Behavioural Science

People with easy to pronounce names win friends and favour

2 Apr 2012, 9.52 AM

Having a simple, easy-to-pronounce name is more likely to win you friends and favour in the workplace, a study by Dr Simon Laham at the University of Melbourne and Dr Adam Alter at New York University Stern School of Business, has found.

Our eye position betrays the numbers we have in mind, new study

23 Mar 2010, 11.56 AM

It will be harder to lie about your age or your poker hand after new research by the University of Melbourne, has revealed that our eye position betrays the numbers we are thinking about.