As married couples spend day in and day out together, they begin to experience a level of interdependence in which one spouse's quality of life is very closely tied to that of the other. This interdependence persists even after the death of one spouse, according to new research from the University of Arizona. A person's quality of life at the time of their death continues to influence his or her spouse's quality of life in the years following the person's passing, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. What's more, the >>>

1 in 292 Million? So What. Even Risk-Averse Humans Are Swept-Up in Powerball, Says UB Psychologist At present, the odds of winning are 1 in 292.2 million, and the jackpot is $1.4 billion Published on Jan 13, 2016 - 9:21:17 AM Tweet        By: University at Buffalo BUFFALO, NY, Jan. 12, 2016 - Humans are, by nature, irrationally risk-averse, says Michael Poulin, associate professor of psychology in the University at Buffalo College of Arts and Sciences. “Most people would prefer to receive $50 than take a 50 percent chance at $100, even though >>>

In the new book Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics, Richard Thaler, coauthor of Nudge and a behavioral science and economics professor at the University of Chicago, recounts his struggle to change the way traditional economists look at the impact of human psychology on economics. Wharton operations, information and decisions professor Katherine Milkman recently spoke with Thaler about why he wrote the book, where behavioral economics has had the most impact, and which decision-making bias he would remove if he had a magic wand. An edited transcript of the conversation follows. Katherine >>>