Topic: Michael Kraus

Peter Goodspeed: Abnormal brains only partly explain what makes someone a dictator

Full Comment - 113 days ago
Cunning, cruel, flamboyant and eccentric, at times Muammar Gaddafi seemed a parody of the villains that populate James Bond novels. But the...

Nursing homes fined for substandard care

NY Daily News - 419 days ago
Four city nursing homes were hit with federal fines for substandard care - including a Bronx home that let an epileptic man with impaired memory...

More Privilege Means Less Empathy

Big Think - 450 days ago
If you're a member of America's anxious middle class, you can feel downtrodden one minute and privileged the next, just watching the news. Michael W. Kraus and his co-authors offer three experiments to back up their argument that upper-class people ...

Studies Show the Poor Are More Empathetic

Suite 101 - 451 days ago
It seems obvious that people who are wealthy likely have larger social networks, a greater ability to read others, and perhaps even a more developed sense of charity. According to a series of experiments conducted at the University of California, San Francisco ...

The Science of Snobbery

Popular Science - 1094 days ago
But, according to psychologists Michael W. Kraus and Dacher Keltner at the University of California, Berkley, body language also indicates where you stand in the economic pecking order.. Kraus and Keltner videotaped more than 100 college students as they got to know ...

The Home Cure

Forbes - 1095 days ago
Software engineer Colin Mackay was 32 when a mysterious autoimmune disease destroyed his kidneys in 2001. Mackay, now 39, would arrive at work at dawn on dialysis days so he could leave in time for the four-hour treatment. Then his wife heard ...

Body Language Reveals Wealth

LiveScience - 1097 days ago
A flashy handbag or Armani suit can signal a person's wealth, but so can their body language, according to a new study. They found that students whose parents were from higher socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds engaged in more of what he ...

EuroZone Output Tumbles In November

Forbes - 1124 days ago
Software Engineer Colin Mackay was 32 when a mysterious autoimmune disease destroyed his kidneys in 2001. Mackay, now 39, would arrive at work at dawn on dialysis days so he could leave in time for the four-hour treatment. Then his wife heard ...