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January 2014

Can Neuro-Music Boost Your Productivity?

Work environments today are noisy and distracting. As Maria Konnikova writes in a recent New Yorker article, open office plans are a big culprit. One study describes the effects of open environments as "damaging to the workers’ attention…

Save Time, Persuade with Rhyme!

What's the most famous quote from the OJ Simpson "trial of the century?" Those of us old enough to have watched it on TV, or at lease followed the news accounts, would no doubt come up with, "If the gloves don't fit, you must acquit!" This…

Japanese Brainfluence

After noticing a sharp uptick in Japan-based subscribers to Neuromarketing, I did a little online sleuthing and found that the long-awaited Japanese version of Brainfluence is now being listed by Amazon.jp and other booksellers. The…

Study Maps Emotions by Body Part

Researchers at Finland's Aalto University have produced a set of images showing where in their bodies people experience different emotions. Their news release states, For example, anxiety may be experienced as pain in the chest,…