Behavioral Science

A new study examines the influence that the climate we live in has on shaping our personalities, and what that means in the time of climate change.

• By Amanda Kolson Hurley

New research identifies a pattern of brain activity that is associated with superior creativity.

• By Tom Jacobs

A New World Bank unit will incorporate behavioral science into third-world financing and public health.

• By Dwyer Gunn

But even with odd experiments and disparate conclusions, researchers are edging closer to a more nuanced idea of how they change our behavior.

• By Paul Bisceglio

Caltech's Colin Camerer is a recent recipient of a MacArthur Foundation grant to continue his work as a leader of the emerging field of neuroeconomics.

• By Jesse Singal

The Sunlight Foundation is on to you.

• By Nicholas Jackson