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What comes first, the preference or the choice?
It turns out the answer is not so clear. Empirical studies show that while choice reflects preference, it also influences it. For example, when given...
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What can the peacock tail tell us about social trends?
Why does the male peacock have such a big and colorful tail? The classical Darwinian view of natural selection fails to provide a suitable answer....
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Behavioral Science Case-Study: Autonomous Driving Systems
Our understanding of the world is facilitated by mental models, useful conceptualizations that allow us to compartmentalize knowledge. A broad definition of a mental model...
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On the importance of rituals
What rituals do you have in your life? Have you developed any new rituals in the past year or so (since COVID)? Research from both...
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The Influence of Social Information on Decision-Making: Aesthetic Preferences
Background With the media’s large presence in our lives —whether that be in the form of music, advertisements, fashion trends, politics, and social media—it is...
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