My take in @nytimes.com : AI shopping tools are changing more than convenience. They're reshaping our relationship with choice itself. The psychology of delegation is the next frontier.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/t...

Grateful to Andrea Coali for inviting me to speak at Cerved on AI psychology! 🧠

Key insights: People overgeneralize AI failures (algorithmic transference) but resist AI for hedonic choices (word-of-machine effect).
Understanding psychology is as critical as the tech itself. 🇮🇹
#AI #Psychology

What effect does climate change have on the flora of our nation's capital? Quite a lot actually. Melanie Choukas-Bradley, author of CITY OF TREES: THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO THE TREES OF WASHINGTON D.C., talks to the Washington Post.

www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/int...

A paper where I was one of the (many) co-authors just won the 2025 Robert B. Cialdini Prize from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology! 🏆
This award is given to field research demonstrating psychology's real-world relevance
What did we study?

AI designed to speed up shopping is actually slowing it down—and consumers love it.
Why? They know their bot is watching. Urgency fades. Confidence rises.
The future of retail psychology: news.darden.virginia.edu/2025/09/23/a...
#AI #ConsumerBehavior

Always good to remember.

"AI in marketing is characterized by automation, data processing, and predictive capabilities."

See the AmericanReporter's piece on how AI is transforming consumer behavior.

The key? Moving from interruption to anticipation.

www.theamericanreporter.com/the-ai-revol...
#Marketing #AI

Artificial intelligence is becoming a trusted advisor, a filter, and in many cases, the first voice they consult. Nearly 60% of consumers say they’ve used AI to help them shop.

Almost half trust AI more than a friend when it comes to choosing what to wear
news.darden.virginia.edu/2025/06/17/n...

Rankings are always imperfect, but when they are all positive, something is working well. I am very proud that Forbes named University of Virginia the "new Ivy" and that U.S. News ranked Darden the No. 1 public school in America, tied with the Berkeley.
Links Below

#UVA #Darden

In a quasi-experimental survey with 59,508 participants across 63 countries, we tested 11 behavioral interventions designed to promote climate change mitigation. Our goal was to understand which interventions were most effective at encouraging climate-friendly behaviors—on a country-by-country basis