We analyze behavior on a TV game show where players’ earnings depend upon several factors. Attractive players fare better than less attractive ones, even though they perform no differently on every dimension. They also exhibit and engender the same degree of cooperativeness. Nevertheless, they are substantially less likely to be eliminated by their peers, even when this is costly. Our results s...

Computer games are so popular among children and adolescents that they are often used to increase the attractiveness of educational software. In this respect, virtual reality game interfaces can serve the purposes of education very well since they are among the most popular interfaces. However, despite their popularity there are still many children and adolescents that do not play games. On the...

there is a relationship between tourism motivation and destination choice, acquiring knowledge about this is so important in predicting the future patterns of tourists’ behaviour. the main purpose of this study is to analyse the motivational factors influencing european tourists’ decision making process to choose iran. a sample of 404 tourists were studied, the data were analysed using factor a...

In this paper we examine influencing factors and changes of perceived longitudinal user experience. An implemented mobility app for Berlin was tested in a three month field trial. The app offers unique features for bicyclists and integrates a gamification concept. The study consisted of three game phases. Each phase was completed by a demographic and a user experience questionnaire. Possible di...

Studies have linked facial attractiveness to positive outcomes and unattractiveness to negative ones. However, no study has examined whether attractiveness and aggression are related, even though there is a relationship between unattractiveness and risk factors for aggression like neglect and bullying. In this study, 78 men and women engaged in unprovoked and reactive physical aggression tasks,...

Physical appearance influences behavior in a number of environments, yet surprisingly little is known about the influence of physical attractiveness on the bargaining process. We conducted an ultimatum game experiment to investigate the influence of physical attractiveness and gender on ultimatum game decisions. Results from this study revealed no significant differences in the offers or demand...

Physical appearance influences behavior in a number of environments, yet surprisingly little is known about the influence of physical attractiveness on the bargaining process. We conducted an ultimatum game experiment to investigate the influence of physical attractiveness and gender on ultimatum game decisions. Results from this study revealed no significant differences in the offers or demand...

BACKGROUND The growing trends in opioid abuse, assessment of the abuse liability of prescription opioid products, and growing efforts by the pharmaceutical industry to develop 'abuse-resistant' formulations highlight a need to understand the features that make one product more 'attractive' than another to potential abusers. We developed a scale to measure the 'attractiveness' of prescription op...

Software games are very popular among children and adolescents and thus they have often been used in educational software research projects to increase motivation of students. However, before educational software games are designed to be targeted to real classroom students there are many questions to be answered concerning the scope of motivation and attractiveness of these games. This paper in...

Parameters of dental beauty change across time for varying reasons. Thus, an understanding of the factors that help or harm the attractiveness of a smile is an important step in creating attractive smiles. This study aimed to identify factors that affect smile perception and attractiveness among the Saudi population. A cross-sectional study was conducted among the Saudi population. Questionnair...