How the U.S. economy is defying gravity—and how insights into human behavior help us understand why

U.S. economists may be barely holding on by their fingernails over the current state of the American economy, but strangely, ...
The New York Times

Scientists Use A.I. to Mimic the Mind, Warts and All

To better understand human cognition, scientists trained a large language model on 10 million psychology experiment questions. It now answers questions much like we do. By Carl Zimmer Companies like ...
BBVA

BBVA Switzerland launches an interactive experience to understand our investment behavior

BBVA in Switzerland, together with the bank's Behavioral Economics team, has launched ‘Investing in the Mirror.' ...
Forbes

What We Miss: Paco Underhill On Human Engagement In An Age Of Distraction

Paco Underhill is often called the godfather of retail anthropology. As the founder of Envirosell and author of Why We Buy, The Call of the Mall and How We Eat, he reshaped how businesses design space ...
Observer

Awkward—A.I. Struggles to Understand Human Social Interactions, Study Finds

A.I.’s failure to read human social cues could pose serious risks for the future of self-driving vehicles. Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images While A.I. excels at solving complex ...
EurekAlert!

Water sector must understand human behavior to tackle looming shortfall

With four areas of the UK now facing drought conditions, new research from the University of Surrey shows that helping households use less water means first understanding their everyday habits – and ...