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March 5, 2010

Darkness encourages unethical behaviour even when it makes no difference to anonymity

Imagine a man sits alone, hunched over his desk, fingers tapping out a project progress report to his boss. Does he decide to lie? If I told you that the sun had nearly set, filling the man's room with darkness, would that make any difference to your answer? It should do. A new study suggests that darkness encourages cheating, even when it makes no difference to anonymity. Chen-Bo Zhong and colle

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October 1, 2009

Consciousness Is The Brain’s Wi-Fi, Resolving Competing Requests, Study Suggests

Filed under: Psychology News — Tags: , , , , — admin @ 12:00 am
Your fingers start to burn after picking up a hot plate. Should you drop the plate or save your meal? New research suggests that it is your consciousness that resolves these dilemmas by serving as the brain's Wi-Fi network, mediating competing requests from different parts of the body. The study also explains why we are consciously aware of some conflicting urges but not others.

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