Comparison of Objects

In an experiment, low-income participants were more likely to purchase lottery tickets when they felt that their income was low compared to a perceived standard. 

• People show up: they are far less likely to skip a 30-minute session.
• Everyone is on time.
• People are much more likely to come prepared. There’s no time wasted on tangents and going-nowhere conversations.
• The time pressure enhances focus and at...

• Researchers paid 27 people to play Tetris for multiple hours a day, three days in a row. 
• For days after the study, some participants literally couldn't stop dreaming about shapes falling. They become stuck in something ralled a "cognitive afterimage".