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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…
Behavioral Economics & Psychology, Technology, Self-Control / MARCH 9 2018
7 Pieces Highlighting the Potential Intersections of Machine Learning, AI, and Robotics with Behavioral Economics
The intersections of behavioral economics and increasingly popular fields and disciplines in technology, such as machine learning, artificial intelligence, and robotics, are still in their relative infancy. These seven articles, papers, and videos present…
Behavioral Economics & Psychology, Technology / NOVEMBER 3 2017
Retiremap Launches First Platform Combining Human Coaching and Robo-Advisory to Improve Financial Wellness
Top plan advisory firm Channel Financial commits to new one-to-one financial coaching platform designed with behavioral insights from Common Cents Lab San Ramon, Calif. – June 8, 2017 – Research-backed employee financial wellness company…
Common Cents Lab, Technology, Financial Decision-making Aided by Technology / JULY 8 2017
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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…
Why Do We Waste so Much Food?
Cleaning out my refrigerator this week was not pretty. I found moldy leftovers, celery that had lost its snap, and cucumbers starting to liquify. Not only was it gross, but I felt really guilty…
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…
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….