A new Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) special feature highlights the critical role of behavioral and decision sciences in U.S ...

A new study establishes an experimentally validated basis for predicting excitonic properties via dielectric screening.

For years, compulsive behaviors have been viewed as bad habits stuck on autopilot. But new research in rats found the opposite: inflammation in a key decision-making brain region actually made ...

Dr. Raymond Poff, professor in the WKU School of Kinesiology, Recreation and Sport, has been selected for the newest cohort ...

An influencer is wearing a stylish, never-before-seen top. You must have it. Soon, you see online ads with a top close to what the online star was wearing — and it’s affordable. You order, and you’re ...

The Trump administration has proposed federal funding cuts to a little corner of research called social, behavioral and economic science. Science continues to suffer under the Trump administration.

Founders: Qasar Younis (CEO), Peter Ludwig Launched: 2017 Headquarters: Sunnyvale, California Funding: $850 million Valuation: $15 billion Key Technologies: Artificial intelligence, autonomous ...

Why did you choose your major?: I took an introductory nutrition course and absolutely fell in love with the fact that nutrition is the basis for preventing chronic diseases. Serving as a teaching ...

Behavioral science applications to policymaking are now commonplace in many governments around the world (Naru, 2024), especially in the West, where early adopters such as the United Kingdom and the ...

Complex systems science examines how interactions among numerous components give rise to collective patterns, behaviours and functions that cannot be predicted by studying elements in isolation.

Behavioral economics studies how psychological tendencies influence economic decisions and outcomes. Concepts such as loss aversion and bounded rationality explain why people evaluate outcomes ...

Standing, from left, are Kameshia Swanson, Department of English assistant professor; Dustin Brown, Department of Sociology associate professor; Danielle Young, Department of Mathematics and ...