No one wants to be a sucker. But do most of us go too far in our efforts to avoid naivety? In other words, are we all a little overly cynical?My guest today is Jamil ...

Goal setting is part of how we demarcate time, said Dr. Katy Milkman, a behavioral scientist at the University of Pennsylvania and the author of “How to Change.”...It’s normal to feel a bit lost after ...

Streaks work for two reasons: what behavioral economists call loss aversion and potential gain, said Dr. Katy Milkman, a behavioral scientist at the University of Pennsylvania.Let’s start with gains: ...

In the town that Olutosin Adesogan grew up in, disparities were on full display. On one side of Main Street, a plethora of parks, doctors’ offices, grocery stores. On the other, concrete and ...

In the wake of the replication crisis, statistical power has become one of the central issues in debates about the quality of research. The widespread use of tests with low power is seen as a key ...

Professor Bruce Hood, of the University of Bristol, speaks of the human tendency “to blow things out of proportion…[focusing] on our own failings or inadequacies”. He runs ten-week courses at Bristol ...

It’s tempting, of course, to turn this type of manageable task into an existential undertaking. “Instead of thinking, I’m going to spend an hour this week on paperwork, it becomes, I’m going to be an ...

In 2024, psychological scientists proposed a range of innovative developments in research practices across the field. Here’s a look at a list of guides, tutorials, and manuals that are designed to ...