Topics
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Business
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February 17, 2020The Passion Economy: A Conversation with Adam Davidson
How to navigate a new economy where developing your passion can be a path to success.
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August 5, 2019
How to Save Your Diversity Program From an Untimely Demise
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June 12, 2019
Consumers Are Becoming Wise to Your Nudge
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Culture
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February 17, 2020Do Words for Emotions—Like “Happy” or “Fear”—Mean the Same Thing in Every Language?
Should we expect people around the world to conceptualize emotions, like “love” or “hate,” the same way, simply because we can point to a translation in a dictionary?
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February 14, 2020
#BehavioralValentines: Psyched To Be Yours
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January 23, 2020
How Much Does Our Language Determine Behavior?
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Editorial Board
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December 19, 2018Editors’ Picks for 2018: Captivating Behavioral Science Pieces
Some of our favorite behavioral science reads from 2018.
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Most Popular Articles of 2018
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August 7, 2018
Summer Reading: Five Articles Still on Our Minds
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Education
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June 4, 2019Do College Admissions by Lottery
It is the fate of thousands of teenagers applying to dozens of selective institutions that they will not get what they deserve.
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January 23, 2019
Making Play a Habit
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October 1, 2018
Why College Campuses Need a “Pride and Prejudice” Approach to Inclusion
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Environment
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November 18, 2019The False Promises of Green Materialism
Buying less, and not buying green, is associated with greater well-being and lower psychological distress.
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September 30, 2019
Climate Change and Our Emerging Cultural Shift
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August 11, 2019
Thinking Realistically About Disaster Risk
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Government
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March 18, 2020#ChecksChecksChecks: Why We Need a Universal Basic Income Now
We need to act fast. Americans who rely on hourly wages and tips are already facing restrictions on their ability to earn an income.
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March 2, 2020
Context Matters for Nudgers, Too: A Lesson from One of the Most Diverse Countries on Earth
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November 25, 2019
To Fight Polarization, Ask, “How Does That Policy Work?”
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Health
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March 20, 2020Why Are People Ignoring Expert Warnings?—Psychological Reactance
While some are heeding the advice of public health experts, not everyone is doing so. From spring breakers to governors, some feel the need to defy orders. This behavioral phenomenon could help explain why.
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March 16, 2020
Selected Links: The Behavioral Side of the Coronavirus (Updated: April 6, 2020)
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Why a Group of Behavioural Scientists Penned an Open Letter to the U.K. Government Questioning Its Coronavirus Response
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History
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April 6, 2020Loose Lips: The Psychology of Rumor During Crisis
Why do rumors proliferate in times of crisis? A look back at rumor control during WWII might provide lessons for what we do today.
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September 17, 2018
What the Origins of the “1 in 5” Statistic Teaches Us About Sexual Assault Policy
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July 24, 2018
How Would People Behave in Milgram’s Experiment Today?
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Law
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July 31, 2018Designing to Avoid “Ordinary Unethicality”: A Q&A with Yuval Feldman
How can we design laws in ways that don’t invite unethical behavior from ordinary people?
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February 26, 2018
Improving the Summons Process in New York City
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August 10, 2017
Cass Sunstein: Picking vs. Choosing
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Science
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March 30, 2020Research Lead: Supporting Self-Nudgers, the Nudge FORGOOD Ethical Framework, No Raw Data No Publication
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 March 2020.
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February 17, 2020
Research Lead: New Guide for Ethical Design, Eating and Banking Your Values, “Funemployment,” and more
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January 27, 2020
Research Lead: Social Tipping Points, a Marshmallow Dilemma, the Most Annoying Sound in the World, and more
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Society
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April 8, 2020A 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.
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April 5, 2020
In Times of Disagreement, How to Find Unsticking Points
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March 16, 2020
Writing to Persuade: Insights from Former New York Times Op-Ed Editor Trish Hall
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Technology
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March 30, 2020Increasing Social Connection While “Social Distancing”
How are human interactions changing in the age of coronavirus? Four lessons about how to stay socially connected.
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October 21, 2019
Forget the Robot Apocalypse, Focus on Building More Useful AI: A Q&A with Gary Marcus
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September 30, 2019
Principles for the Application of Human Intelligence
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