The latest evidence, a study published in Psychological Science, suggests charity fundraisers bring in less money, and come across as less sincere, when they're being paid – even if they started off genuinely committed to the cause.
Mr. Reggio's "Evidence," a study of children filmed while watching television, and "Anima Mundi," an evocation of the world's soul through close-up, slow-motion and time-lapse photography of dozens of exotically (if sometimes terrifyingly) beautiful animals, have been seen here in recent years.
Yet, on Thursday, in a blow to Mr. Alexander's argument, the judge in the case threw out what the plaintiffs said was a critical piece of evidence: a study of I.B.M.'s records of employee deaths over the 30 years that ended in 2000.
Mr Layard cites as evidence a study in which Harvard University students claimed to prefer earning $50,000 a year when their peers are on only $25,000 to a world in which they earn $100,000 while their peers get more than double that amount.
The latest evidence: a study by Japanese researchers that indicated all of their mice died early.
Chief among the evidence, a study from Stanford University revealed that the brains of people who regularly attempt to do multiple tech-oriented tasks at once such as e-mailing, IM-ing, watching TV and browsing the Internet pay a high price.
