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Anthropology
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April 10, 2018War for Peace Among Wild Chimpanzees
Chimpanzees who injure or kill one another are not immoral. Their violence is simply a means to reach an end.
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Behavioral Design
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March 20, 2018How to Increase (and Sustain) Political Engagement
How can we sustain political engagement over a lifetime?
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March 5, 2018
Hourly Employees Need Reliable Schedules: Can Behavioral Science Help Companies Deliver?
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I Think, Therefore I Am—Generous?
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Behavioral Economics
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April 10, 2018The Road to Cybersecurity Is Paved With “Extraordinarily Basic Things”
Cyberattacks stem overwhelmingly from basic human error, not coding bugs or chip flaws. Yet user-centered approaches to cybersecurity are routinely treated as an afterthought.
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February 26, 2018
Redefining Wrong in Poker, Politics, and Beyond
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February 13, 2018
Default to Love: A Collection of Behavioral Valentines
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Education
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November 27, 2017College Rankings Hinder Economic Equality
As it stands now, our system of higher education may do more to perpetuate inequality than to disrupt it.
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Should High Schools Require a Post-Graduation Plan?
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September 19, 2017
The Mindful Student
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Marketing
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June 27, 2017Gambling on the Dark Side of Nudges
If the maxim of nudges is “Keep it simple,” it has a counterpart for self-interested choice architects: Make it complex.
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July 3, 2016
How Other People Influence You and Why That’s Ok
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May 18, 2016
If You’re Given Three Wishes, Don’t Forget About Happiness
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Network Science
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January 15, 2018The 21st Century Skinner Box
The research question seemed like a cross between science fiction and a conspiracy theory. I could hardly believe that we were asking it.
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May 4, 2015
SwatDeck, Diversity, and the Science of Networks
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Neuroscience
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January 15, 2018My Quest to Get My (Hijacked) Brain Back (Audio Story)
Every time I sat down to read—or to do anything that required sustained attention—I found I could only focus on a task for a few minutes. It felt like my brain had changed—for the worse.
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January 8, 2018
Remedies for the Distracted Mind
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September 25, 2017
Poverty and the Developing Brain
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Organizational Behavior
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April 23, 2018How to Identify Talent: Five Lessons from the NFL Draft
If there is one consistent yet underappreciated principle for making good hires, it’s that process beats technology.
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January 8, 2018
Resistance Is Futile: Embracing the Era of the Augmented Worker
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November 6, 2017
Don’t Just Ask “What’s the Matter?” Ask “What Matters to You?”
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Political Science
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April 23, 2018What’s True, and Fake, About the Facebook Effect
Is Facebook responsible for what people think and feel about politics?
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November 6, 2017
The Myth of Civic Engagement During Trump’s Presidency
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June 21, 2017
How the Behavioral Immune System Influences Attitudes Toward Immigration
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Psychology
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April 16, 2018No One’s Perfect: How to Advocate for Climate Conservation Anyway
The advice to “conserve energy” can backfire. What’s a better way to communicate about climate change?
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Could the #MeToo Movement Inadvertently Lead to More Sexual Harassment?
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April 3, 2018
The Real Reason You Shouldn’t Text While Driving
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Public Policy
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March 13, 2018Lessons from Building a Behavioral Science Initiative in City Government
Here are eight lessons we learned from building a behavioral science initiative in Philadelphia’s city government.
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September 7, 2017
The 50-state Laboratory: How Can Behavioral Science Bolster Vaccination Policy?
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August 4, 2017
A Conversation with Bill Congdon, Former Member of the White House Social and Behavioral Sciences Team
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Sociology
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April 3, 2018The Key to Creating Cost-Effective Experiments at Scale
How can we build large-scale, cost-effective experiments that people want to participate in?
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May 22, 2017
Bringing Sociology Back
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