Western society typically promotes neo-liberal economic values of capital growth, both for the individual and society as a whole, as an ideal for prosperity. The basic idea is that free and ...

In recent years, behavioral science has been going through a replication crisis. Research results, some widely cited and some even applied to real-world problems, couldn’t be replicated when other ...

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. Behavioral economics has had a growing influence on public policy over the past ...

In a new study, Northwestern University neurobiologists discovered that gut bacteria and the nose work together to shape social behavior in mice, including who fights and who backs down. Using a ...

Neural activity in the cortical amygdala determines whether mice engage in aggressive or pro-social behavior, according to a new study. By performing a network analysis on whole-brain activity of male ...

Empower individuals and groups to improve their own health by applying social and behavioral science principles to education. As a student in the MPH in Social and Behavioral Sciences program, you’ll ...

The theoretical foundations of behavioral economics discussed in Chapter 3 have been used to design policies aimed at changing behavior. An outstanding question, however, is how these principles are ...