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Everyday Life

How to do better in your next exam session

It is always in the middle of exam session that you remember how tiring and boring studying can be. It is even more unnerving when, after studying day and night for weeks you do not get the results you hoped for. How did it happen, you might ask yourself, after all the work I have put into […]

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Everyday Life

Behavioral insights behind Student Burnout

Are you feeling like you are stuck on a treadmill, while your peers are nearing the finish line on a marathon? Are your grades spiralling down alongside your motivation and self-esteem? Does it feel like the only thing getting bigger is the pile of assignments due? Do not panic! You might be a victim of […]

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Book Reviews

Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth and Happiness

Life is made of decisions: whether about your career path, health insurance, marriage, the next brand of toothpaste you want to try or whatever else, you simply cannot avoid them. What professors Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein address in Nudge is the possibility of improving people’s choices by acting on the design of the question. It is just as […]