How to Save Investors From Themselves
Investing wisely is notoriously tricky. Is there a one-sentence piece of advice that can steer us true?
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How Policy Informed by Behavioral Science Can Help Children in Poverty
A new study explores whether using behavioral principles to distribute a basic income can more effectively combat child poverty.
Try to Resist Misinterpreting the Marshmallow Test
How some are getting a new study of self-control wrong.
How Performance Evaluations Hurt Gender Equality
Performance evaluations are designed to be meritocratic. Unfortunately, they can exacerbate the very gender inequities they are striving to reduce.
How Not to “Take Up Space” While Taking Up Space
When a non-minority enters a minority space, such as a straight patron at a Pride parade or in a gay bar, where is the line between intruder and guest?
Your Brain Is Neither Computer Nor CEO
The ways we typically talk about the brain lead to a neuro-mythology, one that fails to either advance public understanding or meaningfully answer how the brain and mind work.