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- 2007
- Other Unpublished Work
Probabilities as Similarity-Weighted Frequencies in Presence of Irrelevant Observations
By: Jacob Dov Leshno
A decision maker is asked to express her beliefs by assigning probabilities to certain possible states. We focus on the relationship between her database and her beliefs. BGSS\cite{BGSS} show that if beliefs given a union of two databases are a convex combination of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Clubs Hopping
technology that included Sequoia Capital partner Todd Cozzens (PMD 60, 1990), who invests in digital health companies. What trends does Carter see disrupting health care? Health and wellness insights driven by cognitive computing. Carter... View Details
- May 2025
- Article
Imagining the Future: Memory, Simulation and Beliefs
By: Pedro Bordalo, Giovanni Burro, Katherine B. Coffman, Nicola Gennaioli and Andrei Shleifer
How do people form beliefs about novel risks, with which they have little or no experience? Motivated by survey data on beliefs about Covid we collected in 2020, we build a model based on the psychology of selective memory. When a person thinks about an event,... View Details
Bordalo, Pedro, Giovanni Burro, Katherine B. Coffman, Nicola Gennaioli, and Andrei Shleifer. "Imagining the Future: Memory, Simulation and Beliefs." Review of Economic Studies 92, no. 3 (May 2025): 1532–1563.
- June 8, 2022
- Article
How to Have Better Dreams and Better Sleep
By: Robin Abrahams and Boris Groysberg
Increasingly, leaders are coming to understand the importance of sleep for physical and mental wellbeing—but nightmares and bad dreams destroy sleep quality. The good news? It's more possible than most people realize to reduce nightmares and have better dreams. View Details
Abrahams, Robin, and Boris Groysberg. "How to Have Better Dreams and Better Sleep." Newsweek (June 8, 2022).
- January 2021
- Article
A Model of Relative Thinking
By: Benjamin Bushong, Matthew Rabin and Joshua Schwartzstein
Fixed differences loom smaller when compared to large differences. We propose a model of relative thinking where a person weighs a given change along a consumption dimension by less when it is compared to bigger changes along that dimension. In deterministic settings,... View Details
Bushong, Benjamin, Matthew Rabin, and Joshua Schwartzstein. "A Model of Relative Thinking." Review of Economic Studies 88, no. 1 (January 2021): 162–191.
- 07 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
How “Career Imprinting” Shapes Leaders
connections, confidence, and cognition due to their work experiences at a particular employer. Career imprints are associated with particular organizations; they derive from patterns in the career experiences that people share as a result... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- Jan 2007 - 2007
- Conference Presentation
On the Goal-dependency of Unconscious Thought
Keywords: Cognition and Thinking
Bos, Maarten W., and Ap Dijksterhuis. "On the Goal-dependency of Unconscious Thought." Paper presented at the 8th Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Meeting, Memphis, TN, January 2007.
- Feb 2008 - 2008
- Conference Presentation
Food for (unconscious) thought?
Keywords: Cognition and Thinking
Bos, Maarten W., Ap Dijksterhuis, and Rick B. Van Baaren. "Food for (unconscious) thought?" Paper presented at the 9th Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM, February 2008.
- Jan 2010 - 2010
- Conference Presentation
Unconscious Thought Excels when Challenged: Unconscious Thought Does Not Choke under Pressure
Keywords: Cognition and Thinking
Bos, Maarten W., Ap Dijksterhuis, and Rick B. Van Baaren. "Unconscious Thought Excels when Challenged: Unconscious Thought Does Not Choke under Pressure." Paper presented at the 11th Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, January 2010.
- Article
On the Goal-dependency of Unconscious Thought
Keywords: Cognition and Thinking
Bos, Maarten W., Ap Dijksterhuis, and Rick B. Van Baaren. "On the Goal-dependency of Unconscious Thought." Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 44, no. 4 (July 2008): 1114–1120.
- 2016
- Working Paper
Paying (for) Attention: The Impact of Information Processing Costs on Bayesian Inference
By: Scott Duke Kominers, Xiaosheng Mu and Alexander Peysakhovich
Human information processing is often modeled as costless Bayesian inference.
However, research in psychology shows that attention is a computationally costly and potentially limited resource. We study a Bayesian individual for whom computing posterior beliefs is... View Details
Kominers, Scott Duke, Xiaosheng Mu, and Alexander Peysakhovich. "Paying (for) Attention: The Impact of Information Processing Costs on Bayesian Inference." Working Paper, February 2016.
- Article
The Task Force Report: The Reasoning Behind the Recommendations
Stein, Jeremy, and Bruce Greenwald. "The Task Force Report: The Reasoning Behind the Recommendations." Journal of Economic Perspectives 2, no. 3 (Summer 1988): 3–23.
- 2003
- Other Unpublished Work
Strategy Making in Novel and Complex Worlds: The Power of Analogy
By: G. Gavetti, Daniel Levinthal and Jan W. Rivkin
- 12 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 12
immediately despite not knowing what the incumbent is up to based on the preannouncement observed. Sweatshop Labor Is Wrong Unless the Shoes Are Cute: Cognition Can Both Hurt and Help Motivated Moral Reasoning Authors:Paharia, Neeru,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 2022
- Working Paper
When Do Individuals Give Up Agency? The Role of Decision Avoidance
By: Holly Dykstra, Christine L. Exley and Muriel Niederle
A common policy problem is that individuals reject recommended options and insist on making their own choices. Via a large-scale experiment, we document and investigate what factors contribute to this preference for agency. Our main results show that individuals’... View Details
Dykstra, Holly, Christine L. Exley, and Muriel Niederle. "When Do Individuals Give Up Agency? The Role of Decision Avoidance." Working Paper, October 2022.
- May 31, 2016
- Article
Memories of Unethical Actions Become Obfuscated over Time
By: Maryam Kouchaki and Francesca Gino
Despite our optimistic belief that we would behave honestly when facing the temptation to act unethically, we often cross ethical boundaries. This paper explores one possibility for why people engage in unethical behavior over time by suggesting that memory for their... View Details
Kouchaki, Maryam, and Francesca Gino. "Memories of Unethical Actions Become Obfuscated over Time." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113, no. 22 (May 31, 2016).
- June 2024
- Technical Note
Algorithmic Thinking
By: Michael Parzen and Jo Ellery
This note discusses the fundamentals of algorithmic thinking as it applies to enterprise. It covers both the basics of algorithmic thinking, as well as how to cultivate an algorithmic approach to problem solving. View Details
Keywords: Cognition and Thinking
Parzen, Michael, and Jo Ellery. "Algorithmic Thinking." Harvard Business School Technical Note 624-104, June 2024.
- June 15, 2008
- Article
Think First, Bail Out Later
By: Robert C. Pozen
Keywords: Cognition and Thinking
Pozen, Robert C. "Think First, Bail Out Later." New York Times (June 15, 2008).
- 2005
- Chapter
Living and Thinking about It: Two Perspectives on Life
By: Daniel Kahneman and Jason Riis