A selection of recent behavioral science news, articles, and resources of note: Payday loans could well be the most exploitative banking practice around, charging mostly low-income consumers astronomical triple-digit interest rates and fantastical fees to borrow small sums of money. Some payday lenders are making it easier for their customers to spend with payday loan […]
A selection of recent behavioral science news, articles, and resources of note: The invisible hand wields a phishing rod and we phools are on the hook. So suggests Nobel Prize winning economists George Akerlof and Robert Shiller in their new book Phishing for Phools: The Economics of Manipulation and Deception. In it they describe how, […]
A selection of recent behavioral science news, articles, and resources of note: They can make you eat more bacon, but will touchscreens change how Americans vote? Shlomo Benartzi reviews the research this week. (Daily Beast) When it comes to communicating your intellect and ideas, research suggests you drop the pen and use your voice. In […]
A selection of recent behavioral science news, articles, and resources of note: Everyone wants to have a growth mindset—the belief that intelligence can grow with effort. It’s led lots of teachers to say they have it, even as their methods haven’t changed. Carol Dweck, who pioneered the theory, takes to Education Week to discuss how […]
A selection of recent behavioral science news, articles, and resources of note: Study 329 gave doctors the confidence to prescribe Paxil to millions of adolescents, adults, and even children. A recent investigation calls much of that study into question, suggesting the drug is neither safe nor effective and could be the cause of thousands of […]
A selection of recent behavioral science news, articles, and resources of note: Behavioral science improves policy—it saves governments money and helps citizens lead better lives. President Barack Obama knows this, which is why this week he formally established the Social and Behavioral Sciences Team. Our story here. (The White House, The Psych Report) Unfortunately, it’s […]
