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- Couples with joint checking accounts are happier https://academic.oup.com/jcr/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/jcr/ucad020/7077142 194 comments
- Voice search gets better results than text https://academic.oup.com/jcr/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/jcr/ucad009/7033468?redirectedFrom=fulltext 2 comments
- Selling Pain to the Saturated Self (2017) https://academic.oup.com/jcr/article-abstract/doi/10.1093/jcr/ucw071/2970267/Selling-Pain-to-the-Saturated-Self?redirectedFrom=fulltext 4 comments
- A long-term study finds that when consumers write online reviews, the ratings they give, the content, the decision to write are all affected by weather conditions at their residence, days after the consumption experience. https://academic.oup.com/jcr/advance-article/doi/10.1093/jcr/ucac003/6516531?login=true 15 comments science
- Study: People don’t like science being invoked to market products that bring pleasure, but do see science as more appropriate for selling utilitarian goods for which research has created a better product https://academic.oup.com/jcr/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/jcr/ucac020/6581083 8 comments science
- Consumers believe that products - from adult coloring books to sports drinks - work better for others than they do for themselves. (15 studies, N=6547) Researchers found this bias stems from people's belief that they are unique and not as easily manipulated as others. https://academic.oup.com/jcr/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/jcr/ucab048/6354368 25 comments science
- Emotionally numb: expertise dulls consumer experience. Across >700,000 consumers and 6M observations, developing expertise in a hedonic domain (movies, photography, wine, beer) predicts consumers becoming more emotionally numb – i.e., having less intense emotion in response to their experiences. https://academic.oup.com/jcr/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/jcr/ucab015/6171148 12 comments science
- Engaging with Humanlike Consumer Products when Feeling Socially Excluded Fulfills Social Needs, Could Hurt Genuine Human Connection https://academic.oup.com/jcr/article-abstract/doi/10.1093/jcr/ucx038/2939535/products-as-pals-engaging-with-anthropomorphic?redirectedfrom=fulltext 5 comments science
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- A Posture Tweak Can Make Your Food Taste Better, Say Marketing Researchers https://www.inverse.com/article/56501-does-sitting-or-standing-affect-how-i-enjoy-my-food 1226 comments
- Brain Drain: The Mere Presence of One’s Own Smartphone Reduces Available Cognitive Capacity | Journal of the Association for Consumer Research: Vol 2, No 2 http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/691462 785 comments
- Brain Drain: The Mere Presence of One’s Own Smartphone Reduces Available Cognitive Capacity | Journal of the Association for Consumer Research: Vol 2, No 2 https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/691462#/doi/abs/10.1086/691462 785 comments
- Why Do Rich People Love Endurance Sports? - Outside Online https://www.outsideonline.com/2229791/why-are-most-endurance-athletes-rich/ 358 comments
- Time is not on your side - The Source - Washington University in St. Louis https://source.wustl.edu/2018/05/time-is-not-on-your-side/ 241 comments
- Hard work and happy accidents: why do so many of us prefer ‘difficult’ analogue technology? https://theconversation.com/hard-work-and-happy-accidents-why-do-so-many-of-us-prefer-difficult-analogue-technology-227472 69 comments
- Why Do Rich People Love Endurance Sports? - Outside Online https://www.outsideonline.com/health/training-performance/why-are-most-endurance-athletes-rich/ 45 comments
- Declined invitations go over more graciously when lack of money is cited instead of lack of time – new research https://theconversation.com/declined-invitations-go-over-more-graciously-when-lack-of-money-is-cited-instead-of-lack-of-time-new-research-164473 42 comments
- Will the high-tech cities of the future be utterly lonely? | The Week http://theweek.com/articles/689527/hightech-cities-future-utterly-lonely 37 comments
- Partisan Divide Creates Different Americas, Separate Lives | Snopes.com https://www.snopes.com/news/2019/09/20/partisan-divide-creates-different-americas-separate-lives/ 23 comments
- How to decline an invitation without hurting a relationship https://news.osu.edu/how-to-decline-an-invitation-without-hurting-a-relationship/ 21 comments
- Gap in Financial Literacy Widens for Couples the Longer the Relationship Lasts, Study Suggests | UT Research Showcase https://research.utexas.edu/showcase/articles/view/gap-in-financial-literacy-widens-for-couples-the-longer-the-relationship-lasts-study-suggests 21 comments
- The one word charities use that turns off donors https://news.osu.edu/the-one-word-charities-use-that-turns-off-donors/ 19 comments
- Partisan divide creates different Americas, separate lives https://theconversation.com/partisan-divide-creates-different-americas-separate-lives-122925 18 comments
- Wide Cars and Watches Make People Feel Powerful, Study Finds https://www.inverse.com/article/35789-wide-face-car-power-dominance 17 comments
- Why science doesn’t help sell chocolate chip cookies https://news.osu.edu/why-science-doesnt-help-sell-chocolate-chip-cookies/ 9 comments
- Using ‘science’ to market cookies and other products meant for pleasure backfires with consumers https://theconversation.com/using-science-to-market-cookies-and-other-products-meant-for-pleasure-backfires-with-consumers-181904 4 comments
- Are Joint Bank Accounts the Secret to a Happy Marriage? - WSJ https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/savings/married-joint-bank-accounts-287c0d7c 4 comments
- ‘Ugh, I’m So Busy’: A Status Symbol for Our Time - The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/03/busyness-status-symbol/518178/?google_editors_picks=true 3 comments
- Feeling out of control: Do consumers make pra | EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-03/jocr-foo032217.php 3 comments