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How Uber Uses Psychological Tricks to Push Its Drivers’ Buttons
The New York Times: The secretive ride-hailing giant Uber rarely discusses internal matters in public. But in March, facing crises on multiple fronts, top officials convened a call for reporters to insist that Uber was
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Remembering Irving Gottesman, a Pioneer in Behavior Genetics
The idea that individual characteristics and disorders arise from complex interactions between genes and environment is so widely accepted today that it’s practically common knowledge — which makes it all the more remarkable that Irving
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Global Warming and Violent Behavior
A mix of behavioral research, economic studies, and time-series data portend some unsettling effects of climate change on human social interactions.
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Meet Crystal C. Hall, Office of Evaluation Sciences Fellow
Bringing Psychological Science to Public Policy: Meet Crystal C. Hall, Office of Evaluation Sciences Fellow A number of psychological scientists are engaged in the US government’s efforts to improve public programs and policies. The Office of
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Linehan Receives Grawemeyer Award for Psychology
APS James McKeen Cattell Fellow Marsha M. Linehan, whose groundbreaking research has focused on developing interventions for teens at high risk for suicide and support networks for their families and friends, has won the 2017
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Robust Science Depends on Understanding the Science of Humans
APS Fellow Howard C. Nusbaum serves in a leadership position at the National Science Foundation. From this vantage point, he devotes a guest column to discussing how even the most robust science is still vulnerable to human error.
