by david allan van nostrand | Dec 28, 2020 | Human Behavior, Items in the News, Social archaelogy, The world around us
The words to the song millions sing at midnight each December 31st are said to have been written by Robert Burns, Scotland’s national poet. Encyclopaedia Britannica says no one knows who wrote the music. Burns refused to take credit for the song, saying it was merely...
by david allan van nostrand | Dec 21, 2020 | Items in the News
The Merry Mailman television program debuted on Secaucus, New Jersey’s WOR-TV in 1950. The host was Ray Heatherton, a former bandleader and singer. Ray and his sidekicks Chick and Milt entertained studio audiences with games, songs, stories, magic tricks, skits,...
by david allan van nostrand | Dec 14, 2020 | Human Behavior, Psychology
Test your ability to focus As you watch this one-minute video of people passing a ball back and forth, count the number of times the people in white pass the ball. CLICK HERE TO WATCH IT NOW The video was created by psychologists Daniel Simons and Christopher Chabris...
by david allan van nostrand | Dec 7, 2020 | Customer Satisfaction, How to tell good research from bad
McDonald’s aimed its advertising at parents for many years before someone got the idea to advertise directly to their kids instead. Their notion was that the children would relentlessly pester their parents to take them to McDonald’s for Happy Meals, visits with...
