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The Behavioral Ploys Your Internet Providers Use When You Negotiate Your Bills
Recently we invited four people to come into our office to negotiate their internet bills. Everyone who called managed to save at least $10 either through negotiating a lower rate, reducing their fees, or…
Behavioral Economics & Psychology, Common Cents Lab / JUNE 14 2017
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This is the second installment in a five-part series on the CAH’s Startup Lab, our academic incubator program for health and finance tech startups. We’re demystifying why and how a behavioral economics research center…
Exercise Blog Series, Part 2: Feeling Depressed? Ask your doctor about exercise.
Part 2 of a Series By: Jamie Foehl and Zachary Zenko, PhD You’re probably familiar with the notion that exercise might help with depression. Maybe you’ve seen an article or headline that starts…
Behavioral Economics & Psychology, Health, Health Management, Exercise / JUNE 8 2017
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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…