Realistic Reasons to be Bullish on Nudging
Nudges won’t solve every problem, but they can help solve two hard problems. And that’s reason to be optimistic about their future.
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Research Lead: Grammy Awards Change Artists, A Bias Toward Decisiveness, Think Like an Anthropologist, 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 September 2022.
Lived Experience Makes the Work Better
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Making Sense of the “Do Nudges Work?” Debate
A recent pair of articles offer wildly different verdicts on nudges, and show how we urgently need a new kind of debate.
Research Lead: Friends at First Sniff, Transformation at Burning Man, the Wisdom of Your Inner Crowd, 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 2022.
How Psychology Could Change the Way We Understand Consent
The is more to consent than its legal definition. Understanding how people experience consent has important implications for a variety of social issues, including medical decisions and interactions with law enforcement.