Christian Miller

Dec 2, 2024 | forbes.com | Christian Miller

Would you be willing to accept a greater sum of money, if it meant having to wait longer? For instance, suppose you are presented with a choice between waiting 7 days from now to get $40 or waiting 30 days to get $60. Which choice would you make?

Apr 30, 2024 | forbes.com | Christian Miller

My children don’t always wash their hands after they use the bathroom. Big surprise, right? And they don’t always tell me the truth either when I ask them if they washed their hands. Again, no surprise there. Still, it would be nice to find ways to try to encourage greater honesty in children, and instill in them truthful habits that will stay with them as they get older. Two new studies published in the journal Developmental Psychology suggest some promising ways of doing just this.

Apr 23, 2024 | news.wfu.edu | Oyin Adedoyin |Christian Miller |Hannah Fingerhut |David Lieb

Americans throw away up to $68M in coins a year. Here is where it all ends up. By Oyin Adedoyin | The Wall Street JournalCoins are as good as junk for many Americans. “If you lost a $100 bill you’d look for it. If you lost a $20 bill you’d look for it. If you lost a book you’d look for it,” said economics professor Robert Whaples. “But a penny, you’re just not going to look for it.” Whaples has encouraged the government to kill the penny, which costs about three times its value to make.

Mar 31, 2024 | forbes.com | Christian Miller

We have known for a long time that people tend to paint a rosy picture of how good they are. Now we know that scientists are no exception, at least when it comes to conducting their own research. This is especially surprising since scientists are regularly thought to be objective. This new discovery emerged from a massive survey of 11,050 scientific researchers in Sweden, conducted by Amanda M.

Mar 25, 2024 | forbes.com | Christian Miller

Like millions of her fans, you might be waiting impatiently for Taylor Swift’s new album, The Tortured Poets Department, to drop. You know what the release date is. As the big day draws near, do you find your level of impatience going up, going down, or staying roughly the same? All three options make some sense. You might be getting more impatient, since you have been waiting for so long and have already sunk so much time and emotional energy in waiting.