Behavioral Scientist’s Summer Book List 2023
The summer book list is a chance to peruse a collection of the most compelling behavioral science books published so far this year.
June 05th, 2023
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December 20th, 2022
Behavioral Scientist’s Research Lead Highlights of 2022
The Research Lead is a monthly digest connecting you to noteworthy academic and applied research from around the behavioral sciences. Here are our highlights from 2022.
August 22nd, 2022
Lived Experience Makes the Work Better
But it’s exhausting when you’re one of the only ones carrying that weight.
April 08th, 2020
A Portal and a Trap: The Many Ways Coronavirus Will Impact Women
This moment could be a portal into a world where caregiving responsibilities are divided more equally between partners, where we value care work for what it actually is—the backbone of our entire economy.
December 09th, 2019
What Happens to People and Businesses When Cash Transfers Scale?
A decade ago, giving money directly to those in poverty was seen as a radical idea. Today, that perception is shifting. But there are still unanswered questions about the effects of cash transfers when used at scale.
July 03rd, 2018
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.
November 27th, 2017
College Rankings Hinder Economic Equality
As it stands now, our system of higher education may do more to perpetuate inequality than to disrupt it.
September 25th, 2017
Poverty and the Developing Brain
People love “Rags to Riches” stories—those sanguine tales in which someone who grew up in poverty manages to become extremely wealthy and professionally successful.
September 24th, 2015
It’s Not a Lack of Self-Control that Keeps People Poor
When considering poverty, our national conversation tends to overlook systemic causes. Instead, we often blame the poor for their poverty.
