Saturday, 8 March 2014

Friday, 10 January 2014

Does money make you mean?

Paul Piff from Berkley studies how social hierarchy, inequality and emotion shape relations between individuals and groups.  He concludes by suggesting how people can be nudged into positive interactions.

Friday, 3 January 2014

No Pictures, Please: Taking Photos May Impede Memory

In a new study, psychological scientist Linda Henkel of Fairfield University presents data showing that participants had worse memory for objects, and for specific object details, when they took photos of them.

“People so often whip out their cameras almost mindlessly to capture a moment, to the point that they are missing what is happening right in front of them,” says Henkel.

http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/news/releases/no-pictures-please-taking-photos-may-impede-memory-of-museum-tour.html#.Ur2vKRrgJXs.email

Wednesday, 19 December 2012

UK in top five for environmental certification

The UK is in the top five countries globally for achieving environmental certificates under the standard ISO14001.

Figures published recently show that more than 267,000 organisations in 158 countries are now certified against the standard's requirements.

http://www.edie.net/news/news_story.asp?src=nl&id=23726