The chances that a reply to a question is honest depends a lot on how the question is formulated. In a study where salesmen had to sell an electronic device with a serious defect that made it malfunction, 89% of salesmen revealed the existence of the defect if buyer’s asked: “What problems does the device...
Showing someone pictures of people helping or taking care of one another mitigates his/her response to threat, danger or provocation. The amygdala is the area of the brain that decides our response to threats. Studies show that the response this area gives to threatening faces or words is strongly inhibited by the preceding view of...
