2009-2012 Theme Project
Judgment, Decision Making and Social Behavior
In the News

Economist Daron Acemoglu to talk on theory of prosperity (April 2013)

Nate Silver offers tips to improve predicting power (April 2013)

Economists call on Washington to enact carbon tax (March 2013)

Brain scan can decode whom you are thinking about (March 2013)

Book by ISS Judgment Fellow, Robert Frank, featured in Cornell MOOC (March 2013)

ISS Affiliate finds MRI to help unlock mysteries of teen risky behavior (February 2013)

ISS Affiliate finds preference to save the best for last fades with age (February 2013)

ISS Affiliate finds Economist: For consumers, ignorance may be bliss (February 2013)

ISS Judgement fellow examines what implicit processes tell us about romantic attachment (February 2013)

ISS Fellow Dan Benjamin questions quantity of data linking genetics and behavior (February 2013)

Genetics-Poverty Link Questioned (February 2013)

ISS Judgement affiliates Thomas Gilovich and Amit Kumar find: to feel happier, talk about experiences, not things" (January 2013)

ISS Judgement team member Peter Enns quoted in election story on polling (November 2012)

ISS faculty fellow, Stephen Morgan, finds comparing U.S. education to others can backfire (November 2012)

God and country: Polarization rising in presidential politics (October 2012)

ISS Judgement fellow explores the processes behind 'gaydar' (September 2012)

ISS Judgment Fellow finds painful memories helped by thinking of loved ones (June 2012)

ISS Judgment team member, Dan Benjamin, finds genes affect political and economic preferences (May 2012)

In search of the money gene (May 2012)

ISS Decision-making project results in 85 publications (May 2012)

Jury representativeness: It's no joke in the State of New York, finds ISS Judgment team member, Valerie Hans (January 2012)

"The Power of 'Sorry'" - ISS Judgment team members' research highlighted in WSJ article on the influence of "apology laws" (January 2012)

"'Sorry Docs Pay Less" - WSJ article features Judgment team's findings (January 2012)

Wall Street Journal Law Blog notes Judgment team's research on lawyers' verdict predictions (January 2012)

New study in JELS special issue edited by ISS Judgment Project argues that "Egos Aside, Trial Lawyers Are Pretty Good at Predicting Verdicts" (January 2012)

Book on teen brains can help improve decision making, c-edited by ISS Judgment team member, Valerie Reyna (December 2011)

New behavioral economist paying it forward: Adam Levine (November 2011)

Tax spending, not income to save $3 trillion a year, says Robert Frank, ISS Judgment team member (November 2011)

The (not so) roaring '20s (October 2011)

ISS Judgment team members lead conference exploring links between risk-taking, brain mechanisms (October 2011)

Adults can't tell when kids are lying or misinformed, finds ISS Judgment affiliate Stephen Ceci (September 2011)

ISS Judgment team member discovers different ages need different risk messages (September 2011)

We choose money over happiness, finds ISS Judgment affiliate and team members research (September 2011)

Starve the Beast? Excerpt from Judgment team member's new book, 'The Darwin Economy' (September 2011)

ISS Judgment team member pens new book, 'The Darwin Economy' (September 2011)

Four ISS Judgment fellows are core faculty of new dual degree program (August 2011)

JDSB team member finds older adults more willing to wait for gains (July 2011)

ISS Judgment fellow Valerie Reyna examines why Internet anti-vaccine messages are dangerous (July 2011)

Study: True memories are rich with varied details, find JDSB team member and affiliate (April 2011)

JDSB Team Member, Peter Enns, edits book on political representation (February 2011)

Choices -- not discrimination -- determine women scientists' success, JDSB affiliates say (February 2011)

ISS Judgment fellow finds mothering styles predict nature of adult relationships (January 2011)

Loughner likely to request change of venue, NPR interview with team member, Valerie Hans(January 2011)

Study: Low incomes make poor more conservative finds JDSB team member Peter Enns (November 2010)

ISS Theme project unites psychologists, economists (October 2010)

ISS JDSB team member Vivian Zayas' profile: ‘Attached’ to attachment psychology and Ultimate competitions (October 2010)

Moral of the story: Study finds we invoke ethical principles to justify our actions finds JDSB affiliate (October 2010)

Study by JDSB team member and affiliate finds adults recall negative events less accurately than children (July 2010)

Prof. Dunning, JDSB fellow, discusses the anosognosic's dilemma--something's wrong but you'll never know what it is (June 2010)

JDSB team member discusses cynicism & trust (May 2010)

David Dunning, JDSB fellow, discusses Dunning-Kruger effect (May 2010)

Study by team member: Religion influences work ethic, risk taking and doing good deeds (March 2010)

Study by JDSB affiliate shows experiences are better than possessions (March 2010)

Things we want appear nearer, study by team member shows (March 2010)

Online poker: The more you win, the more you lose, JDSB affiliate finds (January 2010)

Many patients lack the numerical skills to make good health decisions, JDSB team member finds (November 2009)

Do dates order the most expensive entree? Study by JDSB team member and colleague (October 2009)

What you don't know about your friends (August 2009)

Perception isn't everything to shoppers. Study by JDSB team member and colleague (July 2009)

Stumbling blocks on the path of righteousness (May 2009)

It's up to social science to make us act in an environmentally conscious way. But can we trick ourselves into saving ourselves? (April 2009)