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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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March 16, 2020Selected Links: The Behavioral Side of the Coronavirus (Updated: March 30, 2020)
Here we will curate selected articles that help shed light on the behavioral features of the coronavirus pandemic. It will be updated regularly.
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March 9, 2020
To Solve Problems Before They Happen, You Need to Unite the Right People
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March 4, 2020
Handwashing Can Stop a Virus—So Why Don’t We Do It?
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Behavioral Economics
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March 20, 2020Why Are People Ignoring Expert Warnings?—Psychological Reactance
While some are heeding the advice of public health experts, not everyone is doing so. From spring breakers to governors, some feel the need to defy orders. This behavioral phenomenon could help explain why.
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March 16, 2020
Why a Group of Behavioural Scientists Penned an Open Letter to the U.K. Government Questioning Its Coronavirus Response
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March 2, 2020
Context Matters for Nudgers, Too: A Lesson from One of the Most Diverse Countries on Earth
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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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October 21, 2019Forget the Robot Apocalypse, Focus on Building More Useful AI: A Q&A with Gary Marcus
Buzzy headlines cloud our understanding of how advanced AI really is. We should stop focusing on apocalyptic scenarios, says cognitive scientist Gary Marcus, and start making AI more useful.
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June 19, 2018
Your Brain Is Neither Computer Nor CEO
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Understanding the Biological Mind
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Organizational Behavior
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June 19, 2019Who 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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May 21, 2019
Hiring Isn’t Rocket Science: Why the Most Boring Strategy Is Best
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March 5, 2019
How Contemporary Art Fuels This Company’s Vision
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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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June 13, 2018Democracy From the Sidelines: How U.S. Politics Became a Spectator Sport
The framers of the U.S. Constitution envisioned that political power would favor states and municipalities. Why is the reality so profoundly different?
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April 23, 2018
What’s True, and Fake, About the Facebook Effect
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November 6, 2017
The Myth of Civic Engagement During Trump’s Presidency
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Psychology
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March 30, 2020Increasing Social Connection While “Social Distancing”
How are human interactions changing in the age of coronavirus? Four lessons about how to stay socially connected.
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March 16, 2020
Writing to Persuade: Insights from Former New York Times Op-Ed Editor Trish Hall
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February 17, 2020
The Passion Economy: A Conversation with Adam Davidson
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Public Policy
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March 18, 2020#ChecksChecksChecks: Why We Need a Universal Basic Income Now
We need to act fast. Americans who rely on hourly wages and tips are already facing restrictions on their ability to earn an income.
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February 3, 2020
To Achieve Your Goals, Lump and Slice
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August 5, 2019
Why We Hate Taxes, and Why Some People Want Us To
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Sociology
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September 19, 2019How Couples Share “Cognitive Labor” and Why it Matters
Cognitive labor is unevenly distributed between men and women in households. New research shows there’s nuance to this breakdown, with implications for how we address gender equality across society.
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August 5, 2019
How to Save Your Diversity Program From an Untimely Demise
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July 3, 2018
Try to Resist Misinterpreting the Marshmallow Test
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