Our Envy of Prospective Events Is Greater Than of Those Past
That’s helpful information in a social media world filled with friends who do enviable things
Multiple Choice — No Time Limit
Headphones and feelings, preventing hospital readmissions, and the relationship between meaning in life and happiness
Gesturing Left to Right for Passage of Time Occurs by Age 6
Cultural norms — reading and the calendar — affect native English-speakers’ motioning constructs
Some Homeowners Pay Their Underwater Mortgages Until the Government Offers a Better Option
Federal loan modification program led borrowers to default
Middlemen: Matchmakers or Sources of Strategic Information?
Probing that question using a database of for-sale-by-owner home listings
Origin Story of Products: To Consumers, How Big a Team Seems Right?
Buyers value team over individual effort but are sensitive to invention-by-committee
A Stabler Climate Means Stronger Traditions
The link between environmental stability and cultural change explains why cultures evolve
The Surprising Power of Giving Up Choice Control
Abdicating a decision to someone else is viewed as an act of generosity that is handsomely rewarded
Why We Think Differently About Money Than About Probabilities
Learning gradually versus all at once and how we estimate value
We Think Illegal Products Are More Effective
Because they’re harder to get, we assume they’re more potent — and thus preferable over legal ones.
Maximizing Life Saving through Better Placement of Defibrillators
Just putting one where the last cardiac arrest occurred isn’t optimal — more calculations to get to fewer steps
Taxing Jet Fuel Could Reduce Airline Greenhouse Gas Emissions Now
Breakthrough technologies are years off for aviation, but incremental improvements are available
Who Gets Venture Capital?
Experienced founders with good products still need great employees to attract early investment, study finds
Employees Are OK with Unequal Pay — If They Have a Say in It
Workers involved in compensation decisions might accept a co-worker’s better deal if management didn’t unilaterally decide
Online Reviews: Should Sellers Show All or a Subset Relevant to You?
Most sellers do one or the other, but giving shoppers both might lift sales
Separating Auditing from Consulting: More Complex than it Seems
Market concentration, price and quality drive choice of firms