by iNudgeyou | Apr 5, 2012 | English post
Green man walk, Red man STOP! – but the red man not only stops you from walking, he also prevents you from thinking of much else than when the lights turn green again. Faced with the uncertainty, we all know how impatience starts to build up threatening to turn us...
by iNudgeyou | Feb 20, 2012 | English post
Recently Richard Thaler featured with the Op. ed. in the New York Times: Making Good Citizenship Fun. In this he mentions the Piano Stairs of Volkswagen sponsored Fun Theory as a prominent example of how government may include positive reinforcement as an effective...
by iNudgeyou | Feb 16, 2012 | English post
Individual littering behavior introduces collective harm that accumulate into significant societal costs. Could simple stickers be a great step towards a greener city?Walking through the streets of Copenhagen offers many rewarding experiences – from beautiful statues...
by iNudgeyou | Jan 28, 2012 | English post
Have you ever heard about the piano stairs made famous by Fun Theory? Sure, you have.At least, when I give talks on the Nudge doctrine everybody seems to know the piano stairs. The YouTube video has apparently spread like a wildfire throughout the world. Watched by...
by iNudgeyou | Jan 22, 2012 | English post
Can you count the black spots? Traffic is fast and dangerous, and often it’s fractions of a second that matters. While regulation and incentives are already in place, it’s impossible to cover any situation and keep these structures in mind all the time. Using optical...
by iNudgeyou | Dec 30, 2011 | English post
The fake bus-stop outside Benrath Senior Centre in Düsseldorf. It looks like an ordinary bus-stop with the tiny exception that no buses arrive. When we talk about nudging there’s a tendency to think of it in broad terms as tools and techniques that affect people in...
by iNudgeyou | Dec 25, 2011 | English post
This is a classic. Still, we thought that X-mas might just be the right occasion to write about Wansink’s famous study of the effect that your plate’s size has on your intake of calories.Midless EatingBrian Wansink is professor in consumer behavior and nutritional...
