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Study: Math-heavy research cited half as often
Artistic types are not the only ones whose eyes glaze over when confronted with too many numbers, according to research out Monday that suggests scientists, too, find lots of equations hard to read. The study by researchers at the University of Bristol analyzed nearly 650 studies on ecology and evolution…
Women’s happiness isn’t so mysterious after all
As I mentioned in my interview with her at Reality Cast, Ariel Gore picked the right time to write a book about women and happiness. Gore didn’t start out writing Bluebird: Women and the New Psychology of Happiness because of a study on women’s subjective happiness relative to men—and a…
Rationalization and the “health aura”
I’ve been sitting on this link for a bit, but I’m shaking out because it’s interesting—researchers found that putting a salad on a menu make people more, not less, likely to order fries. The working theory is that the mere presence of a salad gives people permission to eat the…
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