— -- Can thinking about an arbitrary number influence how much you're willing to pay for a computer keyboard, a bottle of wine or a box of chocolates? Apparently so — and the degree of influence ...

For some time I’ve been trying to figure out how best to express my annoyance—is annoyance the right word? I think it is—at the ever-growing group of books that seek to use social science research to ...

Dan Ariely: The people who are watching us, it's obvious that I have a very funny looking face. The people who are listening to us, you can't tell, I have half a beard, and there are multiple reasons ...

Dan Ariely holds a joint appointment between MIT's Program in Media Arts and Sciences and Sloan School of Management. He is the principal investigator of the Lab's eRationality group and a visiting ...

The Leonard Lopate Show, hosted by Leonard Lopate for over three decades, featured conversations that New Yorkers turned to each afternoon for insight into a wide variety of topics; including ...