As Income Rises, Link Between Meaning and Happiness Weakens
Globally, lower-income people feel a stronger connection The post As Income Rises, Link Between Meaning and Happiness Weakens appeared first on UCLA Anderson Review.
View ArticleCancer-Screening Procrastination Can Be Deadly: a Nudge Lifts Compliance
At-home test for colorectal cancer delivered with a deadline The post Cancer-Screening Procrastination Can Be Deadly: a Nudge Lifts Compliance appeared first on UCLA Anderson Review.
View ArticleGesturing Left to Right for Passage of Time Occurs by Age 6
Cultural norms — reading and the calendar — affect native English-speakers’ motioning constructs The post Gesturing Left to Right for Passage of Time Occurs by Age 6 appeared first on UCLA Anderson...
View ArticleBoring Tasks We Abandon Too Soon: a Method to Finish the Job
Pairing the mundane — hand washing, teeth brushing — with more engaging activities The post Boring Tasks We Abandon Too Soon: a Method to Finish the Job appeared first on UCLA Anderson Review.
View ArticleThe Sad Fact of Reminiscing About Good Times
Happy memories of life-stage transitions can be bittersweet The post The Sad Fact of Reminiscing About Good Times appeared first on UCLA Anderson Review.
View ArticleExhausted Doctors Less Likely to Prescribe Pain Meds
At the end of a night shift, empathy for patients’ hurting seems diminished The post Exhausted Doctors Less Likely to Prescribe Pain Meds appeared first on UCLA Anderson Review.
View ArticleA Method to Happiness: Tested in the Lab and in Life
Cassie Holmes’ book combines social science and personal history; jilted on the way to the altar The post A Method to Happiness: Tested in the Lab and in Life appeared first on UCLA Anderson Review.
View ArticleThe Relationship Between Adoption of Rooftop Solar and Attachment to One’s...
Applying the behavioral concept of “place attachment” to the logistics of battling climate change The post The Relationship Between Adoption of Rooftop Solar and Attachment to One’s Surroundings...
View ArticlePeople Prioritize Shared Experiences, Even When Apart
People will endure inconvenience to synchronize events, regardless of proximity The post People Prioritize Shared Experiences, Even When Apart appeared first on UCLA Anderson Review.
View ArticleLack of Urgency Can Undermine a Popular Behavioral Nudge
Encouraging pre-commitment to a future behavior helps people do hard things — but it can backfire The post Lack of Urgency Can Undermine a Popular Behavioral Nudge appeared first on UCLA Anderson Review.
View ArticleAnother Political Trick? Inducing Forgetting By Mentioning Irrelevant...
Positive views on, say, a social policy are more easily suppressed than negative ones The post Another Political Trick? Inducing Forgetting By Mentioning Irrelevant Information appeared first on UCLA...
View ArticleKids Who Moved from Public Housing More Likely to Vote as Adults
Demolition of Chicago projects dispersed thousands to other areas The post Kids Who Moved from Public Housing More Likely to Vote as Adults appeared first on UCLA Anderson Review.
View ArticleOvercoming Obstacles to Taking Better Care of Your Future Self
Hal Hershfield’s book offers research-backed methods to build a healthier, happier, more financially secure life The post Overcoming Obstacles to Taking Better Care of Your Future Self appeared first...
View ArticleWhy We Think Differently About Money Than About Probabilities
Learning gradually versus all at once and how we estimate value The post <strong>Why We Think Differently About Money Than About Probabilities</strong> appeared first on UCLA Anderson Review.
View ArticleExperts Struggle to Accurately Forecast Societal Change
On COVID-19’s impacts, social scientists’ predictions weren’t much better than those of laypeople The post Experts Struggle to Accurately Forecast Societal Change appeared first on UCLA Anderson Review.
View ArticleSmartphone Records Reveal Racial Disparities in Neighborhood Policing
Police patrol Black areas more frequently than others with similar homicide rates and income levels The post Smartphone Records Reveal Racial Disparities in Neighborhood Policing appeared first on UCLA...
View ArticleThe Case for Field Experiments in Behavioral Research
Nudges already proven to work in the real-world increased uptake of COVID-19 boosters; nudges based on lab findings and expert insights, not so much The post The Case for Field Experiments in...
View ArticleMajor Adolescent Stress Reduces Connection to Future Self
And thinking less about one’s adult life can reduce the pursuit of higher education The post Major Adolescent Stress Reduces Connection to Future Self appeared first on UCLA Anderson Review.
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