Press & Popular Media
The A/B Effect: Objecting to Experiments than Compare Two Unobjectionable Policies or Treatments
No evidence that experiencing physical warmth promotes interpersonal warmth: Two failures to replicate Williams and Bargh (2008)
Social Perception of Self-Enhancement Bias and Error
- “The risk of harm and the greater good.” Tim Harford. Financial Times, 26 June 2020.
- “Building a culture of experimentation.” Stefan Thomke. Harvard Business Review, 1 March 2020.
- “A shocking share of the public thinks randomized trials are immoral.” Kelsey Piper. Vox, 25 May 2019.
- "You don’t want to be a human guinea pig? That’s unfortunate." Cass Sunstein. Bloomberg, 16 May 2019.
- "The science behind why we find A/B testing icky." David McRaney. You Are Not So Smart Podcast, 20 July 2019.
- “You’re not as smart as you think: Perils and benefits of overconfidence.” Patrick Heck and Christopher Chabris. The Wall Street Journal, 20 July 2018.
- “Americans stubbornly continue to overestimate their intelligence.” Tom Jacobs. Pacific Standard, 27 July, 2018.
- “65% of Americans think they are more intelligent than average.” Ross Pomeroy. RealClearScience, 5 July 2018.
No evidence that experiencing physical warmth promotes interpersonal warmth: Two failures to replicate Williams and Bargh (2008)
- “Now John Bargh’s famous hot-coffee study has failed to replicate.” Jesse Singal. British Psychological Society Research Digest, 2 January 2019.
Social Perception of Self-Enhancement Bias and Error
- “People who boast about their IQ are losers.” Julie Beck, The Atlantic, 11 October 2017.
- "When is it OK to brag?" Elizabeth Bernstein, The Wall Street Journal, 5 December 2016.
- "Bragging rights: when beating your own drum helps (or hurts)" Patrick Heck, Aeon. 10 November 2016.
- "Go ahead, brag. As long as you’re actually good" Megan Scudellari, Boston Globe, 17 October 2016.
- “Scientists figured out when bragging can help you, and when you should stay humble” Rafi Letzter, Business Insider, 14 Oct 2016.
- “Study evaluates how society assesses braggarts” Elena Renken, Brown Daily Herald, 11 October 2016.
- “Bragging as a strategy: what boasting buys, and costs, a candidate” David Orenstein, News from Brown, 5 October 2016.