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We hope you can join us & Penn Center for Health Incentives+Behavioral Econ for a virtual keynote presentation from Harvard Professor Raj Chetty about behavioral science & health. Our Co-Director @Katy_Milkman will co-host with @Kevin_Volpp on 4/30 at 12 PM ET. Register here: bit.ly/4jKABH5

What's the headwinds-tailwinds asymmetry? Cornell University Prof. Tom Gilovich explains this bias in our perception of the fraction of our experiences shaped by obstacles and hardship versus fair winds and good fortune on a new #Choiceology episode. 🎧Listen here: schwab.com/learn/story/ob…

Happy pub day to my fabulous @wharton colleague Lori Rosenkopf!

🚨On 4/30 at 12 pm I'm co-hosting a 1 hour ZOOM seminar YOU CAN ATTEND🚨 featuring one of the academics I admire most: Harvard University economist, Raj Chetty 🤩 Join me and Kevin Volpp to learn about Raj's latest research on inequality and ask Q's. Sign up: tinyurl.com/chetty430

🚨 Our latest paper is out today in Science! We uncover stark and systematic partisan differences in the amount, content, and character of science used in policy, which mirror differences in political elites’ trust in science. Four years in the making. Led by Zander Furnas 1/n

Have you ever bought insurance for a cheap trip or an extended warranty on a gadget you could easily afford to replace? It could be because you worry too much about unlikely events. UCLA Anderson School of Management Prof. Craig Fox explains the behavioral science: open.substack.com/pub/katymilkma…

I learned so much from Raj Chetty's presentation to Penn Center for Health Incentives+Behavioral Econ Behavior Change for Good Initiative today (which drew over 400 attendees!). If I had to pick a favorite insight, it would be the HUGE income gains kids get from moving to a higher opportunity zip code (earlier is better) as depicted👇

Celebrating the 4th birthday of How to Change today. Can’t quite believe it’s been in the world for 4 years! I’m grateful to the amazing community of readers around the world that has embraced this book. Wishing you all many fresh starts! Portfolio Books a.co/d/bY54C3e

Why a grade of 97% looks better than an A, according to Toyota Research Institute’s Linda W. Chang, Chicago Booth’s Erika Kirgios, MIT’s 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐡𝐢𝐥 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧, and University of Pennsylvania’s Katy Milkman. ms.spr.ly/6010SrGQ2

Does a 97% grade sound better than an A? Research from Erika Kirgios (Chicago Booth), Katy Milkman (Behavior Change for Good Initiative), 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐡𝐢𝐥 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 (Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)) & Linda Chang Toyota Research Institute (TRI) shows that people tend to choose on the basis of numbers rather than words or visuals. chicagobooth.edu/review/to-sway…

Ever noticed how many apps track your streaks? Language learning apps, gaming apps, meditation apps… If you’re curious what science has to say about why streaks motivate us & why we’re demotivated by breaking them, this pod w Jackie Silverman, PhD is for you! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cho…

What an amazing story to remind us of the incredible work done by our great research universities and made possible by NIH funding! Penn Proud. nytimes.com/2025/05/15/hea…

💢New paper alert💢 Dishonesty is everywhere — but it’s not all the same. My new solo-authored paper in Journal of Experimental Psychology: General disentangles cheating and lying as distinct forms of dishonesty. Link to paper: doi.org/10.1037/xge000… A thread 🧵👇

It was a huge treat to belatedly celebrate 2020 The Wharton School PhD grad Edward Chang this weekend. Edward is now an Harvard University Professor but missed the chance to be hooded in 2020 due to Covid. I loved having the chance to hood him this year and am so proud of the amazing scholar he’s

Interested in harnessing behavioral science and digital solutions for changing patient and clinician behavior? Submit an abstract to our 2025 Nudges in Health Care Symposium! Thrilled to hear from our keynotes, Katy Milkman and Adam Rodman! 👇 nudgeunit.my.canva.site/symposium-2025…

Have you heard of left-digit bias? It’s our tendency to focus on the left-most digit of numbers, and it helps explain why a product on sale for $9.99 feels like a bargain compared to a product on sale for $10. Learn more on #Choiceology with Devin Pope! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cen…

100% Outrageous. nytimes.com/2025/05/22/us/…

Do you think the current # of children who die from cancer each year is about right? If so, go ahead: support the attack on research universities + Harvard University specifically. A wonderful piece from Steven Pinker defending an imperfect but valuable institution. nytimes.com/2025/05/23/opi…

How's this for framing effects Richard H Thaler Katy Milkman Cass Sunstein Dan Goldstein