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3. Why Is Your Boss Bad At His Job? It May Be The 'Peter Principle' At Work

Author

Vedantam, Shankar

Subjects
Employee promotions -- Methods, Management techniques -- Evaluation, Business
Abstract

Author(s): Shankar Vedantam. Workers with a strong sales record were likely to be promoted into managerial positions, yet they tended to be worse at managerial jobs than those who were [...]

Published
2018

4. Social Science Researchers Examine The Peter Principle

Author

Vedantam, Shankar

Subjects
Employee promotions -- Methods, Management techniques -- Evaluation, Business
Abstract

Author(s): Shankar Vedantam. Workers with a strong sales record were likely to be promoted into managerial positions, yet they tended to be worse at managerial jobs than those who were [...]

Published
2018

5. Powerful Storms Make For Compelling Stories, But Can Cause Mental Health Stress

Author

Vedantam, Shankar

Subjects
Storms -- Observations -- Psychological aspects -- United States, Mental health -- Environmental aspects, Stress (Psychology) -- Environmental aspects, Environmental issues
Abstract

Author(s): Shankar Vedantam. NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with Shankar Vedantam, host of NPR's Hidden Brain podcast about how witnessing traumatic events - even from a great distance - can affect [...]

Published
2017

6. How Biases Affect Stock Analyst Predictions

Author

Vedantam, Shankar

Subjects
Stock price forecasting -- Research, Cognitive biases -- Research, Social science research, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=514260203 BYLINE: SHANKAR VEDANTAM HOST: STEVE INSKEEP STEVE INSKEEP: We're waiting to see how much longer the stock market climbs before it drops. [...]

Published
2017

7. The Lure of Self-Deception.

Author

VEDANTAM, SHANKAR

Subjects
SELF-deception, PSYCHOLOGISTS, SCIENTIFIC apparatus & instruments, SWINDLERS & swindling
Abstract

Necessary Illusions Excerpted from Useful Delusions: The Power and Paradox of the Self-Deceiving Brain In the winter of 2011, my wife, my daughter and I set out on a road trip from Washington, DC, to Toronto to visit some close friends. For one thing, I began to see that the self-deception of the members, their complicity in Lowry's scheme, was far from an aberration. In one episode of his show, Fox impresario Geraldo Rivera brought in a member of the Church of Love, a model who worked for Lowry, and an assistant writer who helped with the letters. The simplest answer to that question was the one showcased on Geraldo and by the media hordes that covered the case: Lowry's victims were poor, pathetic rubes. [Extracted from the article]

Published
2021

8. Senior Citizens Study: How Money Makes For Better Brain Functioning

Author

Vedantam, Shankar

Subjects
Social security beneficiaries -- Psychological aspects -- Health aspects, Psychological research, Social security -- Health aspects, Social science research, Elderly -- Health aspects -- Psychological aspects, Alzheimer's disease -- Research, Business
Abstract

Author(s): Shankar Vedantam. Research indicates that people who got more in social security payments - as a result of a congressional formula glitch in the 1970s - appear to have [...]

Published
2016

9. 'Double Bind' Explains The Dearth Of Women In Top Leadership Positions

Author

Vedantam, Shankar

Subjects
Women politicians -- Evaluation, Political leadership -- Demographic aspects, Women in politics -- Evaluation, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=499409051 BYLINE: SHANKAR VEDANTAM HOST: RENEE MONTAGNE RENEE MONTAGNE: Hillary Clinton rather famously spoke of cracks in the glass ceiling - that invisible [...]

Published
2016

10. How Risk Affects The Way People Think About Their Health

Author

Vedantam, Shankar

Subjects
Risk taking -- Research, Security (Psychology) -- Research, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=494199318 BYLINE: SHANKAR VEDANTAM HOST: DAVID GREENE All right. Here's an assumption that seems pretty safe. If something feels more risky, we are [...]

Published
2016

11. How Obamacare Affects Our Wallets And Debt Ratio

Author

Vedantam, Shankar

Subjects
Health care reform -- Economic aspects, Debt, Business, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Abstract

Author(s): Shankar Vedantam. A study examined the economic effects of the Affordable Care Act. Researchers found states that opted to expand Medicaid through Obamacare had residents with fewer unpaid bills [...]

Published
2016

12. The Psychological Dimension Behind Climate Negotiations

Author

Vedantam, Shankar

Subjects
Psychological research -- Environmental aspects, Climate change -- Negotiation, mediation and arbitration -- Psychological aspects, Environmental issues
Abstract

Author(s): Shankar Vedantam. Ahead of the climate talks in Paris, researchers stress the importance of psychological research. Studies indicate countries could walk away from a deal even if it is [...]

Published
2015

13. Not All Online Restaurant Reviews Are Created Equal

Author

Vedantam, Shankar

Subjects
Restaurants, Food/cooking/nutrition
Abstract

Author(s): Shankar Vedantam. Reviews on TripAdvisor or Yelp by tourists tend to be significantly more lenient than reviews by locals. Reviews written a long time after the reviewer visits the [...]

Published
2015

14. How we think: in his new 'Hidden Brain' podcast, NPR science correspondent Shankar Vedantam, NF '10, explores the frontiers of psychology

Author

Vedantam, Shankar

Subjects
Science writers -- Practice -- Personal narratives, Psychological research -- Media coverage, Business, Literature/writing, Mass communications, Publishing industry
Abstract

MY NPR PODCAST 'HIDDEN Brain' launched this fall, but it's been more than a decade in the making, one that started mere blocks from Lippmann House. While reporting for The [...]

Published
2015

15. Difficulty in debunking myths rooted in the way the mind works

Author

Vedantam, Shankar

Subjects
United States. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- Powers and duties -- Public opinion, World Trade Center and Pentagon Attacks, 2001 -- Public opinion -- Influence -- Research, Influenza vaccines -- Public opinion -- Research, Public opinion -- Influence -- Public opinion -- Research, Social psychology -- Research -- Public opinion, Science and technology, Influence, Powers and duties, Research, Public opinion
Abstract

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently issued a flier to combat myths about the flu vaccine. It recited various commonly held views and labeled them either 'true' [...]

Published
2008

16. Next Congress unlikely to pass DREAM Act, Republicans say

Author

Vedantam, Shankar

Subjects
Government regulation, United States. Congress -- Social policy, Emigration and immigration law -- Political aspects, Illegal immigrants -- Laws, regulations and rules, Citizenship, Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 (Draft)
Published
2010

17. DREAM Act defeat reveals failed strategy

Author

Vedantam, Shankar

Subjects
Government regulation, Illegal immigrants -- Laws, regulations and rules, Immigration policy -- Political aspects, Deportation, Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 (Draft)
Published
2010

20. Senate Republicans hold up Dream Act for children of immigrants

Author

Vedantam, Shankar

Subjects
Government regulation, United States. Senate -- Social policy, Illegal immigrants -- Laws, regulations and rules, Children of immigrants -- Laws, regulations and rules, Immigration policy, Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2003 (Draft)
Published
2010

21. Senate to look at Dream Act for illegal immigrants

Author

Vedantam, Shankar

Subjects
Government regulation, United States. Senate -- Social policy, Illegal immigrants -- Laws, regulations and rules, Citizenship, Immigration policy, Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2003 (Draft)
Published
2010

22. Her Lexus, lost in the nexus of D.C. security

Author

Vedantam, Shankar

Subjects
Company legal issue, Company business management, United States. Secret Service -- Safety and security measures, Automobile theft -- Investigations, Police administration -- Management, Washington, D.C. -- Safety and security measures
Published
2010

23. Gay couples seeking immigration rights

Author

Vedantam, Shankar

Subjects
Government regulation, Gay couples -- Laws, regulations and rules, Gay and lesbian rights, Marriage licenses, Immigration policy, Citizenship
Published
2010

24. Immigration backlog stirs move to release some U.S. detainees

Author

Vedantam, Shankar

Subjects
Company business management, Government regulation, United States. Immigration and Customs Enforcement -- Management, Illegal immigrants -- Laws, regulations and rules, Detention of persons, Immigration policy
Published
2010

25. Shades of Prejudice

Author

Vedantam, Shankar

Subjects
Legislators -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Colorism -- Forecasts and trends -- Political aspects, Prejudices -- Forecasts and trends, Race relations -- Analysis, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

LAST week, the Senate majority leader, Harry Reid, found himself in trouble for once suggesting that Barack Obama had a political edge over other African-American candidates because he was ''light-skinned'' [...]

Published
2010

26. Doctors reap benefits by doing own tests

Author

Vedantam, Shankar

Subjects
Company business planning, Health care reform -- Planning, Urologists -- Practice, Medical care, Cost of, CT imaging, Health insurance
Published
2009

27. Rules on stem cell research are eased: more lines eligible for federal funding

Author

Vedantam, Shankar

Subjects
Government regulation, Company business planning, Stem cell research -- Laws, regulations and rules, Stem cell research -- Government finance, Federal aid to research -- Planning, Embryonic stem cells -- Usage, United States -- Science and technology policy
Published
2009

28. Study shows possible link between deaths and ADHD drugs

Author

Vedantam, Shankar

Subjects
Ritalin (Medication) -- Complications and side effects, Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder -- Care and treatment, Sudden death -- Risk factors, Cardiac glycosides -- Complications and side effects, Cardiotonic agents -- Complications and side effects
Published
2009

29. Ever-changing virus challenges drugmakers

Author

Vedantam, Shankar and Rosenwald, Michael

Subjects
Company distribution practices, Swine influenza -- Distribution, Swine influenza -- Care and treatment, Swine influenza -- Control, Epidemics -- United States, Influenza research, Influenza vaccines
Published
2009

31. Climate fears are driving 'ecomigration' across globe

Author

Vedantam, Shankar

Subjects
Climatic changes -- International aspects, Global warming -- International aspects, Emigration and immigration -- Environmental aspects, Sea level -- Environmental aspects
Published
2009

34. Drug made in milk of altered goats is approved

Author

Vedantam, Shankar

Subjects
GTC Biotherapeutics Inc. -- Product development, ATryn (Medication) -- Licensing, certification and accreditation, Thrombolytic drugs -- Licensing, certification and accreditation, Biological products industry -- Product development, Genetically modified animals
Published
2009

38. Gene may make men worse bet as hubbies; Study links variant to discord, divorce

Author

Vedantam, Shankar

Subjects
Genetic research -- Genetic aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Men are more likely to be devoted and loyal husbands when they lack a particular variant of a gene that influences brain activity, researchers announced Monday the first time that [...]

Published
2008

41. The sprinter's brain

Author

Vedantam, Shankar

Subjects
Sprinting -- Research, Sprinting -- Psychological aspects, Runners (Sports) -- Psychological aspects, Runners (Sports) -- Research
Published
2008

43. Older Americans may be happier than younger ones

Author

Vedantam, Shankar

Subjects
Aged -- Psychological aspects, Aged -- Surveys, Teenagers -- Psychological aspects, Teenagers -- Surveys, Youth -- Psychological aspects, Youth -- Surveys, Happiness -- Surveys, Americans -- Psychological aspects, Americans -- Surveys, Social surveys
Published
2008

44. Packing protection or packing suicide risk?

Author

Vedantam, Shankar

Subjects
Government regulation, Gun control -- Laws, regulations and rules, Gun control -- Influence, Suicide -- Influence, Suicide -- Psychological aspects, Right to bear arms -- Laws, regulations and rules, Suicidal behavior
Published
2008

45. Financial hardship and the happiness paradox

Author

Vedantam, Shankar

Subjects
Economic growth -- Analysis, Economic growth -- Social aspects, Happiness -- Analysis, Happiness -- Economic aspects, Human acts -- Economic aspects, Human acts -- Analysis, Human behavior -- Economic aspects, Human behavior -- Analysis, United States -- Economic aspects, United States -- Social aspects
Published
2008

48. The magic ingredient: party unity

Author

Vedantam, Shankar

Subjects
Presidential candidates -- Political activity, Primaries -- Models, Political science -- Models
Published
2008

49. On climate, symbols can overshadow substance: lights-out event more showy than practical

Author

Vedantam, Shankar

Subjects
Environmental issue, Company business management, World Wildlife Fund -- Environmental aspects, World Wildlife Fund -- Management, Environmental movement -- Evaluation, Environmental movement -- Management, Energy conservation -- United States, Energy conservation -- Methods, Environmental protection -- Management
Published
2008

50. A dose of libertarian paternalism

Author

Vedantam, Shankar

Subjects
Human acts -- Analysis, Human behavior -- Analysis, Decision-making -- Analysis, Choice (Psychology) -- Analysis
Published
2008

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