Gratitude Helps You Cooperate. Does It Also Make You a Sucker?
When I touted the benefits of gratitude, I had a worry lurking in the back of my mind that I couldn’t shake. Was I setting people up to be suckers?
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How Much Does Our Language Determine Behavior?
In his latest book, David Shariatmadari explores how the language we speak impacts the way we see the world, and our behavior in it.
Call for Ideas: Imagining the Next Decade of Behavioral Science
To help launch the behavioral sciences into the 2020s, we’re putting together a collection titled “Imagining the Next Decade of Behavioral Science.” What’s your big idea for the field?
“Further Exploration Needed in Women”—the Hidden Sexism in Scientific Research
Science is set up in a way that systematically penalizes research on females and female-related health issues…but not necessarily for the reasons you think.
Gendered 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.
To Fight Polarization, Ask, “How Does That Policy Work?”
When people discover that they don’t know as much as they thought they did, something interesting happens: their political attitudes become less extreme.