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This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This'll just take a minute.

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You're in the supermarket picking a breakfast cereal.

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Will it be cinnamon raisin or oats 'n honey?

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Hard to decide?

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What if I told you they both cost the same, would that make it easier?

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Well, a new study suggests it would not.

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Because researchers have found that uniform pricing actually accentuates the differences between products, which makes it harder to choose.

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The results appear in the journal Psychological Science.

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Consumer psychology is big business.

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To explore how pricing can sway customer choice, researchers took volunteers on an imaginary shopping spree.

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Subjects were presented with photos, descriptions and price tags for pairs of similar items, say two different teas or a couple packs of gum.

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When the prices were a bit different, the products were seen as being similar.

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That perceived similarity then made it easier for subjects to choose between them,

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perhaps because one seemed as good as the other.

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But when the price tags were identical, subjects actually rated the items as being less similar,

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perhaps because they were forced to focus on what made the products different, such as flavor.

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Now, back to the breakfast cereal: will it be whole milk or 2 percent?

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Thanks for the minute, for Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin.

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