Marketing professionals know that a smile goes a long way. As a result, salesclerks with a beaming smile generally achieve higher sales. However, that is only true if their cheerfulness does not come across as fake. An obviously fake smiles can have exactly the opposite effect. Sometimes, however, the question of "real or fake" does not seem to matter, as a study by the University of Augsburg, Germany and Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia has now shown. The results were published in the journal Psychology & Marketing.
Human intelligence is closely associated with functional brain networks: The better these networks are developed, the easier it is for the brain to adapt to different tasks, this is shown by a new study of the University of Würzburg.
Do we have our best ideas while walking? Indeed, but even small movements while sitting improve creativity, as two researchers have discovered.
In the court of public opinion, there are few occasions when violence can be justified, but one stands out: revenge against an aggressor. However, in a series of connected experiments Professor Dr Andreas Eder and Vanessa Mitschke, of the Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg, Germany, have illuminated a rather uncomfortable fact about human behaviour and the motivation behind aggressive acts of revenge: while delivering justice may be the intent of retaliation, victim reaction in avenging an aggressor is not without a certain sense of enjoyment.
In liberal-leaning municipalities, there is an increased probability of far-right demonstrations in the wake of unexpectedly strong election results by right-wing populists. This is one of the insights from an investigation based on electoral results of the AfD party in Germany. The study reveals a surprise effect on the part of people who previously believed that their attitudes were less socially acceptable.
Seeing masked people can activate pre-existing fear of coronavirus infection. A more positive image for masks could remedy the situation.
How does it affect employees when they are no longer able to make important decisions in their work themselves, but have to leave them to a decision-substitutive AI system instead? Researchers at the Universities of Passau and Bayreuth have been looking into this question – taking the loan consulting process as an example.
How can states take action against everyday tax evasion and how can a better tax morale be achieved? A team of students of the Deutsche Berufsschule Hong Kong has developed an exceptional solution which was given the Best Scientific Analysis Award at the nationwide “Young Economic Summit YES!”. The annual competition is a joint project with the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center Economics and the Joachim Herz Foundation in Hamburg. Researchers from the WFI Ingolstadt School of Management of the Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt (KU) are among the academic partners of YES! and as such gave the school teams a current problem to work on.
The death of a loved one is a life-changing experience. Grief is a perfectly normal reaction to such a devastating loss. However, if the feeling of loss keeps dominating your life even after a long time - as is the case in five to ten percent of the bereaved - psychologists speak of the mental health syndrome “prolonged grief disorder”. The disorder was only recently recognized as a distinct syndrome. Led by psychologists of the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt (KU), a special form of psychotherapy is being tested in treatment centers around Germany. The results so far are promising.
Educating young refugees about the path of infection of the coronavirus via a smartphone app and providing them with a basis for an informed decision about the covid vaccination - these are the goals of a project coordinated by the Chair of Clinical and Biological Psychology (Prof. Dr. Rita Rosner) at the KU in which the University of Würzburg and the HSD Regensburg are also involved.
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