recenter research

Still catching up with Kevin Lewis:

• Not that we can make it mean anything, but data crunchers show patterns of information flow on the internet.
• Presidents win out during divided government.
• Network theorists explain why Al Qaeda survives.
• More evidence that people don't change their minds when exposed to new, relevant information.
• Thinking of your childhood makes you a nicer person. So does thinking of your past immoral behavior. So does feeling like you're being watched.
• We like people with high status, but not people with power.
• You can't rush morality.
• We're all passive aggressive.
• Priming empathy: looking at details, helping to save a mouse and thinking about powerlessness will make you more empathetic.
• Moral indignation fades - in 10 minutes or less.
• Tipping off diners increases tips.
• Cleanliness is Conservativeness.
• What separates organ donors from non-donors: Ick.
• Keeping your options open is a double-edged sword.
• Why we overpay to avoid scary risks.
• Another example of our ever-inventive ways to justify bad behavior.
• We're bad at predicting our moral behavior - and not in the way this cynic thought.
• We regret what we didn't do more than what we did.

From the annals of "Someone paid for this study?"

• Abstract Expressionists are better painters than children and animals.
• Your right profile is more serious-looking than your left.