A. Michael Wes, the founder of Geron and now head of BioTime, another biotechnology company. says the existing legislation has affected privately financed research as well as the public sort
B. Nobody likes to admit an uncomfortable truth about himself, especially when charged issues such as race, sex, age and even supersized waistlines come into play. C. In a paper to be published next month in Social Cognition, a group of researchers led by Eugene Caruso of the University of Chicago report their use of a technique called conjoint analysis, which they have adopted from the field of market research and adapted to study implicit biases in more realistic situations
D. In their first study. Dr. Caruso and his team recruited 101 students and asked them to imagine they were taking part in a team trivia game with a cash prise.
Each student was presented with profiles of potential team-mates and asked to rate them on their desirability.