Re:Whoa, this is heavy: brain equates weight with importance
by kmcgivney on Thursday August 27, 2009 @11:52AM
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I've noticed this with chess pieces. Play on a cheap unweighted plastic set, it feels a lot different than playing on a heavily weighted one.
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Re:Whoa, this is heavy: brain equates weight with importance
by BRadmin on Thursday August 27, 2009 @01:40PM
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Poker chips as well...
Re:Whoa, this is heavy: brain equates weight with importance
by electromagnetic on Thursday August 27, 2009 @02:47PM
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Agreed, you can easily notice the difference in how someone plays when you're using lightweight plastic chips and properly weighted ceramic chips. It affects how someone plays more than money (usually putting $5 on a game will be enough to get people to play serious, but the proper chips and cards will make people play like it's a $50 game).
Re:Whoa, this is heavy: brain equates weight with importance
by albertcardona on Friday August 28, 2009 @03:32AM
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"A research team found that they could alter people’s judgement of importance just by getting them to answer questions using a heavier clipboard."
A heavier material implies a higher cost, which may be associated with commitment, health, being well-off, status. It's the same psychology driving costly signals in males when approaching females (like owning a expensive car, or building impressive branched horns, or long and colorful feathers.)