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Just Pay a Fine and Move Along: The Amorality of Drunk Driving
Recently, the “choose-your-ride” car (pictured here) has been roaming around downtown Durham and Duke University. The car seeks to reduce drunk driving by posing a choice between a $20 taxi or $1,000 fine. At…
Behavioral Economics & Psychology / AUGUST 8 2012
Please Don’t Steal the Charmin
A Chinese tourist destination decided to experiment with offering free toilet paper, the Wall Street Journal reports. Rather than the usual procedure in China, where people bring their own toilet paper, in Qingdao they…
Behavioral Economics & Psychology, Morality / AUGUST 1 2012
No Longer Gaga for Gaga?
Our very own Troy Campbell presents his research on desensitization via repetition, and (naturally) uses Lady Gaga as his experimental stimuli.
Behavioral Economics & Psychology / JULY 19 2012
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Helping Remote Employees Towards a Healthier Lifestyle Some Insights from MTurkers
By Nina Bartmann, Jonathan Corbin, Ziyi Yan Image by Paico Oficial from Unsplash Remote work is here to stay In response to the global COVID-19 pandemic, around March 2020, most companies across the U.S….
Make plans, not resolutions
This post originally appeared on the Pattern Health blog. By Aline Holzwarth Your new year’s resolution is very likely to fail. Most do. Resolutions are just not built to succeed. They rely on willpower, hoping…
The Mbrella Calendar: Helping Kenyan Families Track Their Savings for Health Insurance
Mbrella is a charitable organization devoted to helping impoverished Kenyan families buy health insurance. Mbrella connects donors with Kenyan mothers and employs a number of behavioral interventions meant to help the mother gain enough…
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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…