Who Asks Questions, And What It Tells Us
Does assessing question-asking behavior give us valuable data about women’s empowerment and gender equality? Or does it simply give us one piece of data from a much larger pie?
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What to Watch Summer 2019
From massive fraud to false confessions to dystopian futures, we invite you pull up a seat for the films and shows on our summer watch list.
Summer Reading Picks for 2019
Check out these eight behavioral reads for the summer.
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We Tried to Publish a Replication of a Science Paper in Science. The Journal Refused.
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How Adam Smith Became a (Surprising) Hero to Conservative Economists
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Life’s a Blur — But We Don’t See It That Way
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Paying for the Welfare State Without Raising Taxes
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Apple’s Scary Buying Power And The Woman Who Named It
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Consumers Are Becoming Wise to Your Nudge
New research indicates that consumers are catching on and may be annoyed by certain nudges, potentially limiting the nudges’ effectiveness.
Do College Admissions by Lottery
It is the fate of thousands of teenagers applying to dozens of selective institutions that they will not get what they deserve.
The Bias Inside: A Conversation With Psychologist Jennifer Eberhardt
Drawing on her nearly three decades of work on bias as a researcher and advisor to police forces across the country, psychologist and MacArthur Fellow Jennifer Eberhardt has penned a new book.
Making the Social Leap Bonus: An Evolutionary Metaphor for Leadership Today
Von Hippel puts forth an evolutionary metaphor for two very different types of leadership.
Eyes on the Prize: Understanding the Links Between Perception and Motivation
When we tell ourselves we can’t do something, it might just be that we are seeing something as more challenging than it really is.
Hiring Isn’t Rocket Science: Why the Most Boring Strategy Is Best
To fix the hiring process, we have to replace hubris with heuristics.
Copy Ourselves Out of Existence? A Conversation on Decision-Making in the Age of Social Influence
No one quite knows how a local radio station in Texas managed to have one of the most popular posts on Facebook.
Making the Social Leap: A Conversation on How Our Psychology Evolved
How we conceive of behaviors like self-control, overconfidence, and happiness today bears little resemblance to their evolutionary origins, argues psychologist William von Hippel.
