Sometimes the most effective shifts don’t start with convincing people to think differently. They start by getting them to ...

Over the past three decades, the video game industry has distilled the neurochemical recipe for changing human behavior at scale. By honing these neuroscience-based design techniques, the video game ...

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How psychology helps us describe, explain, predict, and change behavior Reviewed by Amy Morin, LCSW Human behavior is complex and sometimes confusing, and that's why we have psychology to help us make ...

If a campaign makes its supporters feel defeated or that their vote is pointless, then apathy and low turnout ensue. As an expert in predicting and changing human behavior, my years of research on the ...

Imagine this: After a draining day at work, you turn to your AI companion—not your spouse or best friend—for comfort, conversation, and emotional support. Sound strange? It's increasingly common.

Nipah virus outbreaks stem from environmental change that brings humans into closer contact with infected animals.

Sandra Matz is a computational social scientist, and a professor at Columbia Business School, where she also serves as the Director of the Center for Advanced Technology and Human Performance. She is ...

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Rural Alaskan and Canadian communities are trying to get along with the large mammals Lesley Evans Ogden, Knowable Magazine Treading carefully through yellowing aspen forest in southeastern British ...