the appeal and spread of misinformation on Facebook has quantified the pernicious appeal of salacious and agenda-driven misinformation to drown out factual content. During the 2020 US election, so-called fake news ...
Significance Women remain underrepresented in political leadership in the United States and beyond. While abundant research has studied the possible impact of gender stereotypes on support for women candidates, our research finds that voters also ...
Jan Fran The availability bias. It is a mental shortcut that we use to judge the likelihood of something happening based on how easily we remember instances when that event happened. For example, we can ...
Those of us who write for a living know exactly how to get emotion out of readers, and video / audio producers are experts at using shock and awe to get desired responses. Taken together, ...
Facebook Inc. FB -0.96% Researchers have found that certain types of job advertisements are displayed disproportionately to men and women, challenging the company’s progress in removing bias in its algorithms. The study, conducted by researchers ...
