02Judgment & decisions
Why tomorrow keeps losing to today
The small biases that make an immediate reward feel larger than a better future—and what choice design can do about it.
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When a crowd takes care of itself
Why the myth of blind panic misses the trust, information and shared identity that can organize people under pressure.
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03Relationships
The quiet politics inside a relationship
Power is not only about who speaks louder: dependence, resources and social ideas shape what partners can ask, refuse and change.
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04Mind & cognition
Thinking does not end at the edge of the mind
Gestures, sketches and physical space are not decoration: they are tools people use to make difficult ideas manageable.
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05Technology & people
A social robot is really a test of us
The difficult question is not whether a machine can answer. It is whether people can trust it, understand it and live with it over time.
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06Attention & perception
The long wait for one important signal
What happens when attention has to remain ready for a rare event—and why the answer may connect humans with other species.
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07Behavior change
Wanting to change is not the same as changing
The gap between a sincere intention and a repeated action is where behavior-change research becomes most useful.
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08Brain & methods
There may be no such thing as the average brain
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09Relationships
Why “calm down” can make things worse
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10Development & health
What protects a child after a hard beginning
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11Methods & measurement
A score cannot tell you what it means
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12Judgment & decisions
Maybe the shortcut is the smart move
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13Society & identity
An apology is not always repair
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14Society & identity
Bias is not a secret essence
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15Methods & measurement
The person you measure on Monday is not frozen in time
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16Attention & perception
Is seeing detail a skill of its own?
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17Behavior change
The right help can arrive at the wrong moment
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18Society & identity
Who is watching changes who we can be
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19Brain & methods
Memory keeps what the goal needs
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20Development & health
There is no gene for your personality
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21History of ideas
How a new tool changes what science can see
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22Brain & methods
When a cue becomes louder than every alternative
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23Attention & perception
Where does attention go when you close your eyes?
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24Attention & perception
Before meaning, the senses learn timing
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