Decision Sciences News
February 29, 2012

Professor Eric Johnson Receives Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award

Professor Eric Johnson received the Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award at the 2012 Society for Consumer Psychology Winter Conference. Read more...

Decision Sciences News
October 22, 2011

Professor Elke Weber Presents to the Dalai Lama

Professor Elke Weber, co-director of the Center for Decision Sciences, presented at Mind & Life XXIII: Ecology, Ethics and Interdependence in Dharamsala, India about "Ethics and Action: The Psychology of Action and Behavior Change." Read more...

Decision Sciences News
January 19, 2011

Mindful Judgment and Decision Making: The Case Against Mindless Economics (VIDEO)

Professor Elke Weber speaks about her research. The title of her talk is "Mindful Judgment and Decision Making: The Case Against Mindless Economics". Read more...

Decision Sciences News
November 09, 2010

Inside the Heir and Heiress Camps

The rich are anxious these days with the possible expiration of the Bush-era tax cuts. Banks and private-wealth-management companies are responding by offering seminars and financial boot camps to ease the worries of the super-wealthy. Read more...

Decision Sciences News
November 09, 2010

Republican's Tax Allergy

Professors Eric Johnson and Elke Weber's research on the impact of labels triggering cognitive and emotional processes underlying decision making was mentioned in Crain's Insider. Read more...

Decision Sciences News
July 31, 2010

Is It Hot in Here? Must Be Global Warming.

Researchers at Columbia University found a high correlation between a participant???s stance on global warming and how he perceived the outdoor temperature on the day he was asked about it. Study subjects were also more likely to say they would donate to a global warming charity on days they perceived to be unusually warm. For Eric J. Johnson, the director of the Center for Decision Sciences at Columbia Business School and a co-author of the study, the findings highlight the pitfalls of policymaking by poll, given that opinions on such a complex issue appear susceptible to highly impertinent data. Read more...

Decision Sciences News
July 25, 2010

Adding Punch to Influence Public Opinion

THE Harmony Institute wants to change your mind ?? at the movies. In the last few weeks, a little-noticed nonprofit with big ideas about the persuasive power of movies and television shows quietly began an initiative aimed at getting filmmakers and others to use the insights and techniques of behavioral psychology in delivering social and political messages through their work. Read more...

Decision Sciences News
June 07, 2010

Professor Eric Johnson Featured in The New York Times

Professor Eric Johnson's ideas for improving retirement income are featured in this New York Times article. Read more...

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Decision Sciences News
June 03, 2010

CDS Associate Director Featured at Forbes

CDS Associate Director Eric J. Schoenberg has recently contributed a piece to Forbes magazine detailing his view on higher taxes for the wealthy. Read more...