I wanted a dinner recommendation and got a research agenda instead. Using 13000+ restaurants, I rebuild its ratings with machine learning and map how algorithmic visibility actually distributes power.

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“If we really want boys to succeed, we need to ensure that they know how to both beat—and lose— to girls."

Objectives To determine the overall rate of loss of workplace teaspoons and whether attrition and displacement are correlated with the relative value of the teaspoons or type of tearoom. Design Longitudinal cohort study. Setting Research institute ...

People kept telling me to read "The Body Keeps the Score." I was shocked at what it actually says.

On the need for a world without us

Angola feiert seine Unabhängigkeit. Doch die Menschen werfen ihrer Machtelite vor, den Ölreichtum unter sich zu verteilen. Viele befürchten einen Bürgerkrieg.

No evidence for nudging after adjusting for publication bias

How we remember our past can be shaped by the realities of our present. This study examines how changes to present circumstances influence retrospective reports of family income rank at age 16. While retrospective survey data can be used to assess the long-term effects of childhood conditions, present-day circumstances may “anchor” memories, causing shifts in how individuals recall and report past experiences. Using panel data from the 2006–2014 General Social Surveys (8,602 observations from 2,883 individuals in the United States), we analyze how changes in objective and subjective indicators of current social status—income, financial satisfaction, and perceived income relative to others—are associated with changes in reports of childhood income rank, and how this varies by sex and race/ethnicity. Fixed-effects models reveal no significant association between changes in income and in childhood income rank. However, changes in subjective measures of social status show contrasting effects, as increases in current financial satisfaction are associated with decreases in childhood income rank, but increases in current perceived relative income are associated with increases in childhood income rank. We argue these opposing effects follow from theories of anchoring in recall bias. We further find these effects are stronger among males but are consistent across racial/ethnic groups. This demographic heterogeneity suggests that recall bias is not evenly distributed across the population and has important implications for how different groups perceive their own pasts. Our findings further highlight the malleability of retrospective perceptions and their sensitivity to current social conditions, offering methodological insights into survey reliability and recall bias.

Don't worry, this isn't yet another story of rage-quitting.

Respektloses Verhalten, Objektifizierung, verbale und körperliche Misshandlungen: Frauen, die in Europa gebären, beschreiben Misshandlung während der Geburt. Eine aktuelle Studie belegt die Aussagen m...

Academic study suggests devices cannot differentiate between someone being overworked and being excited