“If I go to a hotel and there’s one tree, I will sometimes move my bed around so I can just be there and see the tree. A little bird comes on the palm tree outside the window. I like it.” Jane Goodall She showed us that science rooted in empathy can reshape how we see the planet

My new blog on Gender and Competitiveness: Changing the Rules Matters | Psychology Today psychologytoday.com/us/blog/…

Our new research in PNAS! Kids who do better in school also coordinate better in complex games like Hawk–Dove and Battle of the Sexes. Academic achievement seems to reflect broader strategic + social abilities. pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.24… #GameTheory #Education #ChildDevelopment

When Everything Is Lost: The Role of Resilience in Recovery | Psychology Today psychologytoday.com/us/blog/…

The Path to Strategic Unpredictability! How do kids & teens develop the skill to be unpredictable? Turns out, they do randomize—but not well -- and adults are not better at it! psychologytoday.com/us/blog/…

New research shows that dogs' and humans' brains sync up when they gaze into each other’s eyes! 🧠🐾 #Neuroscience #DogLovers #HumanAnimalBond" neurosciencenews.com/neural-…

A recent study revealed that participants who held deeply entrenched conspiracy beliefs experienced significant and lasting reductions in those beliefs following brief conversations with artificial intelligence. neurosciencenews.com/ai-llm-…

We had our first focus group today for our new study on breast cancer's risk perception. Thanks Prianca and Xidi for making it happen! And thanks to our participants for an enlightening discussion!

So excited to run our study at LILA elementary school Los Feliz. The kids have baptized the study the “Toy Test”. Thanks to David Padilla and Sarah Koa for making this happen once again!

Check out my last blog about Theory of mind, the ability to put oneself in the shoes of others. Theory of Mind: Our Little Superpower | Psychology Today psychologytoday.com/us/blog/…

Thanks to our students for showing up at our latest experiment despite the Travis Scott event!

This week the LABEL team is at Oscar De La Hoya Ánimo Charter High School to run an experiment on how information is aggregated on networks. Stay tuned for the results!

Getting ready for our next experiment on networks with high schoolers. Thanks to our USC students for helping us piloting!

In my last blog, I discuss the development of time preferences psychologytoday.com/us/blog/…

Running our yearly experiment at the Lycée International of Los Angeles with middle and high schoolers! This year we explore a social choice problem: how to allocate resources among people with different preferences?

In my last Psychology Today blog, I address the differences between intelligence and giftedness | Psychology Today psychologytoday.com/us/blog/…

The Holiday Shopping Mind | Psychology Today psychologytoday.com/us/blog/… He who buys what he does not need, steals from himself. In my latest blog I discuss the psychology of impulse buying.

Yesterday we had our first mixer for the Behavioral Economics and Psychology major! It was very nice to meet our students! Let's have another event soon!

During adolescence, we exhibit increased vulnerability to the pleasurable effects of substances such as drugs. In this blog post, I explore the underlying mechanisms that make teenagers susceptible to initiating drug use. psychologytoday.com/us/blog/…

What is happening in the brain during basic decision-making? My latest blog explores the processes underlying decisions and how they become dysfunctional in many behavioral disorders. psychologytoday.com/intl/blo…