Career analyst Dan Pink examines the puzzle of motivation, starting with a fact that social scientists know but most managers don’t: Traditional rewards aren’t always as effective as we think. The traditional method of management does not always work in all the scenarios. Incentivised work will get you the desired results in only certain situations, ....
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dan pink, interesting, motivation, Research, Science, scientific, surprising, TED, videos, work, youtube

Did the subject line made you think? . Wondering how I know about it. Nothing magical about it. Okie, here is the logic.
List all of your friends.  Then ask each of your friends how many friends they have.  No matter who you are, whether you are a man or a woman, where you live, how ....
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friends, psychology, Research

Kids placed in a room with one mouthwatering marshmallow.
The Catch: they can either have the Marshmallow now or they can wait till the adult comes back and get a bonus marshmallow.
Its the ultimate temptation for these cute little souls, watch it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7LN96jEXHc
Another video, same concept, but more scientific
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0oPuAO3M8c

kids, marshmallow, Research, study, videos

Keep staring at the red dot, the green circle fades away into the white background.
To get more info on this illusion read : The importance of perceptual illusion research
and Science of Illusion

illusion, perceptual illusion, Research, sciene

An interesting article
http://gandolf.homelinux.org/~smhanov/blog/index.php?id=63

Computer Science, Pornographic, Research