What It’s Like to Be…an Olympic Bobsledder
Hurtling down an ice track at nearly 100mph, perfecting the practice of visualization, and shaving off hundredths of a second with Kaillie Humphries, an Olympic bobsledder.
December 19th, 2024
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October 24th, 2024
What It’s Like to Be…an NBA Referee
Ignoring 10,000 booing fans, collaborating with the replay center, and striving for perfection with Billy Kennedy, an NBA referee.
June 19th, 2024
What It’s Like to Be…a Tennis Coach
Scouting for signs of greatness, bolstering players after heartbreaking losses, and fighting the “yips” with Vesa Ponkka, a veteran tennis coach.
December 10th, 2023
Behavioral Science in the Backcountry
In this award-winning, longform feature, Greg Rosalsky, an economics reporter and avid backcountry snowboarder, dives into the decades-long quest to overcome “the human factor” in avalanche deaths.
October 18th, 2023
What It’s Like to Be…a Stadium Beer Vendor
Meeting Muhammad Ali, handling fans who are alcoholics, pouring with no foam, and dreaming about one last game with Howard Hart, who spent three decades as a stadium beer vendor.
February 21st, 2022
What Can We Learn from the Solace of ‘At Least’ and the Sting of ‘If Only’?
The Olympic podium offers a portal into the science and experience of regret.
August 30th, 2021
Research Lead: Dishonest Data, Vaccine Lottery Results, Practicing Multiple Sports Makes Perfect, a History of Behavioral Economics, and More
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 July and August 2021.
August 24th, 2020
Research Lead: Hypocrisy, Soccer’s Geisterspiele, the Causation Taboo, Reasons to Doubt Anti-Bias Parenting Advice, and More
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 August 2020.
July 31st, 2018
How Soccer’s Video Assistant Referee (VAR) Influences Belief in Human Referees’ Competence
For referees at this year’s FIFA World Cup, getting it right came at a price.
June 11th, 2018
A Behavioral Scientist’s Guide to (Not) Betting on the 2018 World Cup
Fancy a flutter on the World Cup? Here’s the smart way to do it.
