Illume Magazine’s recent article “3 Tips for a Healthy Cross-Cultural Marriage“ has some interesting insights on marriage, divorce and culture. Marriage is/should be/or was, depending on your principles, a sacred union between two individuals that make a commitment to stay with and support each other for the rest of their lives. However, marriage is extremely…
Read MoreGestures Across Species: How do Apes and Humans Compare?
According to a new study published in the journal Frontiers and reported on by ScienceDaily there are many similarities between the gestures of apes and children. “The similarity in the form and function of the gestures in a human infant, a baby chimpanzee and a baby bonobo was remarkable,“ said Patricia Greenfield, UCLA Professor and…
Read MoreCross-Cultures – Reactions of Emotions: Dr. Matsumoto KGO Radio Interview
Many Asian countries are group oriented; therefore, individuals tend to not separate themselves very much from their country or a company. However, according to Dr. David Matsumoto Americans are very different. A specific example of this is the reaction of the recent Asiana Airlines (South Korean) plane crash at SFO. “We Americans would see that…
Read MoreBehavioral Science & Energy
Alex Laskey Energy Resource specialist and President and Founder of OPower has some interesting insight into human nature and energy consumption. Laskey shows how a quirk of human behavior can make us all better, wiser energy users, with lower energy bills. He helps power companies to help their customers cut down — using data analysis,…
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