Information Technology Makes Society More Comfortable

Leveraging Information Technology to Build a More Inclusive E- Society

The last few decades have seen tremendous innovations in information technology (IT) that have affected all aspects of modern life. Contemporary society has been variously called ‘Information Society,’ ‘Digital Economy,’ and ‘Knowledge Economy.’ The term ‘E-Society’ is perhaps more appropriate as it truly reflects the degree to which we are dependent on electronic or digital means even to execu...

Make Surgeons’ Position More Comfortable

Polymeric Gas Separation Membranes: What Makes them Industrially more Attractive?

In search of a more comfortable thoracotomy.

Superfluous Neuroscience Information Makes Explanations of Psychological Phenomena More Appealing

Does the presence of irrelevant neuroscience information make explanations of psychological phenomena more appealing? Do fMRI pictures further increase that allure? To help answer these questions, 385 college students in four experiments read brief descriptions of psychological phenomena, each one accompanied by an explanation of varying quality (good vs. circular) and followed by superfluous i...