dualism makes you fat

“The Mind Is Willing, but the Flesh Is Weak”
http://pss.sagepub.com/content/23/10/1239

Interesting study - people believing in the soul makes less healthy decisions.
(And also when people are primed with the theory of dualism)

Gender bias in science

(Even after taking into account the percentage of female scientists)

Men are more likely to be invited to write in top science journals:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120830102851.htm

A committee with a male chairperson will give a scientific award to a male 95% of the time:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120508142622.htm

Study on bias against female scientists

Bias Persists Against Women of Science, a Study Says - NYTimes.com:

'via Blog this'

cognitive bias in marketing

"In his book Priceless, William Poundstone explains what happened when Williams-Sonoma added a $429 breadmaker next to their $279 model: Sales of the cheaper model doubled even though practically nobody bought the $429 machine. Lesson: If you can't sell a product, try putting something nearly identical, but twice as expensive, next to it. It'll make the first product look like a gotta-have-it bargain. One explanation for why this tactic works is that people like stories or justifications. Since it's terribly hard to know the true value of things, we need narratives to explain our decisions to ourselves. Price differences give us a story and a motive: The $279 breadmaker was, like, 40 percent cheaper than the other model — we got a great deal! Good story."  http://lifehacker.com/5925385/how-numbers-affect-your-shopping-habits

Looking at organic food makes people less altruistic?!

http://spp.sagepub.com/content/early/2012/05/14/1948550612447114.abstract

Lower Cognitive Ability Predicts Greater Prejudice

http://pss.sagepub.com/content/23/2/187.abstract

"lower general intelligence in childhood predicts greater racism in adulthood, and this effect was largely mediated via conservative ideology. A secondary analysis of a U.S. data set confirmed a predictive effect of poor abstract-reasoning skills on antihomosexual prejudice, a relation partially mediated by both authoritarianism and low levels of intergroup contact. All analyses controlled for education and socioeconomic status."