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The sausage is in the making: how we’re refining research methods for higher quality data

We have all been through it at some point in our academic lives. Palpable tension, and just a sprinkle [or five] of panic when the exam invigilator barks “15 minutes…

Mapping out methods: bringing structure to the study of behavior

Say you have a problem procrastinating. You would like to change this as you end up doing most things at the last moment. First, you’d have to figure out why…

The engagement toolbox: four major engagement models to think about before any project

Milestones are a matter of perspective. For parents, five years is critical in the development of a child. It forms the foundation of your child’s learning, physical and emotional growth.…

5 reflections to strengthen civic engagement: context is king

Our determination to set up behavioral labs in non-WEIRD countries was driven by the idea that changing the context would change the results. This idea, supported by our equally curious…

Stress may increase choice of sooner outcomes, but not temporal discounting

To live or not to leave: the tension between meeting basic needs and social distancing

Introduction For wealthy people from wealthy countries, it may not always be easy, though usually quite feasible to be socially distant: Just stay home as much as possible, maybe read…

Using sermons to study religions’ influence on political behavior.

International optimism: correlates and consequences of dispositional optimism across 61 countries.

Stress and Temporal Discounting: Do Domains Matter?

Recent work in behavioral economics has asked whether stress affects economic choice. Here we focus on the effects of stress on temporal discounting, for which previous studies have produced inconsistent…

Measuring Self-Efficacy, Executive Function and Temporal Discounting in Kenya

Developing countries have low adherence to medical regimens like water chlorination or antenatal and postnatal care, contributing to high infant and child mortality rates. We hypothesize that high levels of…