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Black History Month Spotlight: Kiana Bess
As we’ve celebrated Black History Month, we’ve shed light onto historical Black figures who made significant contributions to behavioral science. However, we should not only think about historical figures, but those in the present…
Behavioral Economics & Psychology / FEBRUARY 28 2022
Black History Month Spotlight: Linda Datcher Loury
In the third week of celebrating historical black scholars for Black History Month, we will share the story of one of the key pioneers of the field of social economics: Linda Datcher Loury. Loury’s…
Behavioral Economics & Psychology / FEBRUARY 18 2022
Black History Month Spotlight: Robert Lee Williams II
Today, the Center for Advanced Hindsight continues our celebration of Black History Month by highlighting another African American scholar whose work has been foundational in psychology and behavioral science: Dr. Robert Lee Williams II….
Behavioral Economics & Psychology / FEBRUARY 11 2022
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The Ultimate Behavioral Science Playlist: Appeal
By Aline Holzwarth Illustrations by Matt Trower We have joined together with other behavioral scientists to compile a playlist of over 5 hours of songs from a diverse range of genres that each, in…
Digit Launches New Tax Feature to Automate Refund Savings
This tax season Digit simplifies saving refunds worth $125 billion SAN FRANCISCO, February 11, 2016 – Digit <https://digit.co>, the popular automated savings tool, in collaboration with CommonCents Lab, the financial decision making lab funded…
Be Happy! The Super Bowl Blackout was a Collectable Experience
Collectable experiences are defined as unique, unusual, novel, or extreme experiences. Instead of viewing the Super Bowl blackout of 2013 as a frustrating experience, view it as a “collectable experience” and you will enjoy…
Resources to fight racism
By Catherine Berman, Matt Trower & Aline Holzwarth On June 10, 2020, our lab joined the campaign to #ShutDownAcademia, #ShutDownSTEM, #Strike4BlackLives, and reinvigorate our collective commitment to anti-racism. In this moment of global uprising,…