Penn State researcher, professor and co-director of Media Effects Laboratory, S. Shyam Sundar, noted that emotional connections can cause individuals to purchase bigger smartphones even if that purchase is not practical. So why is Bigger Better? The trend in a bigger screen is better has been rising among entertainment devices in general over the past…
Read MoreMonkey Face – Don’t Mate with Me!
Science Magazine reports on a research that highlights the importance of the face and its signal value in evolutionary history. The Guenon monkey species tend to live in close proximity to each other, but it is important that they don’t interbreed as such offspring has been found to be infertile. From an evolutionary standpoint, this…
Read MoreBBC Big Brother Programming?
The BBC Network is taking facial recognition marketing to a new level. They have employed the use of facial coding web cameras to gauge viewers’ emotional reactions to their network television shows. The initial study, reported on by Recombu.com, has been measuring 200 U.K. participants and will soon expand to international markets. Tracked programs include…
Read MoreHow the Mind Justifies Inequalities
Take a short trip with Psychologist Paul Piff, in understanding how the mind makes sense of advantage even when it’s clear that is a random act rather than an act of had work and strategy. Learn how people behave when they feel wealthy in this 16 minute TED talk. Piff notes, “People become less attuned…
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