Shop till you drop. Your brain on exercise. Turkey vs. Russia. Gluten-free. Nuclear Pakistan.

Concordia faculty and researchers are regularly asked to offer expert, informed opinions on many of today's most pressing problems. Read some of the latest news items about Concordians:

• Gad Saad, professor in the Department of Marketing and associate editor of the journal Evolutionary Psychology, talks about why people choose not to delay gratification in an article in Today. The piece, focusing on the psychology behind the Black Friday shopping rush, references Saad's book, The Consuming Instinct. The article is reprised by NBC15.com. A separate article quoting Saad on the same topic appears in Las Cruces Bulletin.
• Louis Bherer, scientific director of the PERFORM Centre at Concordia, is quoted in an earlier report about scientific studies of the  benefits of regular exercise in warding off dementia, reprised by Food World News.
• Kyle Matthews, senior deputy director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS) at Concordia, is interviewed for Radio Canada International about tensions between Turkey and Russia following the downing of a Russian bomber by a Turkish F-16 fighter jet.
• Canadian Grocer quotes Jordan Le Bel, director of the Executive MBA program at the John Molson School of Business, in an article featuring the Quebec gluten-free bakery, La Maison Cannelle. 
• Julian Schofield, an associate professor in the Department of Political Science, writes a piece in The Diplomat about what can be done to limit Pakistan's nuclear program.

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