Have you ever promised a child who just hurt themselves a Popsicle or lollipop if they would just calm down? Did it work? More often than not, you may have found that it did and the child seemed calmer. A new study entitled, Oral sucrose as an analgesic drug for procedural pain in newborn infants,…
Read MoreRoger Clemens 60 Minutes Interview Analyzed
On September 4, 2010 we posted a few videos of Roger Clemens, who was indicted about a month ago on three counts of making false statements, two counts of perjury and one count of obstruction of justice. As mentioned previously, the charges of perjury and making false statements stem from a report on doping in…
Read MoreCan You Spot a Lie?
John Wills, a former Chicago Police Officer and retired FBI Special Agent, recently wrote an article for Officer.com entitled “Can You Spot a Lie?. In this article, he writes about his conversation with retired FBI Special Agent Mark Bouton (whom you can even follow on twitter), who has become “adept at recognizing certain indices of…
Read MoreIs a Trustworthy Face the Best Poker Face?
A study out of Wellesley University led by Dr. Erik Schlicht investigated “whether an opponent’s face influences players’ wagering decisions in a zero-sum game with hidden information”. In this case, the game they used in their study was Texas Hold’em Poker. Schlicht and his team asked participants to make “risky” choices while simultaneously being presented…
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