recent research

Notable studies noted on Kevin Lewis' blog:

• Can "tone" on the internet predict social unrest and revolutions? This guy thinks so.
• When it comes to our core values, we don't really differ across cultures and country borders.
• Believing that others are less fixed in their ways makes us feel kindly toward compromise.
• We more easily remember - and so prefer - social hierarchies to non-hierarchies.
• The powerful and confident are less likely to take advice - but not more likely to have better judgment.
• How can over-confidence survive evolution? Because it can reap so many benefits.
• Stop trying to be happy - it's making you unhappy.
• One way transparency can backfire - by making politicians herd.
• Nostalgia gives us meaning.
• Progressive taxes tend to make happy nations...
• ... but that may or may not be why Americans are getting unhappier.
• Intuition about risk and markets make make most of us terrible investors.
• Getting distance on a problem or question makes us smarter - at least when it comes to budgeting.
• Macroeconomists has biases too.
• The media may cover political elites more often - but coverage of mass movements have a greater impact on public perceptions.