Individuals often preferentially avoid information that contradicts and seek information that aligns with their prior beliefs—a tendency…
Across all domains of human social life, positive perceptions of conversational listening (i.e., feeling heard) predict well-being,…
Patients with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) present as risk-averse and avoidant of feared stimuli, yet the literature examining risk…
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Conflict plays a profound role in the lives of individuals, organizations, and entire societies – and has become an ever-expanding area of…
Automated Court Date Reminders Reduce Warrants for Arrest: Evidence from a Text Messaging Experiment
Millions of people in the U.S. every year are required to attend mandatory court dates as their cases proceed through the criminal legal…
Purpose: To evaluate if nudges delivered by text message prior to an upcoming primary care visit can increase influenza vaccination rates…
In the United States, liberals and conservatives disagree about facts. To what extent does expertise attenuate these disagreements? To…
Housing costs across the nation and in Greater Boston are rising, and many policymakers have turned to Inclusionary Zoning (IZ) in an…