NEURAL CORRELATES OF BEHAVIORAL PREFERENCE FOR CULTURALLY FAMILIAR DRINKS Are preferences for culturally familiar drinks such as Coke or Pepsi based solely on the taste or are there other factors involved? A recent article in Neuron discusses how cultural messages may be more influential than taste in the development of such preferences. ABSTRACT “Coca-Cola_ (Coke_) […]
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27TH SOCIETY FOR MEDICAL DECISION MAKING ANNUAL MEETING We are pleased to invite you to submit an abstract and attend the 27th Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM). This yearâs meeting will take place from October 21-24, 2005 in San Francisco, CA. The meeting hotel is the Hyatt Regency San Francisco. […]
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FACULTY MARKETING POSITIONS ARE AVAILABLE AT DUKE UNIVERSITY, THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA 1. DUKE UNIVERSITY – THE FUQUA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS – Durham, North Carolina Duke University has openings for marketing faculty at all ranks in the Fuqua School of Business beginning fall 2006. Emphasis will be placed on […]
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THE TWENTY FIRST ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BRUNSWIK SOCIETY The Twenty-first Annual Meeting of the Brunswik Society will be held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on November 10-11, 2005. This years conference will be held at the Sheraton Centre Hotel. Call for Papers and Participation: The 21st Annual International Meeting of the Brunswik Society will be […]
THE NEUROANATOMICAL BASIS OF UNDERSTANDING SARCASM AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO SOCIAL COGNITION: Detecting sarcasm relies upon the ability to monitor other peoples’ mental states, thoughts and feelings. Detecting sarcasm then is necessary for effective decision making and social cognition. A recent article in Neuropsychology offers findings regarding the neurobiology of comprehension of sarcasm and the […]
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PROFESSOR DICK WITTINK Dick Wittink, one of the world’s leading professors of business, member of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences, advisor to many, and Editor of the Journal of Marketing Research has died Tuesday at age 59, as reported in the New Haven Register. I was in regular contact with Dick over the past […]
