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Anthropology
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December 3, 2019Pursuing the Psychological Building Blocks of Music
Humans are wired to produce and understand music, suggest researchers in an ambitious new study. Despite the evidence, not everyone is likely to be convinced.
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May 21, 2019
Copy Ourselves Out of Existence? A Conversation on Decision-Making in the Age of Social Influence
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April 10, 2018
War for Peace Among Wild Chimpanzees
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Behavioral Design
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July 6, 2020What Are the Chances? Maria Konnikova’s Unexpected Poker Journey, and What She Learned
A writer and psychologist’s take on what poker can teach us all about human nature.
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June 29, 2020
Record Numbers of Americans Recognize Racism as a Problem. What Could the Solution Be Like?
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June 22, 2020
Finding Opportunities to Apply Behavioral Science for Good in the Private Sector
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Behavioral Economics
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July 6, 2020Behavioral Scientist’s Summer Book List 2020
What would summer be without a good reading list? A list of our favorite behavioral science reads from 2020 so far.
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June 22, 2020
Why Economics Needs More Black Women
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April 8, 2020
A Portal and a Trap: The Many Ways Coronavirus Will Impact Women
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Education
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August 28, 2018Building Behavioral Science’s Intervention Resources in Higher Education
How can we make it easier for educators to adopt successful behavioral innovations and effectively implement them?
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November 27, 2017
College Rankings Hinder Economic Equality
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Should High Schools Require a Post-Graduation Plan?
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Marketing
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November 18, 2019The False Promises of Green Materialism
Buying less, and not buying green, is associated with greater well-being and lower psychological distress.
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November 6, 2018
What’s in a Name? The Role of Expectations, and Reality, in Our Judgements
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October 1, 2018
It Isn’t a Replication Crisis. It’s a Replication Opportunity
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Network Science
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April 2, 2019When the Nerves of Knowledge Send False Signals: A Conversation on Our Age of Misinformation
How do false beliefs spread, and what are the consequences?
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December 4, 2018
The $2 Million Urinal: Why Hard Work Doesn’t Cut It
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May 29, 2018
“Bursty” Communication Can Help Remote Teams Thrive
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Neuroscience
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June 15, 2020The Threat of Boredom Is a Call to Action
We typically try to avoid boredom. But in trying to outrun boredom, we risk failing to heed its call.
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October 21, 2019
Forget the Robot Apocalypse, Focus on Building More Useful AI: A Q&A with Gary Marcus
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June 19, 2018
Your Brain Is Neither Computer Nor CEO
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Organizational Behavior
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June 4, 2020Black Lives Matter: Now What?
If you find yourself asking what you can do to spark change and help prevent the next George Floyd murder, my advice is: start engaging in positive deviance.
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June 19, 2019
Who Asks Questions, And What It Tells Us
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May 21, 2019
Hiring Isn’t Rocket Science: Why the Most Boring Strategy Is Best
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Philosophy
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December 3, 2019Gendered Division of Labor Served a Purpose. To Make Progress, Don’t Erase It. Replace It.
To eliminate women’s “second shift,” we need to understand its origins.
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September 30, 2019
Climate Change and Our Emerging Cultural Shift
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April 2, 2019
How Misinformation Can Spread Among Scientists
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Political Science
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April 5, 2020In Times of Disagreement, How to Find Unsticking Points
How a single ten-minute “deep canvassing” conversation can enduringly reduce prejudice.
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June 13, 2018
Democracy From the Sidelines: How U.S. Politics Became a Spectator Sport
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April 23, 2018
What’s True, and Fake, About the Facebook Effect
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Psychology
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July 2, 2020What Our Politicians and Pundits Need to Know About Leadership
Leaders can profoundly influence our worldview. Too often, they peddle a false theory of human nature that weakens social ties.
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June 29, 2020
How to Remedy “Better-than-Average” Effects
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June 22, 2020
Secondhand Smoke, Moral Sanctions, and How We Should Respond to COVID-19
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Public Policy
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June 1, 2020We Have a Rare Opportunity to Create a Stronger, More Equitable Society
If things return to the way they were, we will have failed.
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May 7, 2020
How to Lock Down an Open Society
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April 30, 2020
Behavioral Public Policy Faces a Crisis
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Sociology
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June 8, 2020How Racism Shapes My Habits
Behavioral scientists love to talk about habits—creating more of the good ones, overcoming the bad. But the context is usually self-improvement, not self-preservation. Here’s a different perspective on habits.
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September 19, 2019
How Couples Share “Cognitive Labor” and Why it Matters
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August 5, 2019
How to Save Your Diversity Program From an Untimely Demise
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