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Take a look at CHIBE’s publications, which are helping advance the science of using behavioral economics to improve health and leading to discoveries around how our minds work.

Using Curiosity To Counter Health Information Avoidance

Social Science & Medicine
November 14, 2023
Samantha Horn, Yana Litovsky, George Loewenstein

Where Next for Behavioral Public Policy?

Behavioral and Brain Sciences
August 30, 2023
Nick Chater and George Loewenstein

Crowdsourcing Interventions To Promote Uptake of COVID-19 Booster Vaccines

The Lancet eClinicalMedicine
September 5, 2022
Robert Böhm, Cornelia Betsch, Yana Litovsky, Philipp Sprengholz, Noel T. Brewer, Gretchen Chapman, Julie Leask, George Loewenstein, Martha Scherzer, Cass R. Sunstein, Michael Kirchler

The I-Frame and the S-Frame: How Focusing on Individual-Level Solutions Has Led Behavioral Public Policy Astray

Behavioral and Brain Sciences
September 5, 2022
Nick Chater and George Loewenstein

Loss Aversion, the Endowment Effect, and Gain-Loss Framing Shape Preferences for Noninstrumental Information

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
August 17, 2022
Yana Litovsky, George Loewenstein, Samantha Horn, Christopher Y. Olivola

Megastudies improve the impact of applied behavioural science

Nature
December 8, 2021
Milkman KL, Gromet D, Ho H, Kay JS, Lee TW, Pandiloski P, Park Y, Rai A, Bazerman M, Beshears J, Bonacorsi L, Camerer C, Chang E, Chapman G, Cialdini R, Dai H, Eskreis-Winkler L, Fishbach A, Gross JJ, Horn S, Hubbard A, Jones SJ, Karlan D, Kautz T, Kirgios E, Klusowski J, Kristal A, Ladhania R, Loewenstein G, Ludwig J, Mellers B, Mullainathan S, Saccardo S, Spiess J, Suri G, Talloen JH, Taxer J, Trope Y, Ungar L, Volpp KG, Whillans A, Zinman J, Duckworth AL.

Effect of Financial Incentives for Process, Outcomes, or Both on Cholesterol Level Change: A Randomized Clinical Trial

JAMA Network Open
October 2, 2021
Reese PP, Barankay I, Putt M, Russell LB, Yan J, Zhu J, Huang Q, Loewenstein G, Andersen R, Testa H, Mussell AS, Pagnotti D, Wesby LE, Hoffer K, Volpp KG.

Donuts, drugs, booze, and guns: what governments are offering people to take COVID-19 vaccines

The BMJ
July 13, 2021
Serena Tinari, Catherine Riva

The rise of affectivism

Nature Human Behaviour
June 10, 2021
Dukes D, Abrams K, Adolphs R, Ahmed ME, Beatty A, Berridge KC, Broomhall S, Brosch T, Campos JJ, Clay Z, Clément F, Cunningham WA, Damasio A, Damasio H, D'Arms J, Davidson JW, de Gelder B, Deonna J, de Sousa R, Ekman P, Ellsworth PC, Fehr E, Fischer A, Foolen A, Frevert U, Grandjean D, Gratch J, Greenberg L, Greenspan P, Gross JJ, Halperin E, Kappas A, Keltner D, Knutson B, Konstan D, Kret ME, LeDoux JE, Lerner JS, Levenson RW, Loewenstein G, Manstead ASR, Maroney TA, Moors A, Niedenthal P, Parkinson B, Pavlidis I, Pelachaud C, Pollak SD, Pourtois G, Roettger-Roessler B, Russell JA, Sauter D, Scarantino A, Scherer KR, Stearns P, Stets JE, Tappolet C, Teroni F, Tsai J, Turner J, Reekum CV, Vuilleumier P, Wharton T, Sander D.

Information Avoidance and Information Seeking Among Parents of Children With ASD

American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
April 28, 2021
Sicherman N, Law K, Lipkin PH, Loewenstein G, Marvin AR, Buxbaum JD

Behaviorally Informed Strategies for a National COVID-19 Vaccine Promotion Program

JAMA Network
December 14, 2020
Volpp KG, Loewenstein G, Buttenheim AM.

Effect of Patient Financial Incentives on Statin Adherence and Lipid Control

JAMA Network Open
October 9, 2020
Iwan Barankay, Peter P. Reese, Mary E. Putt, Louise B. Russell, George Loewenstein, David Pagnotti, Jiali Yan, Jingsan Zhu, Ryan McGilloway, Troyen Brennan, Darra Finnerty, Karen Hoffer, Sakshum Chadha, Kevin G. Volpp

Primary caregiver decision-making in hematopoietic cell transplantation and gene therapy for sickle cell disease

Wiley Online Library
October 8, 2020
Cynthia B. Sinha, Nitya Bakshi, Diana Ross, George Loewenstein, Lakshmanan Krishnamurti

Do Physician Incentives Increase Patient Medication Adherence?

Health Services Research
July 22, 2020
Edward Kong BS; John Beshears PhD; David Laibson PhD; Brigitte Madrian PhD; Kevin Volpp MD, PhD; George Loewenstein PhD; Jonathan Kolstad PhD; James J. Choi PhD

Assessment of Patient and Caregiver Attitudes and Approaches to Decision-Making Regarding Bone Marrow Transplant for Sickle Cell Disease: A Qualitative Study

Jama Network Open
May 1, 2020
Nitya Bakshi, MBBS, MS; Deeksha Katoch, MBBS; Cynthia B. Sinha, PhD; Diana Ross, RN, MS; Maa-Ohui Quarmyne, MBChB, MS; George Loewenstein, PhD; Lakshmanan Krishnamurti, MD

Effect Of Default Options In Advance Directives On Hospital-Free Days And Care Choices Among Seriously Ill Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial

JAMA Network Open
March 30, 2020
Scott D. Halpern, MD, PhD: Dylan S. Small, PhD: Andrea B. Troxel, ScD: Elizabeth Cooney, MPH: Brian Bayes, MS: Marzana Chowdhury, PhD: Heather E. Tomko, BS: Derek C. Angus, MD, MPH: Robert M. Arnold, MD: George Loewenstein, PhD: Kevin G. Volpp, MD, PhD: Douglas B. White, MD, MAS: Cindy L. Bryce, PhD