-
Recent Posts
Archives
Categories
Meta
Blogroll
Category Archives: Brain/Psychology
Geldof was wrong, you do like Mondays
Here is something to cheer you up for the weekend: you will, on average, be in a better mood at the weekend. This is according to an examination of a large representative US sample. Interestingly, they don’t find any difference … Continue reading
To Work or Not to Work? Child Development and Maternal Labor Supply
Child development is (obviously, I hope) an important topic and economists have got very interested in it recently, Jim Heckman‘s work being a good example. Here in UCD, a team lead by my colleague Orla Doyle are doing exciting work … Continue reading
Threatening a guy’s sexuality causes him to take more risky, short sighted decisions
I am comfortable with my sexuality (naturally) and hence untroubled by any perceived threats to my masculinity. There is nothing wrong with pink shirts, okay? That’s my story anyway. But how might guys react when they feel some threats to … Continue reading
Handedness in art: Moonrise Kingdom’s lefty scissors.
Readers of this blog will know that I have an interest in handedness , or to give its proper scientific name, laterality since it is not just about hands. And no I am not left-handed: being an economist is sinister … Continue reading
Posted in Brain/Psychology, topical stuff
Tagged cinema, handedness, laterality, movies
Leave a comment
Does consultation improve decision making? Experimental evidence
When decisions have to be made people like to be consulted. And if they feel by-passed they get pissed off. This seems to be true for any group situation, whether it is a country, an organization or a marriage. Fair … Continue reading
Co-operation or competition in species helps determine handedness
The causes of left-handedness are not widely understood. It is generally accepted that there is a significant genetic component although the details have yet to be worked out. My recent paper provides evidence that breastfeeding also plays a role. And … Continue reading
Handedness and earnings : the evidence
The paper I blogged about yesterday was a depressing one for left-handers but here is the good news: they get paid more, ceteris paribus. If they are male, that is. For females, its the other way around. As the paper … Continue reading
Posted in Brain/Psychology
4 Comments
Handedness and depression
As I expect to be talking on the radio this Friday morning (RTE Radio 1, John Murray show) about handedness, one of my research interests, it seems a good excuse to highlight papers from my back-catalogue that predate this blog. … Continue reading
Posted in Brain/Psychology, Health
Leave a comment
Something for the weekend: 5 reliable findings about what makes you happy
This article has a nice brief summary of five things that we have learned from research about happiness. It also has a discussion of some of the backlash against happiness research. To cut to the chase: You control about half … Continue reading
Posted in Brain/Psychology
Leave a comment
Humour, sex and brains: what are the connections?
I don’t know if there is much research on humour. It strikes me as something hard to do since it is quite subjective but inevitably there are intrepid researchers who are not put off by this. I wonder have economists … Continue reading
Posted in Brain/Psychology, Humour, research
Leave a comment
