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Behavioral sciences explore the cognitive processes within organisms and the behavioural interactions between organisms in the natural world. It involves the systematic analysis and investigation of human and animal behavior through the study of the past, controlled and naturalistic observation of the present, and disciplined scientific experimentation. It attempts to accomplish legitimate, objective conclusions through rigorous formulations and observation.[1] Examples of behavioral sciences include psychology, psychobiology, anthropology, and cognitive science. Generally, behavior science deals primarily with human action and often seeks to generalize about human behavior as it relates to society.[2] Source

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Harry Reis, Columnist at Behavioral Scientist

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By Sonja Lyubomirsky, Harry Reis
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Harry Reis is Dean’s Professor at the University of Rochester. He helped launch the field of relationship science, and his research focuses on factors that influence social interaction and the consequences of different socializing patterns for psychological well-being. He is the author of How to Feel Loved (with Sonja Lyubormirsky).
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Sonja Lyubomirsky

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By Megan M. Fritz, Sonja Lyubomirsky
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Sonja Lyubomirsky is Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Riverside and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science whose research focuses on happiness. She is the author of The How of Happiness, The Myths of Happiness, and, most recently, How to Feel Loved (with Harry Reis).
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How Can We Feel Loved If We Don’t Feel Known?

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By Sonja Lyubomirsky, Harry Reis, Evan Nesterak Verified
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For Sonja, researching happiness means being asked over and over again, “What is the secret to happiness?” Sonja has always dreaded that question. It’s ridiculous, it’s reductive, and it’s restrictive. But mostly she has dreaded it because she has never had a solid, science-based answer that she could offer with any confidence. There is no secret to happiness. But there are huge contributors to happiness, and some of them are more powerful than others. Sonja resists being pinned down to just one.
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What It’s Like to Be…a Clinical Ethicist

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By Dan Heath Verified
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Untangling who gets to speak for a dying patient, weighing a treatment’s benefits against its burdens, and searching for clarity in the grayest corners of healthcare with Esther Berkowitz, a clinical ethicist. What is the “dignity of risk”? And how do you know which “version” of a person to trust? View the episode transcript About What It’s Like to Be… In each episode of What It’s Like to Be…, bestselling author Dan Heath speaks with someone about what it’s like to walk in their (work) shoes.
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What It’s Like to Be…an Airline Pilot

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By Dan Heath Verified
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Shooting cat-three landings in the fog, using the “voice of God” on unruly passengers, and declaring Mayday after an engine fire with Paul Drusch, a commercial airline pilot. Why does the pilot’s paycheck start with the parking brake? And what does “sterile cockpit” mean?
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Announcing Our Summer Book Club and Podcast

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By Evan Nesterak Verified
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Each summer, we read a novel and explore its themes through conversations with leading thinkers at the intersection of science and culture. This summer, we’ll read Flights by Polish author Olga Tokarczuk, the recipient of the 2018 Nobel Prize in literature. Flights is an enigma of a novel—part memoir, part short story collection, part ethnography of travel—that explores the human impulse toward movement; the perpetual tension between exploring somewhere new or staying put.
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Hugh S. Fullerton

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By Hugh Fullerton
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Hugh S. Fullerton (1873–1945) was an American sportswriter best-known for his writing on baseball. He famously exposed the 1919 World Series betting scandal and was a founder of the Baseball Writers' Association of America. He was a pioneer of the athlete interview and forerunner of statistical analysis in baseball. He authored a number of books, including Touching Second: The Science of Baseball (coauthored with former major leaguer, Johnny Evers, in 1910).
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The Psychology of the Home Run in 1921

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By Hugh Fullerton, Evan Nesterak Verified
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The game was over. Babe, who had made one of his famous drives that day, was tired and wanted to go home. “Not tonight, Babe,” I said. “Tonight you go to college with me. You’re going to take scientific tests which will reveal your secret.” “Who wants to know it?” asked Babe. “I want to know it,” I replied, “and so do several hundred thousand fans.
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What It’s Like to Be…a Correctional Officer

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By Dan Heath Verified
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Grinding through 16-hour shifts, standing behind inmates (never in front), and trying to stay human in an inhuman environment with Bill Farrell, a correctional officer in Massachusetts. What happens when an officer gets “frozen”? And why does the sound of scuffling sneakers stop him in his tracks? View the episode transcript About What It’s Like to Be… In each episode of What It’s Like to Be…, bestselling author Dan Heath speaks with someone about what it’s like to walk in their (work) shoes.
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Jennifer Doleac, Columnist at Behavioral Scientist

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By Jennifer L. Doleac
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Jennifer Doleac is the executive vice president of criminal justice at Arnold Ventures, a philanthropy focused on evidence-based policy. Before that, she spent more than a decade as an economics professor at Texas A&M University and the University of Virginia. She also hosts the Probable Causation podcast on law, economics, and crime. She is the author of The Science of Second Chances.
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