Shame on You, Uncle!

Fool Me Once, Shame on You; Fool Me Twice, Shame on Oxytocin

In this issue of Neuron, a study by Baumgartner et al. investigates the influence of oxytocin on trust behavior and its neural mechanisms. The authors report that, following breaches of trust, oxytocin facilitates prosocial behavior while modulating neural signals in the amygdala and caudate nucleus. The findings have implications for an array of mental disorders where social behavior is compro...

Uncle Sam Wants You, But The Draft Is History

THE FRENCH SYSTEM, INTRODUCED under Napoleon and derived from Roman law, relies on statutes, comprehensive codes, and detailed input from legal scholars. The British system focuses more on decentralized dispute regulation by judges, legal precedent, and voluntary contracts. In earlier research, Shleifer and his co-workers have argued that the differences in legal arrangements explain a lot of t...

Uncle Roy all around you: mixing games and theatre on the city streets

We describe Uncle Roy All Around You, a mixture of game and theatre that took place in central London in late May and early June of 2003. Street players, equipped with handheld computers and wireless networking, journeyed through the streets of the city in search of an elusive character called Uncle Roy, while online players journeyed through a parallel 3D model of the city, were able to track ...

One Drunk Driver, Shame on You, Two Drunk Drivers, Shame on Who: Reconciling the Unlawful Acts Doctrine with Comparative Negligence

On shame, shame-depression, and other depressions.