The Real Reason You Shouldn’t Text While Driving
Everyone knows that texting and driving is a terrible idea, but few understand why.
April 03rd, 2018
Health
January 30th, 2018
Can “Nudge Units” Help Build Better Health Systems?
Seemingly overnight, the University of Pennsylvania health system went from prescribing 75 percent generic medications to 98 percent. What changed?
June 21st, 2017
How the Behavioral Immune System Influences Attitudes Toward Immigration
In political rhetoric, individuals from unfamiliar and marginalized groups have often been compared both to vectors of disease and to vermin.
June 24th, 2015
Reality TV and Body Image: The Not So Real World
How real is the Real World? When it comes to breasts and biceps, not at all. Since 1992, the MTV reality show the Real World along with its “docusoap” progenies like The Hills, Laguna Beach, and the Jersey Shore have shown us a world full of lean bodies, large breasts, and chiseled abs.
May 27th, 2015
What’s a Beer Worth? New Research Shows How Scarcity Affects Your Answer
Picture yourself on a beach. You are basking in the hot sun, feeling incredibly thirsty. Fortunately, there’s a bar at the resort where you’re staying. It’s pricey, but it’s just a few steps away. How much are you willing to pay for a cold beer?
March 17th, 2015
The Healthy Society in Fifty Years
By 2065, I predict that we will have evolved societies that explicitly embrace values and goals for ensuring the wellbeing of every person.
March 09th, 2015
The Nurture Effect: A Q&A with Anthony Biglan
In his new book, The Nurture Effect, Psychologist Anthony Biglan describes how interventions aimed at creating nurturing environments could help solve some of society’s most stubborn, harmful, and costly issues.
March 23rd, 2014
To be or not to be? Should Obesity be a disease?
We know that names matter. So, it matters that the American Medical Association decided, in June of 2013, to name obesity a disease.
August 08th, 2013
Conversation: George Slavich on Human Social Genomics
For a while science and society has understood the relationship between our genes and our environment as the story of genetic potential.
