Chameleons bake bigger pies and take bigger pieces: Strategic behavioral mimicry facilitates negotiation outcomes

Cdc42 helps cells take bigger bites

Kinetochore complexes need teamwork L ampert et al. show how two kinetochore protein complexes work together to link up with microtubules. Kinetochores hitch spindle microtubules to the centromeres, helping ensure that chromosomes separate properly during mitosis. In yeast cells, two protein complexes— Ndc80 and Dam1—make the connection to microtubules. Ndc80 clings to the kinetochore, whereas ...

Incidental Similarity Facilitates Behavioral Mimicry

Research has shown that mimicry increases the social influence of the mimicker and leads to greater liking of the mimicker. It has been proposed that mimicry is exhibited to create affiliation and rapport during social interaction. In two experiments (total N = 95) we manipulated the role of incidental similarity between two individuals on mimicry behavior. Undergraduates who believed they had ...

Bigger and better things.

The bigger picture concepts

If a concept is not well defined, it can be abused. This is particularly true of complexity, an inherently interdisciplinary concept that has penetrated a range of intellectual fields from physics to linguistics, but with no underlying, unified theory. Complexity has become a popular buzzword that is used in the hope of gaining attention or funding — institutes and research networks associated ...

Is Bigger Really Badder?

Increasing attention is being focused on the role(s) that obesity may play in the development of cardiovascular disease, particularly congestive heart failure (CHF).1,2 Several indirect or associated effects are potential culprits. For example, obesity is strongly associated with many atherosclerotic risk factors, including arterial hypertension, insulin resistance, diabetes, and dyslipidemia.3...