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Articles by Don Vaughn
4 Out Of 5 People Don’t Want Their Personal Data Collected or Shared Without Consent
68% of respondents say data privacy is important to them. Invisibly surveyed 1247 people to learn how important data privacy is to them.
How Much Do People Know?
Your Data for Profits: How Much Do People Know?
More People Willing To Fly, But Still Avoiding Crowds
71% said they will wait 6+ months before stopping social distancing. Invisibly polled 2799 people to find out how they feel about returning to activities like travel.
Has the Covid Vaccine Accelerated Our Return To Normal or Not?
Men are more willing than women to return to life before the pandemic. Invisibly polled 1044 Americans to find out how they feel about returning to their life activities.
Parents Are Cautious to Vaccinate Their Kids Against COVID
Sleep is one of the most essential functions of the human body, and we used our Realtime Research tool to poll 1024 Americans to find out their sleep patterns.
New Yorkers Feel Cuomo Should Be Impeached & Convicted
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is facing impeachment. We asked New Yorkers from what they think should happen with their governor.
CBD Usage in America — A Snapshot
CBD, although popular in the news, most people have never tried a CBD product and many still don't know the difference between CBD, marijuana and THC.
Americans Need More Sleep
Sleep is one of the most essential functions of the human body, and we used our Realtime Research tool to poll 1024 Americans to find out their sleep patterns.
Stock Market Frenzy Sentiment
A majority of people found Robinhood guilty of market manipulation by closing down trading of GameStop stocks to protect hedge funds.
Why Do We Dream? A New Theory on How It Protects Our Brains Original
When he was two years old, Ben stopped seeing out of his left eye. His mother took him to the doctor and soon discovered he had retinal cancer in both eyes. After chemotherapy and radiation failed, surgeons removed both his eyes. For Ben, vision was gone forever. But by the time he was seven years old, he had devised a technique for decoding the world around him: he clicked with his mouth and listened for the returning echoes.
The Defensive Activation theory: dreaming as a mechanism to prevent takeover of the visual cortex
New Results David M. Eagleman, Don A. Vaughn doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.07.24.219089 Abstract Regions of the brain maintain their territory with continuous activity: if activity slows or stops (e.g., because of blindness), the territory tends to be taken over by its neighbors. A surprise in recent years has been the speed of takeover, which is measurable within an hour. These findings lead us to a new hypothesis on the origin of dream sleep.
Pulse on the Presidency, Sept 15
The United States 2020 presidential election is a matter of intense national and international debate. Each week, dozens of polls collect samples and attempt to predict the outcome of the election based on current voter sentiment. Since such polls largely failed to forecast the 2016 presidential election, however, there is reason to doubt the accuracy of traditional polling methods.
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