The Telltale Signs of a Fake Atlantic Article There is a very small chance that you came across what appeared to be an Atlantic article about the war in Yemen in September 2017. The author, according to the byline, was … Continue reading Deceiving people online
Your Brain Stops Time When You Blink You spend about 10 per cent of your waking hours with your eyes shut, simply because of blinking. Every few seconds, each time you blink, your retinas are deprived of visual input for … Continue reading Time passing
We Use Less Information Than We Think to Make Decisions One of behavioral economics’ most important contributions is the study of how people process information. The discipline has uncovered numerous cognitive biases and heuristics inherent in how people use data … Continue reading How we make judgments
When the Nerves of Knowledge Send False Signals: A Conversation on Our Age of Misinformation The social body to which we belong is at this moment passing through one of the greatest crises of its history, a colossal process which … Continue reading How false beliefs spread
You make decisions quicker and based on less information than you think We live in an age of information. In theory, we can learn everything about anyone or anything at the touch of a button. All this information should allow … Continue reading The rush to judgment
Diners order slightly less when restaurants list calories Bye-bye artichoke dip. Heavyweight appetizers and fatty entrees may not get much love when restaurants list calories on their menus. In a new study, Cornell researchers conducted a randomized experiment to see … Continue reading Calorie information disclosure
The Way We Process Risks Can Keep Us in Harm’s Way With massive wildfires terrorizing the West Coast and communities along the Gulf and Caribbean bracing for peak hurricane season, Americans once again have natural disasters on their minds. As … Continue reading How you respond to risk
