Neutrality
1/15/2026: UVAToday: Staying neutral can hurt your reputation, study finds
Subtraction Neglect
12/1/2025: Philonomist: "We need to be nudged, to remove things from our life"
2/4/2022: Harvard Business Review: When Subtraction Adds Value
4/15/2021: Washington Post: We instinctively add on new features and fixes. Why don't we subtract instead?
Other Coverage
4/7/2021: Scientific American: Our Brain Typically Overlooks This Brilliant Problem-Solving Strategy
4/14/2021: Hidden Brain: When Less is More: Could Subtractive Changes Make Your Life Better?
4/14/2021: The Economist: Why People Forget that Less Often is More
False Accusations
4/30/2021: Harvard Business Review Working Knowledge: Why Anger Makes a Wrongly Accused Person Look Guilty
Gift Giving
12/13/2019: Wall Street Journal Op-Ed: The Case for Regifting
Forgiveness and Perspective-Taking
10/18/2016: New York Times: Conflict at Work? Empathy Can Smooth Ruffled Feathers