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Luxury brands turn memes into more shares, clicks and laughs across four experiments

Luxury brands have increasingly embraced internet memes in their social media advertising campaigns. For example, Gucci’s #TFWGucci campaign demonstrated how luxury brands can incorporate memes into their digital communication strategies to capture consumers’ attention. Memes—digital content that spreads rapidly through…

How NFL draft position overpromises player potential

A new analysis suggests there is no correlation between athlete performance and the way the NFL values draft positions, challenging long-held beliefs about how professional football teams select new players each year.

Scientists discover the brain chemical that helps you break bad habits

Scientists have uncovered a key brain signal that helps us break old habits and adapt when circumstances suddenly change. By watching mice navigate a virtual maze, researchers found that disappointment—when an expected reward failed to appear—triggered a surge of the…