Daily Archives: June 6, 2019

New research examines development of personality in birds — ScienceDaily

For birds, differences in personality are a function of both age and experience, according to new research by University of Alberta biologists. The study examined the red knot, a medium-sized shorebird that breeds in the Canadian Arctic and winters in North Western Europe. The researchers studied 90 birds over a two year period, comparing behavioural…

No-cost products garner strong word-of-mouth recommendations — ScienceDaily

Consumers who get a web-based product or mobile app for free are more likely to give it a word-of-mouth boost than a product they buy, suggesting they feel “one good turn deserves another.” That’s according to new research from the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin by Wen Wen, an…