Eric Jaffe

About

Eric Jaffe writes in New York City. He has covered behavioral science for the Los Angeles Times, Smithsonian, Slate, Science News, and the APS Observer. His first book, The King's Best Highway: The Lost History of the Boston Post Road, the Route that Made America, came out in June 2010. It has nothing to do with psychology, but did make him a head case. (Well, more of one.)

Books by Eric Jaffe

Recent Posts

Monkey Business

The evolutionary roots of economic behavior

Reading Our Lips

The psychological study of smiling

Four Psychology Fads, Revisited

Est, primal therapy, Transcendental Meditation, lucid dreaming: where are they now?

Why We Work

Finding meaning in a job can be surprisingly easy.

The Social Cure

Social scientists are using their understanding of social networks to improve public health.

Social scientists are using their understanding of social networks to improve public health.

The Case(s) Against Television

What psychologists, economists, and David Foster Wallace think about TV.

What psychologists, economists, and David Foster Wallace think about TV.

Playing Tricks on the Past

New research shows that people can falsely recall pictures, suggesting that memories are even more fallible than previously believed

New research shows that people can falsely recall pictures, suggesting that memories are even more fallible than previously believed

Science by Convenience

When behavioral researchers use "convenient" samples, are they doing the best possible behavioral research?

When behavioral researchers use "convenient" samples, are they doing the best possible behavioral research?

To Dream, Perchance to Sleep

Why 6 hours rest a night takes a terrible toll on the mind.

Why 6 hours rest a night takes a terrible toll on the mind.

Decisions That Kill

Guest blogger Cardiff Garcia explains why some decisions become deadly ones.

Guest blogger Cardiff Garcia explains why some decisions become deadly ones.