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Be a Good Friend, Channel Your Inner-Child
As a parent and a therapist, I hear a LOT about people’s social lives and close relationships. People (adults and kids) talk about their peer relationships much more than anything else, because our lives…
Behavioral Economics & Psychology / SEPTEMBER 12 2018
Grandma’s not just on Facebook anymore
This post originally appeared on the Pattern Health blog. My grandma is a bona fide superhero. With 80 looming just around the corner, she can be found traveling the world (that’s right, she’s been…
Behavioral Economics & Psychology / AUGUST 21 2018
Best-Laid Plans of Potential Donors: Bridging the Intention-Behavior Gap
If we were to reflect on how much we donated in the past, some of us would admit that we could have given more. At the same time, we might claim that we intended…
Behavioral Economics & Psychology, World, Motivation / JUNE 29 2018
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Help surprise Dan for his 50th birthday
People all over the world will photograph themselves holding a sign with one word, which will be combined into a birthday story sent to Dan Ariely for his 50th birthday, this April 29th If…
Now Accepting Applications for the CAH Startup Lab
Now Accepting Applications for the CAH Startup Lab Dan Ariely’s Center for Advanced Hindsight at Duke is now accepting applications for its second cohort of the Startup Lab, which begins October 2016. Health and…
All You Need Is a Little Encouragement from Your Friends
This post originally appeared on the Pattern Health blog. My phone buzzes with a text. “Who’s running?” asks my friend Ankoor. ?♀️ replies Eileen; she’s in. I perform a slow mental wince at the…
Saving By Spending
This week, I visited a camera store to order two enlarged prints as a gift. I don’t order photo prints very often; in fact, I’m not sure that I have ever ordered prints aside…