Capital Markets and Investments
PSI News
April 11, 2011

Metaphors in the Market

In an op-ed on metaphors, NYTimes columnist David Brooks cites research by Michael Morris, Oliver Sheldon, Daniel Ames and Maia Young that stock market commentators change the type of metaphors used to describe market behavior, depending on price trend direction. Read more...

PSI News
February 04, 2010

The Brain & Language

Professor Michael Morris's research on how language impacts behavior, particularly stock market metaphors and investor confidence, is highlighted in the February 2010 issue of Eureka, the Times of London's monthly science magazine. Read more...

PSI News
September 16, 2008

Anthropomorphizing the Market

Michael Morris discusses the impact of attributing human characteristics to market behavior in the Washington Post. Read more...