Show them the money, and people act differently
17th Nov 2006, 04:15 GMT
A series of nine experiments were done in which people were asked to do puzzles or other tasks and the behavior of people exposed to money was compared to others who were not prompted to think about it. The mere presence of money changes people in both negative and positive ways.
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