Predicting human behavior is big business. But science may never be able to do so with perfect certainty.
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Articles on Human behavior
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Government initiatives to prod people to make better decisions got a lot of attention after Richard Thaler won a Nobel in economics for his working on nudging.
Domino’s Pizza and Ford have teamed up to offer pizza delivery via driverless cars in Michigan. Is it the way of the future?
Digital games now know you so well they can predict your behaviour.
A high school science test, a Psych 101 course, long job applications: Sometimes it’s hard to be motivated to succeed. As it turns out, how you respond to difficulty and ease can make all the difference.
A lot of money is spent by food producers and retailers to try and influence the type of food we buy and eat. But what can be done to encourage healthier choices?
The polls convinced many that Clinton was headed to the White House. But the polls were misleading – and one behavioral scientist thinks emotion led respondents to mislead pollsters on purpose.
What makes cults so attractive to their followers?
Why do we laugh? Evolutionarily speaking, it’s so we could survive – and similar rules apply today.
How do rational people get sucked into believing conspiracies? According to research, we’re more susceptible than you’d think.
A new study highlights how the condition of your kitchen may affect unhealthy snacking.
Trump is an ad-man’s dream, a candidate who reflects what the best advertisements possess.
A professor’s extra credit question goes to show how, as humans, we do care for each other. The challenge is: how do we apply it to more pressing problems of the world?
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University Professor, Harvard University
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Lecturer, University of Maryland
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Harvard University
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Professor of Advertising, University of Florida
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Professor Emeritus of Organizational Behavior, University of Virginia
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PhD Candidate in Communications, University of Florida
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Professor of Communication & Director of the School of Communication, The Ohio State University
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Ph.D. candidate in Psychology, Stanford University
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PhD Researcher, Nature and Function of Human Nonverbal Vocalisations, University of Sussex
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Professor and Department Chair of Psychology, Lebanon Valley College
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Research fellow, BehaviourWorks Australia, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University
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Professor of Public Policy, Psychology and Behavioral Science, USC Sol Price School of Public Policy, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Postdoctoral Researcher of Evolutionary Biology, University of Pennsylvania
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Dwight F. Benton Professor of Marketing, University of Michigan
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Emerita Provost Professor of Psychology and Business, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
