Trump makes us "see red"; Clinton makes us "feel blue"

What Makes Us Feel the Best Also Makes Us Feel the Worst: The Emotional Impact of Independent and Interdependent Experiences

Four studies examined the hypothesis that intense emotional experiences are more often centered on interdependent than independent experiences. Studies 1 and 2 demonstrated that when asked to write about emotionally intense events, participants were more likely to write about interdependent than independent experiences. Study 3 provided evidence that these effects were not due to recall effects...

What makes us human ?

What makes us human?

To RSVP or for more information, please call Daniel Leonardich at 415.734.2080 or email [email protected] Science for Life lectures are free with open seating. Parking is available across the street in the UCSF Rutter Center garage. Co-sponsored by San Francisco Conservatory of Music cellist Erin Wang will share with us a brief discussion of “evolution” from baroque through contempora...

What makes us human?

The title of this report was the theme of the 7th Oxford International Biomedical Centre (OIBC) Symposium, just a few months after the publication of a paper suggesting that the genus Pan (including the chimpanzee and the bonobo) should be merged with the genus Homo. It has been realised for many years that the chimpanzee is our nearest living relative, and recent DNA studies have strengthened ...

What doesn't kill us makes us stronger.

We develop a simple model of cartel behavior under conditions of Bertrand competition with differentiated products. This model is then used to analyse the effects of ”Leniency Policy” on the cartel. We find that in some market situations introducing Leniency Policy causes the cartel to cease to be viable and competition results. However, in other cases the policy only serves to raise cartel pri...