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September 23, 2009
Does rewarding altruism squelch it?
Imagine your neighbor has a dog that regularly escapes her yard. One day you see the dog escape and return it to her. She thanks you by giving you a piece of delicious home-made apple pie. This happens several days in a row. Then one day when you return the dog, there's no pie, no thanks, and no explanation. Would you return the dog the next time it escapes?You might be disinclined. But what if t
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September 8, 2009
Patient-determined outcomes: If you can’t take my pain away, then at least let me do more
If I had a dollar for every time that I’ve asked someone what they would like from pain management and they’ve answered ‘take my pain away’ – well I wouldn’t be writing this blog early in the morning before work!The findings from this piece of research by Thorne and Morley (2009) suggests that people think [...]... Thorne, F., & Morley, S. (2009) Prospe
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August 13, 2009
Seeing what we want to see in our friends
The Boston Globe has an interesting piece on how bad we are at judging our friends' beliefs, opinions and values but why we tend to assume they match with our own.The article covers various examples of this effect, but it mentions a finding from a shortly to be published study finding that the most socially connected people are typically the least accurate at judging their friends' attitudes:A si
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