What a New Marshmallow Test Teaches Us About Cooperation
In a new twist on an old study, researchers discover a common behavior in kids across cultures that might tell us something about how we can all cooperate better.
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Research Lead: Nudges Work on Thaler Too, Psychology’s Racial Blindspot, Overestimating How Much Your Political Rivals Hate You, 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 June 2020.
How to Remedy “Better-than-Average” Effects
Believing that you are better than others has powerful implications. But do you actually know that you’re better?
Research Lead: Prospect Theory Replicates, UnWEIRDing Psychology, a Challenge to Evolutionary Psychology, 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 May 2020.
Chaos Has a Light Side: A Conversation with Lulu Miller
When NPR science reporter Lulu Miller heard about a taxonomist who sewed names directly onto his fish specimens after the 1906 earthquake ruined his collection, her ears perked up.
Behavioral Public Policy Faces a Crisis
Our field wasn’t ready for a pandemic. We must learn its lessons before the next emergency.