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🚨New Book Alert: Manipulation by Team Scientist @CassSunstein 🚨. “Manipulation” offers a behavioral science lens on how today’s technologies shape people’s choices--and what consumers, companies, and policymakers can do to protect people’s autonomy.

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BCFG is co-hosting a conversation between @katy_milkman & Team Scientist Emily Falk on her new book, What We Value. 📅 Wed, Sept 10 | 4–5:30PM.📍 The Agora, Annenberg Public Policy Center. Co-hosted with @APPCPenn, @AnnenbergPenn, and @PennMindCORE.

A new field experiment in @PNASNexus by Team Scientist Dolores Albarracín & colleagues tested an AI system to aid HIV prevention messaging. Messages selected by AI were rated as more actionable, and were 6x more likely to be posted by health orgs than control messages.

The August edition of the BCFG Newsletter is out today, featuring an interview with Team Scientist @Devin_G_Pope. Read it here:

Check out a new @PsychScience article by @ayeletfishbach and collaborators: People were more likely to stick with goals framed as enjoyable—not just important. People used a health app more when told it was “a fun game” rather than “a useful tool.”.

Team scientist podcast roundup: . David Yeager on @MostlyAdmiring @jonj on @HiddenBrain . @jayvanbavel on Plain English

Comparing experimental and observational data, they show that using observational data alone would understate how much workers respond to wage changes.

A new field experiment of 333,172 Uber drivers by Team Scientist @Econ_4_Everyone & collaborators finds that drivers would need 43% higher pay to give up control over when to work.

In @NatRevPsych, Team Scientists @szaszibarnabas, @dggoldst & @dilipsoman and Susan Michie argue that improving how we study nudges—through better design, collaboration, and open science—can help us learn when and where they’re most effective.

A new review article by Steve Rathje and Team Scientist @jayvanbavel explores the psychology of virality—why some ideas spread while others don’t. They consider how interventions might help “inoculate” people against misleading information.

Learn more about Eugenia South, an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Team Scientist whose research explores how neighborhood environments impact health in urban communities. Visit her website here:

RT @CDR_Booth: To celebrate our Richard Thaler @R_Thaler’s retirement, the @BehaviorChange team invited scientists to share their favorite….

In a new article by Jiabi Wang & Team Scientist @ayeletfishbach, they find helping people connect their goals can increase motivation. When people linked a health goal (like exercising more) to a financial one, they expressed more motivation to pursue it.

We're celebrating the remarkable career of Richard Thaler with a special edition of our newsletter. Thank you, @R_Thaler, for your incredible impact on BCFG, our field, and the world. And thank you to everyone who contributed to this tribute!. Read here:

RT @katy_milkman: Earlier this month, @BehaviorChange Team Scientist @R_Thaler formally retired from @UChicago. He’s promised us that his….

In an opinion guest essay @nytimes, Team Scientist Emily Falk @falklab explores the science of doomscrolling, and shares how reframing goals to be both immediately rewarding and aligned with long-term values can help people make healthier choices.

Team Scientist podcast roundup: . @ZekeEmanuel on @planetmoney @OS_Mitchell on @whartonknows @ethan_kross on @HiddenBrain

Co-Director @angeladuckw recently delivered the commencement address @BatesCollege, sharing how changing one’s environment can help people stick to their goals: "Successful people. rarely rely on inner fortitude to resist temptations.". Watch here: