Publications

One way that we straddle academia and the real world is through our publications, which show up in peer-reviewed journals as well as the popular press

Publications

The Ethics of Paternalism

Dec 21 2018
Published in: Scientific American
Keywords: Health, Health Management, Medical decision-making

Imagine that you are a policy maker trying to reduce the consumption…

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How Do I Get Into Behavioral Economics?

Nov 29 2018
Published in: People Science
Keywords: Big Psychological Questions

There are 196 government teams across the world designed with the purpose…

For Most People, Higher Yields Don’t Inspire More Saving — Here’s What Could Do the Trick

Nov 29 2018
Published in: Bankrate
Keywords: Increase Short-and Long-Term Savings, Common Cents Lab

Finally, we’re seeing a positive trend for savers: Interest rates are rising…

How to Keep Automated Savings from Resulting in an Overdraft Fee

Nov 23 2018
Published in: Bankrate
Keywords: Improve Cash Flow Management, Money, Common Cents Lab

And in recent years, it’s been a proposition that all sorts of…

Ingroup and Outgroup Favoritism in Implicit Attitudes

Nov 19 2018
Published in: Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Keywords: Big Psychological Questions

Individuals hold two kinds of attitudes: explicit versus implicit. Explicit attitudes are…

Knowing When Tech Does (and Doesn’t) Promote Positive Relationships

Nov 13 2018
Published in: Behavioral Scientist
Keywords: Health, Health Management, Technology

Everyone’s worried about smartphones. Headlines like “Have smartphones destroyed a generation?” and…

What Voting and Flu Shots Have in Common

Nov 6 2018
Published in: Behavioral Scientist
Keywords: Health, Medical decision-making

Voting is a hallmark of representative democracies worldwide. It is among the…

The Impact of Inconsistency: Uncovering the Hidden Cost of Variable Work Schedules

Oct 30 2018
Published in: NextBillion
Keywords: Common Cents Lab, Increase Earnings

For millions of Americans, financial health begins in the workplace. No amount…

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The end of the two-week pay cycle: How every day can be payday

Oct 29 2018
Published in: MarketWatch
Keywords: Improve Cash Flow Management, Common Cents Lab

Pay cycles today are based more on “historical momentum” than an intentional…

Digital Health’s Secret Weapon: Behavioral Science

Oct 15 2018
Published in: HealthTech
Keywords: Health, Health Management

Tech has the potential to transform healthcare, and behavioral science can give…

Students’ mistaken beliefs about how much their peers study could be harming their exam performance

Oct 5 2018
Published in: The British Psychological Society Digest
Keywords: Big Psychological Questions

A lot of us use what we consider normal behaviour – based…

The critical role of second-order normative beliefs in predicting energy conservation

Sep 17 2018
Published in: Nature: Human Behavior
Keywords: Big Psychological Questions

Sustaining large-scale public goods requires individuals to make environmentally friendly decisions today…