The 'worm' with the potential to determine elections by manipulating your vote
Noozilla Top,
It has become commonplace to see a "worm" based on the reactions of a tiny sample of audience members running across our…
What Influences Voter Behavior?
Public Library of Science - PLoS ONE Blog,
The “worm” may be changing how voters vote (Figure 1. Davis et al.) Although we’d like to believe that people determine how to…
Yet another distortion of democracy.
Deric Bownds' MindBlog,
PLoS ONE News and Blog Round-Up
Public Library of Science - PLoS ONE Blog,
In this media round-up: a chimp’s yawn is contagious, cows produce milk with a human protein and much much more. The manuscript…
Live worm during political TV debates could be a threat to democracy
BPS Research Digest,
It seems like sports pundits and political commentators are engaged in a private competition to see who can make the most use…
Winners of televised election debates, or, hoi polloi are easily swayed
Dienekes' Anthropology Blog,
The authors seem to argue that the ease with which viewers of electoral debates were swayed by scientifically-clad distortion…