If an experiment is repeated under similar conditions, the results should be the same. In reality, the situation is often different—scientists speak of a "reproducibility crisis," which affects ...

People with health anxiety tend to get tangled up in problematic behaviors, such as reassurance-seeking, excessive body checking and avoidance. These behaviors act like a vortex, sucking you into that ...

When biologists study cooperation in animals, they usually offer just a single task at a time. But what happens when animals can choose among several opportunities to work together? Biologists at ...

John A. List is an economist who has used actual markets, charities, schools, and businesses as experimental settings to ...

For the month of September, I conducted a behavioral experiment on improving sleep and morning activities. I have tried many times in the past,thinking, "I want to increase my sleep time" or "I want ...