Various theoretical approaches have tried to explain this phenomenon: According to the Threshold Model of Social Influence (Blascovich et al., 2002), the social influence of real persons who are represented by avatars will always be high, whereas the influence of an artificial entity depends on the realism of its behavior.
We also attempt to examine some economic theories of behavior that explain this effect according to either individual motivations or social interactions, and our initial exploration finds that crowding out occurs regardless of whether or not participants have opportunities to interact with one another during the experiment.
This might explain why, according to DISCUS, there have been 96 new, flavored vodkas introduced since 2001.
This might explain why according to Forbes so many female entrepreneurs are flocking to the burgeoning $445 billion beauty industry "to self-start their way to big-time success". The pet industry has similar statistics.
This would explain why, according to Allen (1991) and Allen and Wilson (1992), B. darwinii is one of the few naturalized shrubs in New Zealand that can become established and persist under the canopy.
Perhaps this fact helps explain why, according to recent reports, tax cuts will be a larger piece of the Obama recovery plan than was previously expected.
They said they would do this within two or three days to do this but did not explain why, according to Reuters.
That may explain how, according to Automobile magazine, this new model beat its predecessor around the Nürburgring by a full 18 seconds.
The bleakness of this thought process helps explain why, according to the Yale psychologist Susan Nolen-Hoeksema, people with "ruminative tendencies" are more likely to become depressed.
This explains according to them why PEGs contribute to the limbic system (this system includes in their view the hypothalamus) since this system modulates basic drives, appetites, and emotions.
