How to Date Like a Game Theorist
What does online dating look like through the eyes of a game theorist? And could knowing a bit of game theory help you find “the one”?
February 01st, 2021
well-being
How to Channel Your Mind’s Inner Chatter
Our inner voice functions well much of the time, but it can also lead to chatter—the cyclical negative thoughts and emotions that turn introspection into a curse. Here are strategies for breaking that cycle, both in yourself and when supporting others.
January 05th, 2021
Event — How to Change Behavior During a Pandemic: From Personal Habits to Public Health
Join us for a conversation about the science of behavior change—from public health tools to slow the pandemic to keeping New Year’s resolutions.
November 30th, 2020
Research Lead: Horror Films, Science Selfies, Taste Buds and Politics, Surviving Winter, 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 November 2020.
November 16th, 2020
Helping Our Kids (and Ourselves) Navigate a Complicated Post-Election Season
How do we help our children understand a confusing and divisive time? Psychological research offers practical advice for parenting amid discomfort and uncertainty.
October 19th, 2020
It’s Time You Got Time Smart: A Q&A with Ashley Whillans
When it comes to time, we can be poor accountants. And we pay the price—in happiness, well-being, and our relationships. Ashley Whillans wants to help you change that.
Research Lead: Commute Nostalgia, Lessons from NASA, Nobel Winners, Crusaders, Cooperators and the Complicit, 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 October 2020.
October 12th, 2020
Education Can’t Stop During the Pandemic—and Neither Can School-Based Research
Behavioral research in education is more essential than ever, as students deal with remote learning and a national reckoning with racism.
October 07th, 2020
Time Confetti and the Broken Promise of Leisure
We have more free time than ever before, but it’s so sliced and diced that we feel more time poor than ever. Here’s how to notice and overcome the time confetti in your life.
August 31st, 2020
Illuminating the Links Between Light and Disease
We are experiencing too much of the wrong kind of light at the wrong part of the day, writes Ainissa Ramirez. Here’s how these lights affect our health and some ideas for what we can do about it.
