Psychology

Inactivity

Back at primordial age, our ancestors would rather run from the possible sound of predators than...

Stronger Together

If a person wears a t-shirt emblazoned with your favorite football club, you feel relatedness with...

Small Elite Teams

We subconsciously exert lower effort as the number of teammates increase. This is worse in an...

Elevated Price of Emotion

When we are bereft of something, that thing becomes more valuable to us.  You are willing...

Untransferable Skills

What you master in one area does not make you adept at other similar areas. Writers...

Liking Bias

We buy from people we like or at least behave similar to us. We donate when...

Incentives Go Wrong

When companies give bonus based on meeting a target, employees try to lower the target requirements...

Effort Heuristic

When you work hard on a project, you have the tendency to overvalue the project, even...

The Tranquility of Unsought Findings

We instinctively want to protect our views even if they are false. After all, it is...

To Donate Time or Money?

Volunteering feels good. A lawyer earning $500 per hour can use the money to hire 2...