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?
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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.
Research Lead: Personalized Nudges, Milgram’s Shock Experiment in VR, A Vote for Vote-By-Mail, 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 April 2020.
Epistemic Humility—Knowing Your Limits in a Pandemic
“Ignorance,” wrote Charles Darwin in 1871, “more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge.”