April 23, 2014

The scholarly work of Concordia faculty and researchers informs and improves society on many issues that affect our daily lives. Visit the Research section to read news stories involving research at Concordia, or read the most recent items here:   

• Research conducted by Onur Bodur, professor in the Department of Marketing, in collaboration with Bianca Grohmann, professor in the Department of Marketing, and Kimberly Duval found that asking ourselves, or predicting, whether we will engage in sustainable shopping behavior can increase the likelihood of following through – especially when there’s an audience: USA News, e! Science News, Waste Dive, Science Daily, News, The Needs and Phys Org.
  
  
• Jim Pfaus, professor in the Department of Psychology, and Jeffrey Mogil, a psychology professor at McGill University, have investigated the direct impact of pain on sexual behaviour in mice. Their research reveals that women in pain are more likely to say no to sex than their male counterparts. The research is featured in The Business Standard, Health Canal, Yahoo! News Malaysia, Yahoo! News India, Top News India, The South Asian Times, Mangalorean, Sulekha, Web India 123, Chennai Online, News Track India, Daiji World, Net India 123, Medical Xpress, Free News POS, Press-News, Medical News Today, e! Science News, Examiner.com, Vancouver Desi and The Times of India.
  
  
• Le Soleil publishes an article about the SALVEO study on mental health in the workplace, which was conducted by researchers at Concordia in collaboration with colleagues from the Université Laval and the Université de Montréal, and with support from Standard Life Canada. Their research was conducted over a period of more than four years with 2,162 workers from a variety of business sectors.

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