What a missing cat tells us about high-stakes situations
When things get challenging at work, how you change your behavior? Does the stress show, or do you remain cool, focused and productive? Chicago Booth's Lisa Stefanac tells us how to handle high-stakes situations.
Should AI disagree with you?
When you search the internet or use AI, do you want it to agree with you, or are you open to having your mind changed? Chicago Booth's Oleg Urminsky tells us about his research, which suggests that we often search in a narrow way that ends up giving us results that confirm our vi ...Show more
Are we too obsessed with numerical data?
Is our increasing obsession with numerical data a bad thing? Chicago Booth's Erika Kirgios and her coauthors came up with the term "quantification fixation" to describe how we tend to overweight numbers compared to qualitative evidence. What are the risks to that tendency? And ho ...Show more
Can technology make us smarter?
Doom-scrolling, social media cat videos and Youtube rabbit holes – you might well think that technology is more mind-numbing than mind-boosting. But could tech actually make us smarter? Chicago Booth's Pradeep Chintagunta tells us about his research on the effect of technology on ...Show more
Could using credit cards more save you money?
Do you have both a credit-card balance and a savings account? Would you use your savings to pay down your credit-card balance if it would save you money on fees? Chicago Booth's Abigail Sussman talks about her research that suggests that about one in five people holds a credit-ca ...Show more