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The Ultimate Behavioral Science Playlist: Incentives
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 / JUNE 15 2020
The Ultimate Behavioral Science Playlist: Visceral
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 / JUNE 10 2020
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,…
Behavioral Economics & Psychology / JUNE 10 2020
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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…