Coordination Games

Synchrony in social life

Josh Ackerman, Ph.D. is a faculty member with the Sloan School of Management at MIT. See full bio

September 17, 2009

The Mating Game is a Team Sport

Finding and attracting a (quality) romantic partner is difficult. Cooperation helps land the good and avoid the bad. Other animals do it, now new research shows how cooperative courtship works in people. Read More

August 31, 2009

Getting Ahead By Getting Along

The heights of professional success are not always gained through competence and capability. Instead, one of the biggest predictors of success is how much people like you. Social coordination can help.

July 30, 2009

You Wear Me Out

Self-control helps us overcome temptation, and we often rely on other people to boost our own self-control abilities. Find out when this works, and when other people can actually hurt our own self-control. Read More

June 29, 2009

We Are Not Alone

Think Different. Be an Army of One. Is this stuff even possible? Scientific findings suggest that far from being completely autonomous individuals, people are fundamentally connected to others in ways they do not even realize. Read More

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