Less is more.A study from Nature revealed that only 1 in 60 people would choose to remove a Lego brick to improve a structure, instead of adding one, instead of adding one (a highly recommended podcast, by the way!). In fact, people are more likely to add 9 extra bricks rather than take away justהמשך לקרוא "Less is more"
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נותנים לבעלי חיים במשקים שם ופנים
רקפת כהן בן-אריה ואלירן הלאלי בפוסט זה, אנו מספקים סקירה כללית של המאמר המדעי האחרון שלנו,"נותנים שם ופנים לחיות משק: גיוס תמיכה לבעלי חיים מצד אוכלי כל באמצעות אפקט הקורבן המזוהה" שפורסם בכתב העת Journal of Environmental Psychology. אנו מתעמקים בממצאי המחקר שלנו עם ד"ר אלירן הלאלי, ומדגישים את היתרונות של סיפורו של קורבן מזוהההמשך לקרוא "נותנים לבעלי חיים במשקים שם ופנים"
You are what you eat – a twin experiment
Happy Veganuary! 🌷💖🌷An exciting new documentary series just premiered on Netflix, highlighting the potential health benefits of plant-based diets. This series features a fascinating experiment with identical twins who alter their diets and lifestyles for eight weeks. Described as a unique scientific exploration, it aims to examine the impact of different foods on the body.המשך לקרוא "You are what you eat – a twin experiment"
Now on Kudos – Giving farm animals a name and a face: using the identifiable victim effect
Our study is on Kudos! Giving farm animals a name and a face: using the identifiable victim effect Omnivores showed greater willingness to sign and share a petition to save an identified runaway calf (presented with a name and a picture) from slaughter than to save several unidentified runaway calves. Additionally, they were more inclinedהמשך לקרוא "Now on Kudos – Giving farm animals a name and a face: using the identifiable victim effect"
Meatless Monday is everywhere. How is it going?
Meatless Monday's recent study revealed significant changes among its participants. – They were 10 times more likely to reduce meat consumption beyond one day a week and 2 times more likely to cut out meat entirely. – Furthermore, they were 8 times more likely to try meatless recipes at home and 3 times more likelyהמשך לקרוא "Meatless Monday is everywhere. How is it going?"
AI and life-hacking tools for catching up on research
I wanted to share some AI and other life-hacking tools that I've found helpful for catching up on research, news, and more: Recast AI: This tool summarizes and reads content aloud to you in a human voice. The downside is that it does cost. Reading mode: Originally designed for accessibility, this tool is also usefulהמשך לקרוא "AI and life-hacking tools for catching up on research"
Research tips
I've been asked for research tips, so here's my first one: seek advice from someone more senior than me! But in case you decide to ignore that tip, I'm happy to share a few others: – Work Hard: Understand that research is highly competitive. It's a "publish or perish" environment, and most papers don't getהמשך לקרוא "Research tips"
Giving farm animals a name and a face
Our paper with Dr. Eliran Halali, "Giving farm animals a name and a face", has just been published! 📰 🌟 🎉 : Key Highlights: – Identifiable Victim Effect & Animal Advocacy: We explored how giving a farm animal a name and a face can boost animal advocacy among omnivores. – The runaway calf: Participants wereהמשך לקרוא "Giving farm animals a name and a face"
Researchers? Some research tools I think you would appreciate
Some research tools I think you would appreciate: – Applying for a grant? Grantable will help you search for references, craft a narrative using your facts, figures, and style, and resize your text to keep to the word limit. – Conducting a literature review? Use Jenni for autocompletion and citation finding, Consensus as a wiser alternative to Google Scholar, or Connected Papers toהמשך לקרוא "Researchers? Some research tools I think you would appreciate"
The value of actual sales data for understanding meat consumption
We are excited to share PHAIR's blog post about our academic paper with Chris Bryant and Katharina Hofmann! A study on meat and animal-product consumption in the Tesco 1.0 dataset Cover photo by Bruno Kelzer In this blog post, Rakefet, Chris, and Katharina provide an overview of their recent, open-access article, “Every little helps: Exploring meatהמשך לקרוא "The value of actual sales data for understanding meat consumption"
