Women Perform Better on Tests When Rooms Are Warmer
For female students, higher room temperatures mean higher scores.
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Listening to Music Impairs Creativity
New research suggests that background music, with or without lyrics, "consistently disrupts creative performance."
Microdosing Hallucinogens Has Positive Effects—but Not What You Might Suspect
The first rigorous study of the practice finds it conveys benefits like reducing mental distress, but also increases neuroticism.
Who Actually Benefits From Ping-Pong in the Office? College-Educated Whites, Mostly.
A new NBER report finds that fringe perks hold greater appeal for white, college-educated workers, who are generally at a relative advantage in terms of wages.
Why Employers Should Stop Giving Away Snacks
All that free junk food expands employees' waistlines—and creates ethical quandaries in the workplace.
How Corporations Benefit From Flexible Work
Remote work leads to increased productivity and longer hours.
Polarization and Productivity: A Divided Legislature Isn’t Always an Ineffective One
Legislative productivity is contingent on much more than simply having the numbers.
The Art and Science of White Noise
White noise, touted as the key to productivity, calm, and sleep, is widely misunderstood. By Kelsey McKinney (Photo:…
Three Ways This Year’s Nobel Prize Winners Have Helped Society
Here are some surprisingly real-world applications of contract theory. By Dwyer Gunn Oliver Hart. (Photo: Scott Eisen/Getty Images)…