A new global study underscores the crucial role of behavioral sciences in formulating policy decisions, while also asserting the need for clear standards for what evidence gets used in policy ...

CPA financial planners who understand how psychological factors influence decision-making can better work with clients and operate their practices more effectively. That’s the view of Michael E.

Ask most conservationists to talk about their impact, and you’ll hear stories of forests protected, of species saved, or of new technologies making a difference. But if you take a step back from those ...

Roughly two decades ago, a community-wide reckoning emerged concerning the credibility of published literature in the social-behavioral sciences, especially psychology. Several large scale studies ...

A multi-year study of the reliability of published social & behavioral science research has found that only about half of ...

Studying cognition by averaging data from many people's brain scans hides how individuals use their brains, new Stanford ...

Basic behavioral and social sciences research is indispensible to the mission of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Not only do psycho-social-biological factors directly affect disease outcomes ...

Even in teams stacked with stars, it’s often the glue players, the ones who make everyone else better, who determine success. What’s the science behind a Super Bowl win? A sports psychologist explains ...