If You Read Arabic
You might be interested in some coverage my research team got in Qatar, for our study on oncology decision making. (Link) Maybe one of you can translate it for me?


“I just finished reading your book You’re Stronger than You Think and felt compelled to write you. I found it tremendously enriching from both a personal and professional point of view.”
That was the opening sentence from a recent e-mail I received from a complete stranger. Truth be told, it is impossible to get too many e-mails like this!
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The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible. (Click here to view comments)
I am participating in a panel presentation, here at Duke University’s CIEMAS center, helping faculty think about when or whether to use social media to promote their work. I’ll be talking about blogging and tweeting and all that other stuff. Here are some details: Duke faculty are invited to take part in a two-hour social…
NPR recently covered my research with David Comerford on effort aversion. Our research gives some insight into how people wind up in boring jobs. You can listen to the NPR Morning Edition segment here.
“When many remedies are proposed for a disease, that means the disease is incurable.” -Anton Chekhov (Click here to view comments)
I have conducted a number of studies on a phenomenon sometimes referred to as emotional adaptation. The basic idea behind this phenomenon is that people often respond with strong emotions to significant changes in their circumstances, but these emotions tend to diminish over time. Moreover, people often fail to anticipate this change in emotions, a failure…