Poor individuals often engage in behaviors, such as excessive borrowing, that reinforce the
conditions of poverty. Some explanations for these behaviors focus on personality traits of …

Economic models of decision making assume that people have a stable way of thinking
about value. In contrast, psychology has shown that people’s preferences are often malleable …

We present the results of three large-scale randomized controlled trials (RCTs) carried out
in Chicago, testing interventions to reduce crime and dropout by changing the decision …

INTRODUCTION Each year, millions of people in the United States are required to appear in
court for low-level offenses. Many defendants miss their court dates. Criminal justice policy …

Research in marketing often begins with two assumptions: that consumers are able to choose
among desirable products, and that they have sufficient resources to buy them. However, …

Computer algorithms are increasingly being used to predict people's preferences and make
recommendations. Although people frequently encounter these algorithms because they are …

In this article, the authors propose a new framework for understanding and studying
heuristics. The authors posit that heuristics primarily serve the purpose of reducing the effort …

Based on the CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain, literature supporting
long-term opioid therapy for pain is limited; research suggests an increased risk for harms …

Background: The syndrome of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU)-associated cardiotoxicity remains poorly
defined. Patients and methods: We performed a literature review (1969 – 2007) and …

We propose that people weight fluent, or easy to process, information more heavily than
disfluent information when making judgments. Cue fluency was manipulated independent of …