Most People Who Share “Fake News” Do Care About The Accuracy Of News Items — They’re Just Distracted Is it really believable that Hillary Clinton operated a child sex ring out of a pizza shop — or that Donald Trump … Continue reading The power of headlines
Public Belief In “Memory Myths” Not Actually That Widespread, Study Argues The general public has a pretty poor understanding of how memory works — and lawyers and clinical psychologists can be just as bad. At least, this is what many … Continue reading Memory myths
I Got Access to My Secret Consumer Score. Now You Can Get Yours, Too As consumers, we all have “secret scores”: hidden ratings that determine how long each of us waits on hold when calling a business, whether we can … Continue reading Secret scores
Climate Change and Our Emerging Cultural Shift I receive hate mail for my research and my writing on why people reject the science of climate change. Most of it can be sorted into a few basic messages. Some people fear … Continue reading Culture and environment
When False Claims Are Repeated, We Start To Believe They Are True — Here’s How Behaving Like A Fact-Checker Can Help If you hear an unfounded statement often enough, you might just start believing that it’s true. This phenomenon, known … Continue reading The misinformation crisis
A Behavioral Economist Tries to Fix Email Can anything be done to make people happier with their jobs? What can prevent people from overeating? Will people like beer with balsamic vinegar in it just because they’ve been told it contains … Continue reading A long shot
People’s Responses To News Clips Suggest There Is A Greater Market For Happy Stories Than Journalists Realise Turn on the news tonight and you’ll be bombarded with gloomy stories. You’ll hear about disasters and human suffering, political scandals and environmental … Continue reading Negative stories
