Here’s a voodoo-doll-rich, behind-the-scenes account what happened before and after a researcher (and her team) won an Ig Nobel Prize. Elsevier Connects reports: Voodoo dolls, the Ig Nobel Prize and why headlines matter in academia How psychologist Dr. Lindie Liang captured the world’s attention with her research By Lucy Goodchild van Hilten Many researchers have a […]
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Puppet Master: Possible Influence of Parasite Toxoplasma gondii on Managers and Employees
Is your boss easily distracted? Impulsive? With a diminishing IQ? It’s possible the he/she might be hosting the mind-altering parasite Toxoplasma gondii. Attention is drawn to this possibility in the latest online issue of the journal Academy of Management Perspectives. An investigation by Petr Houdek, [pictured right] who is a director at the CEBEX experimental […]
Germany vs. China culture icons
Liu Young, who was born in China and educated in Germany, drew some icons to show differences between the cultures. Here are examples. (Thanks to Cathy Caldwell-Harris for showing these to us.) Anger: