Sep 20, 2019 2 min How sure are you? Preventing Norm Cascades by Helping People Acknowledge Uncertainty It is still very common to hear offhanded negative remarks about GMOs from friends or acquaintances. As more gene-edited products hit the...
Aug 13, 2019 1 min Today's Dietitian Article Release: Thinking Critically About Nutrition In collaboration with Today’s Dietitian, we asked almost 900 registered dietitians several questions about the critical thinking failures...
Feb 18, 2019 2 min Helping people make tradeoffs through emotional respect It’s hard to get someone to go against their emotions. Picture a first-time parachutist, about to step out of the plane. Their body and...
Feb 1, 2019 1 min Creating knowledge gap awareness through conversion messages Education is often ineffective when people lack awareness of their knowledge gaps. Conversion messages (i.e., testimonials from people...
Jan 24, 2019 1 min My critical thinking discussion with Melissa Joy Dobbins on the Sound Bites podcast I enjoyed this conversation with Melissa Joy Dobbins from Sound Bites on Critical Thinking and Behavior Change. A key point for food...
Jan 22, 2019 1 min Remind people to think critically in social media Critical thinking is hard, so it’s not surprising that we often avoid doing it. This may be particularly true in social media contexts as...
Jan 18, 2019 1 min “Education” is not Enough A great quote: “Our research shows that you need to add something else to the equation,” Fernbach said. “Extremists think they understand...