On the heels of WWII, a team of psychologists set out to solve global conflict. Their lab? Boys summer camps. Their goal? Set the 11- and 12-year-old boys against one another to discover what, if anything, could restore peace. The result? One of psychology’s most enduring and controversial experiments.
Untangling who gets to speak for a dying patient, weighing a treatment’s benefits against its burdens, and searching for clarity in the grayest corners of healthcare with Esther Berkowitz, a clinical ethicist.
Even if Justice Clarence Thomas genuinely believes that Harlan Crow’s largess would have no effect on his judicial opinions, our research suggests that he is likely wrong.
There’s much to be gained by broadening out from designing choice architecture with little input from those who use it. But we need to change the way we talk about the options.
Does the rise in “work from anywhere” mean more “workcations”? Is it a lost opportunity for social mobility? We speak with a leading researcher about how work from anywhere is impacting people in places like the U.S. versus India, and why he’s bullish on a work-from-anywhere future for everyone.
How does our level of agency over a decision influence how culpable we feel, when that decision leads to death?
In her new book, robotics ethicist Kate Darling argues that we should look to our furry companions to understand the promises and pitfalls of our future with robots.
Where there’s sludge, there’s an end user who’s come off worse. Understanding how to remedy sludge comes down in part to understanding the motives behind it.
We asked three million people how self-driving cars should resolve moral dilemmas. Was that a good idea?
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 March 2020.
