How a regional bank measured the “mental tax” of financial decisions
A field experiment with 600 elderly bank customers in China tested whether AI-generated messages could reduce the mental effort of ...
A new study explains why confident salespeople sometimes underperform
A study of 145 salesperson-supervisor pairs finds that a salesperson's self-confidence boosts their ability to adapt only when it sparks ...
Minimum wage hikes don’t crush small business profits, tax-records study finds
A study using the universe of U.S. tax returns finds independent businesses absorb minimum wage hikes through higher revenue, not ...
Do small slights at work actually matter for productivity? New research says yes
A study of a retail chain found that when managers delivered birthday gifts late, employees responded with 50% more sick ...
When immigration enforcement rises, childcare work moves behind closed doors
A new PNAS study finds that as ICE activity surged in 2025, foreign-born women's employment fell at regulated childcare centers ...
Researchers tested whether peer pressure drives debt. The answer was messier than expected.
A lab experiment designed to untangle why peers influence borrowing found the opposite of what researchers expected: when choices were ...
Personality beats knowledge as a predictor of crypto investment, study finds
A survey of 460 university students in Pakistan found that personality traits predicted cryptocurrency investing better than tested financial knowledge ...
How accurate are AI patent counts? A new tool suggests the standard measure misses most of them
A new classifier for AI patents finds the standard USPTO tool misses most real AI inventions. Applied to U.S. and ...
Do narcissistic CEOs push companies toward bigger breakthroughs?
A study of more than 8,700 Chinese firms finds that companies led by more narcissistic CEOs tend to produce more ...
The words brands use in marketing games can shape how consumers feel about them
New research examines how the language brands use in gamified marketing campaigns may shape consumer attitudes, and why feeling close ...