Month: October 2019

Heavy smoking causes faces to look older

‘Smoker’s Face,’ a condition where smokers look older than they are, is just one of many negative effects caused by heavy tobacco usage. Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, Ph.D., is a co-founder of the Institute for the Future of Human Potential, where he leads the charge in pioneering Self-Enhancement […]

Published on October 31, 2019

Non-GM produce earns ‘halo effect’ under new labeling laws

Consumers were more willing to buy unlabeled produce after being shown food tagged as ”genetically modified” in a new study that comes two months before a new federal law, requiring genetically modified organism disclosure labels on food products, goes into effect. Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, Ph.D., is a […]

Published on October 31, 2019

Overinformative Speakers Are Cooperative: Revisiting the Gricean Maxim of Quantity

Abstract A pragmatic account of referential communication is developed which presents an alternative to traditional Gricean accounts by focusing on cooperativeness and efficiency, rather than informativity. The results of four language‐production experiments support the view that speakers can be cooperative when producing redundant adjectives, doing so more often when color modification could facilitate the listener’s […]

Published on October 31, 2019