Cooperation and Competition in Intercultural Interactions

Are team players more cooperative when they can relate to their teammates? New research conducted by Drs. David Matsumoto and Hyi Sung Hwang now relates the behavioral ability to cooperatively interact with people to cultural differences between the players. In this study, US born Americans played a modified Prisoner’s Dilemma game in same sex dyads…

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Past Blog: What Would Happen if Santa Didn’t Exist?

What would happen if Santa didn’t exist ?  Many people are thinking, well he doesn’t exist. True, but what if even the idea of Santa didn’t exist?  How would that holiday season compare to the current one that (technically) lies about his existence? Is it even healthy to lie to our children about a mythical…

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Our Gestures Often Betray Us

Our gestures often betray us: As much as we try to disguise our intentions or feelings, we project microexpressions: involuntary movements of our face that reveal what we hold deep and try to hide at all costs . Fractions of a second beyond the human eye, but easily caught by cameras because technology is now able…

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Lance Armstrong: Deception Concealed & Revealed

A new film about Lance Armstrong and his famous and then infamous career dubbed The Armstrong Lie is soon to be released by Sony Pictures. Alex Gibney, a filmmaker, began making a documentary on Lance back in 2009 on what is ultimately a story about power, not a story about doping.  “I certainly was very…

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