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The Ultimate Behavioral Science Playlist: Bias
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…
Behavioral Economics & Psychology / MAY 27 2020
Introducing the Ultimate Behavioral Science Playlist
By Aline Holzwarth Illustrations by Matt Trower Music can be therapeutic, and powerfully so. The late neurologist, naturalist and historian of science Oliver Sacks noted in his book Musicophilia a “deep and mysterious paradox,…
Behavioral Economics & Psychology / MAY 22 2020
Breaking the Status Quo: Women who changed Science
(Image Credit: WABE.org) As March comes to close, we feel like it is appropriate to look back at Women’s History Month by celebrating influential women in the social sciences. It started in 1978 as…
Behavioral Economics & Psychology, Health / MARCH 30 2020
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Dear friends, In thinking about how to improve email (something that gives us both joy and stress), I’d like to ask for your help. I’m trying to understand how people use email and what…
Cheat Codes: Calling all Artists
Artists from around the world are invited to attend a discussion about behavioral economics, dishonesty and cheating at the Center for Advanced Hindsight on October 25 at 7:30 PM EST. (Artists who do not…
Partisans Don’t Know How the Middle Feels
Ten minutes into the Presidential debate, my democratic friends were sure it was a failure. They tweeted, “Nothing he is saying is making me feel anything.” A lot of Democrats have walked away from…