Adam Alter

@adamleealter

Author of NYT bestseller 'Drunk Tank Pink,' marketing/psychology prof at NYU's Stern School of Business. Working on a new book on modern (e.g., tech) addiction.

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Joined March 2009
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    Jun 21

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  2. 11 hours ago

    Study: CEOs of non-profits benefit from having a baby face:

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  3. Aug 15

    Link got clipped - try this one:

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  4. Aug 15

    On the hairy question of whether to presume someone is doping when they break world records by too big a margin:

  5. Aug 15

    Other researchers have similar findings refuting a dataless claim often made by critics that nudges need subterfuge.

    Important finding: making nudges transparent does NOT decrease their effectiveness.
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  6. Aug 14

    "Those who felt they had the least gave the most." Humans are "inherently kind"

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  7. Aug 13

    Video footage in slo-mo makes actions seem more intention; critical for the courtroom: Also

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  8. Aug 12

    Murder conviction for Brendan Dassey, the teenager featured in “Making a Murderder,” has been overturned.

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  9. Aug 12

    in Berlin '09, he covered 60-80m in 1.61 seconds, fastest ever

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  10. Aug 12

    . Since reading this, corrected me: Usain DOES reach higher peak speeds than other runners.

  11. Aug 12

    Usain Bolt isn't faster than the competition; he just slows down more slowly:

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  12. Aug 11

    The end of brawn

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  13. Aug 11

    Do a president's economic decisions matter? Yes--in the long-term (think climate change rather than unemployment):

  14. Aug 10

    Study: happier people perceive gold, silver, and bronze as "achievements." Unhappy people only see value in gold:

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  15. Aug 10

    MIT challenges New York Times over book on famous brain patient (re my late colleague Suzanne Corkin). via

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  16. Aug 10

    What Running Means to the U.S. Olympic Marathoners via

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  17. Aug 10

    New research shows friendship bias: Only 53% of the people we name as friends name us too; we expect the # to be 94%

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  18. Aug 9

    Terrific issue on sports at ; too many interesting articles to link to:

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  19. Aug 8

    Pokemon Go makes $200 million in its first month:

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  20. Aug 7

    Noise is a drug and New York is full of addicts (or, can you become "addicted" to noise?)

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  21. Aug 6

    All world maps lie, so which one should we use?

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