Topic
Psychology
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Testing strategies for preventing violence and crime
J-PAL North America funds randomized studies to evaluate crime-prevention programs.
January 31, 2017 -
Using evolutionary dynamics and game theory to understand personal relations
MIT biophysicists apply mathematics from evolutionary biology to describe a surprising aspect of human behavior.
January 5, 2017 -
How machine learning can help with voice disorders
By detecting signs of vocal misuse, system from CSAIL and Mass General could eventually be used to help diagnose voice disorders.
August 29, 2016 -
It's all in our heads
Political science PhD student Marika Landau-Wells is using psychology and neuroscience to better understand political behavior.
February 23, 2016 -
Watch your tone
Voice-analytics software helps customer-service reps build better rapport with customers.
January 20, 2016 -
3 Questions: Johannes Haushofer on the psychology of poverty
Does a mental “feedback loop” prevent the poorest from exploring ways to change their lives?
May 27, 2014 -
Even when test scores go up, some cognitive abilities don’t
MIT neuroscientists find even high-performing schools don’t influence their students’ abstract reasoning.
December 11, 2013 -
Explaining the origins of word order using information theory
Researchers believe that information theory — the discipline that gave us digital communication — can explain differences between human languages.
October 10, 2012 -
Introduction to Psychology now available in MIT OpenCourseWare’s innovative OCW Scholar format
Course is the sixth of seven courses MIT OCW will publish this year specifically to meet the needs of independent learners.
July 31, 2012 -
Gender spenders
Study suggests yet another cause of personal debt: searching for the ideal mate.
January 18, 2012 -
Wordly wisdom
What determines the length of words? MIT researchers say they know.
February 10, 2011 -
Looks like a winner
MIT political scientists demonstrate how much candidate appearances affect election outcomes, globally.
July 21, 2010 -
The magic touch
An MIT researcher examines how the objects we handle affect the decisions we make.
June 25, 2010