She had found that when feelings of disgust are instilled in them beforehand, people make decisions which are more ethical than would otherwise be expected.
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Robots are not expected to have feelings and when such feelings are found, it seems somehow wrong.
Russian MPs have given initial approval to an anti-blasphemy law with tougher jail terms or fines for anyone found guilty of offending religious feelings.
With Europe's economic crisis dominating the backroom discussions, and often taking center stage in the cavernous Conference Center, captains of industry, titans of finance and top academics found themselves forced to grapple with unusual feelings of impotence.
They found that those who experienced the most intense feelings achieved higher performance with their decision making.
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The researchers found that unethical behavior was closely related to positive feelings about greed.
The researchers also found that people direct more attention towards those who elicit feelings of envy.
The poll of 1, 000 U.S. adults also found nearly four in 10 surveyed would have "mixed feelings" had the justices struck down the whole law.
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In a 2010 study of 120 children ages 7, 9 and 11, researchers at Beijing Normal University in China found kids increasingly told altruistic lies to avoid hurting others' feelings.
She said that "very quickly Mike would tell me that I bewitched him - that he found me irresistible, that he found me wise and wonderful, hugely talented and that these feelings could not be wrong because they felt so right".
But a solution could yet be found, combining the mayor's hostility to pigeons with his kindlier feelings towards foxes.
In human beings, it was found that mirror neurons not only simulate actions, they also reflect intentions and feelings.
Her research found that voters' stated preferences didn't seem to match up with what she measured as their unconscious feelings.
Bristol University research found that people who habitually slept just five hours each night had 15% more ghrelin, a hormone which increases feelings of hunger, than those who slept for eight hours.
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