Say you're zooming down the highway, when you spot one of those speed-limit enforcement cameras from the corner of your eye. You hit the brakes, but not before the ...

One of the main influences on our behavior is the consequences of our actions, especially those that come shortly after we perform that action. For example, when a behavior is followed by positive and ...

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute in Plön show that reputation plays a key role in determining which rewarding policies people adopt. Using game theory, they explain why individuals learn to use ...

Aikin Elementary fourth-grade student Keelen Carr recently stepped into a leadership role after earning the opportunity to ...

It’s called the South Carolina Department of Corrections, but its record for actually correcting inmates’ behavior hasn’t exactly shone. Prisons are short-staffed, under-funded and sometimes ...