Kristen Berman has worked at the intersection of behavioral science and technology in Silicon Valley for the past decade and a half. What’s her on-the-ground view of where AI is headed?
It turns out there is plenty of research about how the senses affect our emotions, but very little on how to strategically use our senses to modulate our feelings. And this is where the opportunity lies.
Better street design, safer cars, and driver education programs offer promising paths to safer roads, but their success still depends on something more fundamental—the decisions we make behind the wheel.
If communities are more interconnected before a disaster strikes, they may be better equipped to survive and rebuild in its aftermath.
Conversations that flow often have a person at the center who speaks less, asks more questions, and isn’t afraid to admit their own confusion.
In this award-winning personal essay, sociologist Allison Daminger reflects on how her research on the division of household “cognitive labor” influences the decisions she makes in her own relationship.
Mystery dates, adult playrooms, habit stacking, and the misuse of “narcissism” with Laura Heck, a virtual couples therapist.
Restaurant servers, canvassers, and robot elderly care assistants may all be a single touch on the hand away from greater satisfaction, engagement, and compliance.
People hesitate to give feedback because they simply don’t recognize how much other people want to hear it.
In The Power of Regret, author Daniel Pink offers readers a glimpse into the psychology of those moments that we often wish we had back.
