The present experiment examined the effect of different approach motivational body postures on relative left frontal cortical activity, which has been linked with approach motivation. Three body postures were manipulated to create three levels of approach motivation. Consistent with the motivational direction model, results indicated that leaning forward with arms extended (high approach) cause...

In many real-world applications of the time series classification problem, not only could the negative training instances be missing, the number of positive instances available for learning may also be rather limited. This has motivated the development of new classification algorithms that can learn from a small set P of labeled seed positive instances augmented with a set U of unlabeled instan...

TheWomen’s Dermatologic Society luncheon at this year’s American Academy of Dermatology meeting featured a speaker whose talk centered on the problems associated with gender stereotypes in negotiations.Although much of her talk was focused on the impact this has on women, one of her final comments resonated with me: “Rigid ideas about gender roles are really limiting, especially for men.”I was ...

Project Description: Background & Purpose Prof. Ginsburg’s course, “The Development of Mathematical Thinking” at Teachers College, Columbia University, has a unique challenge in that it attempts to make aspects of developmental psychology accessible to a school teaching population. To make connections between his research-oriented content and teaching practice, Prof. Ginsburg employs an extensi...

Can central banks defuse rising stability risks in financial booms by leaning against the wind with higher interest rates? This paper studies state-dependent effects of monetary policy on crisis risk. Based near-universe advanced economy cycles since nineteenth century, we show that discretionary policies during credit and asset price are more likely to trigger crises than prevent them. (JEL E4...