The Research Lead is a monthly digest connecting you to noteworthy academic and applied research from around the behavioral sciences. Here are our picks for May 2022.
Loose cultures prize individual liberty. This trait works well until society-wide threats—like COVID—arise. Here’s how loose societies can maximize liberty and safety in the face of a future crisis.
In a new twist on an old study, researchers discover a common behavior in kids across cultures that might tell us something about how we can all cooperate better.
In his latest book, David Shariatmadari explores how the language we speak impacts the way we see the world, and our behavior in it.
Research on tight and loose cultures helps reveal why societies differ on concepts like openness and order.
A successful vision transforms more than a company’s culture.
Life can look quite different when a culture’s enforcement of norms is tight or loose.
Literature can open up a wider range of examples that illustrate core behavioral science principles.
Behavioral scientists take pride in the interdisciplinary nature of our research, yet we rarely draw on accounts of human nature generated outside of the social sciences.
Half of a century ago, Milgram’s experiments cast doubt on Americans’ sense of moral exceptionalism. Has anything changed the “banality of evil”?
