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Making the Case for Prediction Over Explanation
Machine learning allows us to build models that predict future behavior instead of simply explaining past behavior.
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New Research From Clinical Psychological Science
A sample of research exploring automatic causal reasoning in diagnostic decision making, the role of kinship in complicated grief, links between gray matter volume and psychopathology, and emotional memory and trauma in refugees.
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Romantic Matches Are Hard to Predict Before People Meet
Researchers could predict speed daters’ desire and desirability, but not which two people would ‘click.’
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Trying to Get Ahead? Plan in Reverse, Study Suggests
We’re most enthusiastic about projects when we start and finish them, but intervening hassles can turn determination soft.
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Behavior and Brain Sciences Help Optimize Labor Programs
A new program from the US Department of Labor aims to accelerate change within the large government agency.
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Low-Income Extraverts Spend More on Status Than Introverted Peers
Banking data indicate that the types of goods and services that low-income individuals buy may depend, in part, on personality.