Getting inside their minds

Getting into the Minds of Pairs of Liars and Truth Tellers: An Examination of Their Strategies

We examined the strategies used by 20 pairs of liars and 20 pairs of truth tellers when they were given the opportunity to prepare themselves for an interview in which they would be questioned about their whereabouts during a given period of time. More lying than truth telling pairs prepared themselves for the interviews. The truth tellers and liars who did prepare themselves used different ver...

Minds of their own.

L ike a miniature Segway with eyes, a robot built from 3D printed plastic does laps around a cubicle here at Brain Corporation, having learned in a matter of minutes to avoid bumping into walls as it roams. As eyeRover scoots away, Peter O'Connor, a staff scientist at the robotics software company, steps into its route. Using a remote control unit, he briefly takes control of the foot-tall robo...

Getting Inside the HRM – Performance Relationship

This paper argues that employee attitudes and behaviour need to be explicitly incorporated into models of HRM and performance and into related empirical studies if we are to improve our understanding of the HRM – performance relationship. At the same time, employee concerns have been neglected in the stream of research on HRM and performance. A simple model is presented and two large-scale cros...

Have Americans Lost Their Minds?

A weight on their minds.

Annual weight and height measurements taken in schools have been recommended as part of the drive to reduce childhood obesity. But with few school nurses to carry out such checks, the proposals have proved controversial.