So, basically they found... that money makes people feel good. Duh. Dan Ariely has done a lot of (better) research showing all the weird effects money has on

So, basically they found... that money makes people feel good. Duh. Dan Ariely has done a lot of (better) research showing all the weird effects money has on people. For instance, people experience more pain relief if they are told that the pill they took cost $5.00, as opposed to $.50. Unlike this study, at least it's relevant to life. (Seriously, they're not going to give $100 bills to kids in hospitals to count.) Incidentally, it can have also have negative effects if used as a motivator. They asked people to a simple computer task, and people did a lot better at it if they were asked to do it "because it would help the researchers" than if they received $5.00. They did the worst if they were only paid $.50. (He has two very good, albeit not very relevant, Ted talks: http://www.ted.com/speakers/dan_ariely.html http://www.ted.com/speakers/dan_ariely.html )