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The superior temporal sulcus (STS) is the chameleon of the human brain. Several research areas claim the STS as the host brain region for their particular behavior of interest. Some see it as one of the core structures for theory of mind. For others, it is the main region for audiovisual integration. It plays an important role in biological motion perception, but is also claimed to...

Our legal system requires assigning responsibility for crimes and deciding on appropriate punishments. A new fMRI study by Buckholtz et al. in this issue of Neuron reveals that the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (rDLPFC) plays a key role in these cognitive processes. This finding sheds light on the neural mechanisms underlying moral judgment from a third-party perspective.

In this paper, we address the pre-project phase of idea generation in the product innovation process, where the effective generation of new product ideas still remains an issue of high relevance for both management scholars and practitioners. We relate Nonaka and colleagues’ four knowledge creation modes of socialization, externalization, combination, and internalization to the...

This paper analyzes awards as a means of motivation prevalent in the scientific community, but so far neglected in the economic literature on incentives, and discusses their relationship to monetary compensation. Awards are better suited than performance pay to reward scientific tasks, which are typically of a vague nature. They derive their value, for instance, from signaling...

Economics rests upon a set of presumptions about how human beings are affected by income. Yet causal evidence is scant. This paper reports a longitudinal study of randomly selected lottery winners. Remarkably, we show that it takes almost three years before they enjoy their money. We develop a model of dissonance and deservingness. We argue that, despite the tradition of economics,...

Unternehmen müssen fit sein für die Zukunft. Deshalb drängt sich eine Beurteilung der Nachhaltigkeitsleistung auf. Dafür werden sowohl Kriterien zur heutigen Leistung wie auch zur Zukunftsorientierung der Unternehmensführung herangezogen.

Pourquoi certains chefs d'entreprise préfèrentils négocier des contrats de maintenance pour leurs machines ou contrôler les horaires de service plutôt que de se préparer consciencieusement à un entretien de personnel? Pourquoi certains cadres sont-ils inquiets dès qu'ils entendent le terme «évaluation du personnel»? Pourquoi la petite phrase gentille «Bravo pour le dernier...