My research has been featured widely across the globe
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"What sport rivalries can teach us about motivation and performance," New York Times, Sep 2025
"The crybaby Olympics," The Atlantic, Aug 2024 "How to handle the overly competitive friend in your life," Women, June 2023 "Is it possible to be *too* competitive? Watch out for these 6 red flags, Well+Good, May 2023 "Yes, you can be too competitive. Here's why, and how to stop," Washington Post, Nov 2021 "Is it better to intern at Google or launch at start-up?," Scientific American, Mar 2019 “This is how competition affects your brain, motivation, and productivity,” Fast Company, Oct 2018 “People are confused about the usefulness of buying fancy things,” The Atlantic, Sep 2018 “Uncommon Knowledge: Fancy isn't friendly,” Boston Globe, Aug 2018 "Why Whites and Asians have different views on personal success," The Atlantic, July 2017 "East and West have opposite views of personal success…," Quartz, July 2017 "Frogs in the wrong ponds, Tiger mothers and the ‘best’ college," Inside Higher Ed, July 2017 "The size of success: Cultural forces shape what ‘winning’ looks like," Psychology Today, 2017 "Here’s why most Americans prefer to be a ‘big fish in a small pond’," Market Watch, June 2017 "Big frog in a small pond, or the other way around?" World Economic Forum, July 2017 "People looking for prestige prefer 'big ponds' over small ones," Science Daily, June 2017 "Americans prefer to be ‘big frog in a small pond’: new study," Xinhua, July 2017 "The biggest what? Dubai seeks glory in obscure world records," Associated Press, Sep2016 “Where Men and Women Like to Compete,” Wall Street Journal, June 2016 "You should probably compare yourself to others more, not less," Fast Company, June 2016 “When Does Healthy Competition Become Destructive?” The Forum/BBC World Service, 2016 "Women prefer jobs that have fewer applicants," The Economic Times, May 2016 "Is Fear Of Competition To Blame For The Gender Leadership Gap?" Fast Company, May 2016 “Hombres vs mujeres: ¿somos menos competitivas al buscar trabajo o…?” Telemundo, May 2016 "Gender pay gap…” Australian Broadcasting Corporation, May 2016. "Why Break a World Record?" The Atlantic, August 2015 "Why Every Man Needs a Great Rival," Men's Health Magazine, May 2015 "Why Do You Love Personality Quizzes," NBC News, August 2014 "Enemy Me on Facebook," Boston Globe, Feb 2012 "The Presentation Mistake You Don't Know You're Making," Harvard Business Review, Oct 2012 “Beware the Presenter’s Paradox,” Business Week, Nov 2012. “Give When it Hurts,” Boston Globe, Jan 2012. "The Presenter's Paradox: When Less is More," Psychology Today, Jan 2012 "Why Scrooges Are More Successful," Forbes, Dec 2011 "Presenter's Paradox: Why Giving More Gifts Is A HUGE Waste ", Business Insider, Dec 2011 "Why giving more is actually seen as giving less," The Globe and Mail, Dec 2011 "Presenter's Paradox: Add-on Gifts Cheapen Presents," Internl. Business Times, Dec 2011 "Put a sock in the stuffers," New York Post, Dec 2011 "Gift-Giving Tips," Men's Health Magazine, Dec 2011 "Psychology of Gift Giving," National Public Radio, Dec 2011 "Study: More Christmas Gifts Not Always Better", FoxNews, Dec 2011 "Psychologisches Paradox: Mehr gefällt weniger", Der Spiegel (Germany), Dec 2011 "The only two I cannot gift," Chosun (South Korea), Dec 2011 "Why You Shouldn’t Buy Stocking Stuffers," Time, Dec 2011 "Perceived Gift Values Get Averaged Not Added," Scientific American, Dec 2011 "How can you pick the highest ranked people out of photos?," Business Insider, Dec 2011 "Friending," National Affairs, Nov 2011 "Bring your Ivy League game face," Boston Globe, Nov 2011 "Psyched out: The fewer the competitors, the harder they try,” The Economist, Jul 2009 “Taking the SAT in a crowded room means lower scores,” Newsweek, Dec 2009 “Competing against large numbers subdues performance,” The Times of India, Dec 2009 “Are Fewer Competitors a Good Thing?,” Business Week, Jul 2009 “Poor marks? ... The Size of Your Exam Room May be at Fault,” Edmonton Journal, Feb 2009 “Surprising Insights from the Social Sciences,” Boston Globe, Jan 2009 “The N-Effect,” Mother Jones, Jan 09 “Mehr konkurrenz, weniger leistung,” 20 Minuten Online (Switzerland), Jan 2010 “Ineffectiveness and the N-Effect,” The Daily Sound, Mar 2010 “Hoe kleiner het aantal deelnemers, hoe harder ze hun best doen,” Express (Belgium), Jul 2009 “La competencia está en la sangre,” LaVangardia (Spain), Jul 2009 “Bigger field dulls the drive to compete, research finds,” Ann Arbor News, Jul 2009 “Does having more competitors lower the motivation to compete?,” Discover Magazine, 2009 “Warum man Prüfungen nicht in der Gruppe ablegen sollte,” Wissenschaft (Germany), Jul 2009 “Een beetje concurrentie,” Psychologie Magazine (The Netherlands), Sep 2009 “The Bigger the Rat Race, the Less Motivated the Rats,” The Jerusalem Post (Israel) Dec 2009 “Prüfungserfolg in der Gruppe,” Frankfurter Neue Presse (Germany) Dec 2009 “Daha Fazla Rakip, Daha Az Rekabet,” Yakin Dunya Haber (Turkey), Dec 2009 “Talk them into anything,” Prevention Magazine, Sep 2008 “Strategies for talking people into anything,” Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Sep 2008 “Rumor’s Reasons,” New York Times, March 2008 “In My Humble Popular Opinion,” Business Week, Feb 2008 “Persistence of Myths Could Alter Public Policy Approach,” The Washington Post, Sept 2007 “Street Dogs: So Long as It’s Repeated Often Enough,” Business Day (South Africa), Aug 2007 “The Sound of One Trap Flapping,” Stanford Social Innovation, Fall 2007 “When One Voice Sounds Like Many,” AAAS Science Update, Sep 2007 “How Many Times Must I Tell You,” The Times (of London), Aug 2007 “Everyone Agrees” article, American Scientific Mind, Aug 2007 “Is that Really What You Think?,” The Globe and Mail (Canada), Aug 2007 “Forced rankings of employees bad for business,” Machine Design, Sep 2007 “The best places to work,” Medical Design, Sep 2007 “Best in Business,” U.S. News & World Report, Aug 2006 |
