Consumer Behavior News
May 16, 2024
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Apr. 23, 2024 A team of researchers found that long-tie connections accelerate the speed of social ...
Apr. 11, 2024 People who use willpower to overcome temptations and achieve their goals are perceived as more trustworthy than those who use strategies that involve external incentives or deterrents -- such as ...
Apr. 9, 2024 New research shows that people recognize more of their biases in algorithms' decisions than they do in their own -- even when those decisions are the ...
Apr. 8, 2024 Psychologists asked experiment participants to choose to receive $40 in seven days or $60 in 30 days, for example, under a variety of time constraints. The experiment showed that people tend to make more impulsive decisions if they think about time ...
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Apr. 4, 2024 It may be possible to change the purchasing behavior of consumers noticeably using some simple strategies. At least this is what a new study indicates. The researchers investigated the effect of ...
Mar. 18, 2024 Researchers have developed a new training tool to help artificial intelligence (AI) programs better account for the fact that humans don't always tell the truth when providing personal information. ...
Feb. 26, 2024 Human coexistence depends on cooperation. Individuals have different motivations and reasons to collaborate, resulting in social dilemmas, such as the well-known prisoner's dilemma. Scientists now ...
Feb. 20, 2024 Trust, a cornerstone of human interaction, has a significant genetic component, according to new ...
Feb. 22, 2024 How did cooperative behavior prevail in human evolution? Researchers have challenged two prevailing explanations -- repeated interactions on the one ...
Feb. 20, 2024 New research used brain scanning technology to understand the effect of advertisements that try to sell products with talking versions of themselves. ...
Feb. 13, 2024 Elderly adults lose billions to financial scams by people they trust every year. New psychological research suggests this vulnerability could be ...
Feb. 5, 2024 Many Indigenous peoples and local communities around the world are leading very satisfying lives despite having very little money. This research shows that many societies with very low monetary ...
Jan. 2, 2024 New research finds that social media platforms and the metrics that reward content creators for revealing their innermost selves to fans open creators up to identity-based ...
Dec. 15, 2023 People who abandon New Year's resolutions or other commitments can maintain the respect of their peers by blaming external factors such as lack of ...
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May 2, 2024 Scented products with relevant images on their packaging and branding, such as flowers or fruit, are more attractive to potential customers and score better in produce evaluations, new research ...
Apr. 10, 2024 A country's economic prosperity is linked with improved well-being in its residents, according to a new ...
Mar. 28, 2024 Everyone indulges in wishful thinking now and again. But when is that most likely to happen and when could it actually be harmful? A new study demonstrates unequivocally that the greater the ...
Mar. 14, 2024 Employers who have introduced team-based rewards systems to foster creativity, collaboration, productivity and sales may want to look again at a system that new research shows can create an ...
Feb. 8, 2024 In a survey involving a total of 2,472 respondents, researchers asked participants about nonpolitical and political moral behavior and nonpolitical and political moral tolerance. They found people ...
Jan. 17, 2024 Having more women in agriculture is associated with greater community well-being, according to researchers. Their work suggests that women farmers approach their operations in ways that positively ...
Nov. 30, 2023 When it comes to self-discipline, psychological research traditionally focuses on individual responsibility. Some researchers believe this is too short-sighted. Self-discipline doesn't work ...
Nov. 1, 2023 Consumers exhibit a higher willingness to pay for products that are part of a circular take-back ...
Oct. 31, 2023 Sometimes, how the information is presented is as important as the information itself. Graphics, icons, and pictograms are increasingly popular methods of presenting information to consumers in ...
Oct. 24, 2023 Recent research has found that backers of crowdfunding projects participate, in part, because they enjoy a sense of indirect success and the feeling that they are contributing to something bigger ...
Oct. 19, 2023 When given the choice to learn how their actions will affect someone else, 40% of people will choose ignorance, often in order to have an excuse to act selfishly, according to new ...
Oct. 19, 2023 Neuroscientists have uncovered a key brain area in rats that encodes the value of economic choices when faced with the uncertainty of a lottery. In this work, the causal role of frontal and parietal ...
Sep. 25, 2023 Among regretful parents, fear of missing out is a key motivator for having ...
Sep. 25, 2023 Studying prehistoric production processes of birch bark tar using computational modelling reveals what kinds of cognition were required for the materials produced by Neanderthal and early modern ...
Sep. 22, 2023 New research finds fruit flies make decisions based on their expectations about the likelihood of a reward and pinpoints the site in the fly brain where these value adjustments are made, enabling ...
Sep. 14, 2023 When people feel that their resources are scarce -- that they don't have enough money or time to meet their needs -- they often make decisions that favor short-term gains over long-term ...
Aug. 17, 2023 When choosing their behavior in socially difficult situations, anxious people use a less suitable section of the forebrain than people who are not ...
Aug. 7, 2023 A person's own behavior is the primary driver of how they treat others during brief, zero-sum-game competitions, researchers report. Generous people tend to reward generous behavior and selfish ...
Aug. 7, 2023 As we start to edge out of winter, improving our diet and boosting our exercise start to appear on our agenda. But, when it comes to encouraging a healthier lifestyle, it may surprise you that ...
July 19, 2023 New research has determined that enjoying a tasting at a winery goes well beyond the sip. Scientists conducts research in the area of consumer behavior and branding with a special focus on luxury ...
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- 'I'd Rather Not Know': Why We Choose Ignorance
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- Study: People Expect Others to Mirror Their Own Selfishness, Generosity
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- Conflicting Motives Govern Sense of Fairness, Study Finds
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- How Voice Technology Influences What We Reveal About Ourselves
- Excessive Television Viewing in Childhood Is a Risk Factor for Later Smoking and Gambling Disorders, Study Finds
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- Women Facing Food Insecurity Could Be at High Risk for Addiction to Highly Processed Food
- Home Ownership Leads to Less Happiness Than Expected, Study Finds
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- Hiding Chocolate Stashes or Online Purchases from a Partner? 'Guilty' Purchases May Have Benefits, Study Finds
- More Danes Quit Smoking During COVID, Study Finds
- Which Teens Are More Likely to Vape? Research Shows Surprising Patterns Across Race and Sexuality Groups
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- Maximizing Could Be Key to Minimizing Our Environmental Footprint
- Smartphones Make Consumers Prefer Unique, Tailored Products
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- Tight Budgeters Beware: Skip the Coffee Before Shopping
- Who Wants to Be a Billionaire? Most Don't -- Which Is Good News for the Planet
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- Show Them the Money: Pay the Vaccine-Hesitant to Get Their COVID-19 Shots
- Pre-School Children’s Emotional Eating Partly Shaped by Innate Food Drive
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- Giving Increased During the Pandemic in Areas Hit Hardest by COVID-19
- Millionaires More Risk-Tolerant and Emotionally Stable
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- Arts Activities May Improve Self-Control and Reduce Antisocial Behavior Among Teenagers
- Our Sleep Shows How Risk-Seeking We Are
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