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Birds of a feather don’t just flock together. They also influence each other’s behavior.
This post originally appeared on the Pattern Health blog. By Aline Holzwarth Your beliefs don’t always predict your behavior While it’s true that your beliefs may spur action when you’re particularly passionate about something…
Health, Health Management / NOVEMBER 19 2018
Digital Health’s Secret Weapon: Behavioral Science
By Aline Holzwarth Article originally appeared in HealthTech magazine. Read the full article here. With the ubiquity of smartphones, and the fact that everyone (including your grandma) carries their devices with them everywhere, we also carry…
Health, Medical Decision-Making / NOVEMBER 13 2018
If social media is bringing you down, you’re probably not doing it right.
This post originally appeared on the Pattern Health blog. By Aline Holzwarth Social media is everywhere, and shows no signs of slowing down. There are now more monthly active Facebook users in the world…
Health, Health Management / NOVEMBER 1 2018
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Apply for the Summer Internship in Behavioral Economics at Duke
The Center for Advanced Hindsight (CAH) at Duke University is accepting applications for a summer internship program in behavioral economics. The six-week program begins on June 20th and ends on July 30th. For more…
Using Social Norms to Increase Donations
Research conducted with: Ting Jiang, Judd B. Kessler, Greg Segal, Dan Ariely If you are like most people, there is a good chance your behavior is based on what you think others are doing….
B.E. For Dogs: Halo Effect
B.E. for Dogs is a bi-weekly comic series that will examine concepts in behavioral economics from the perspective of our canine companions. Look out for new comics every other week! The series is created by Matt Trower, Catherine…
Twitter-vention: What Behavioral Science Says About Impulse Tweeting
Are you too impulsive for your own good? Do you frequently find yourself angrily tweeting at 2am, posting things you later regret enough to erase? You may want to log out of Twitter and…