Actions speak louder than images

When Actions Speak Louder Than Words

Through the lens of a study exploring dementia care partnering, the purpose of this methods article is to focus on the role of artifacts and embodied data in data collection. In addition, it illustrates how to use a range of data collecting methods. The article identifies benefits of additional data collecting methods to research and care. These include the need to expand data collecting method...

Words speak louder: conforming to preferences more than actions.

Whereas people generally conform to others' choices, this research documents that conformity decreases once others have acted on their chosen options. It suggests words speak louder than actions-people are more likely to conform to others' preferences than their actions. Specifically, people are less likely to follow another person's food choice if that person has already eaten his or her selec...

Motor Memory: When Plans Speak Louder Than Actions

A new study demonstrates that separate motor memories can be learned and remembered for two physically identical movements, provided that those movements have different goals.

Determinants of the Japan Premium: Actions Speak Louder than Words

Since August 1995, Japanese banks have had to pay a premium on Eurodollar and Euroyen interbank loans relative to their U.S. and U.K. competitors. This so-called “Japan premium” provides a market indicator of investor anxiety about the ability of Japanese banks to repay loans. We examine the determinants of the Japan premium and find that events indicating concrete actions by the Japanese gover...

Actions speak louder than images: the use of neuroscientific evidence in criminal cases