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  [### 'Dream Team' Helped Obama's Effort

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[Time-Delayed Eating Leads to Better Food Choices](http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/08/09/time-delayed-eating-leads-to-better-food-choices/?emc=edit_nn_20170126&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=73060106&te=1)

New York Times Blog, August 9 2016, Vana Paskova

[Parents Are Partners (Even if They Miss Back-to-School Night) ](http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/edtechresearcher/2016/10/parents_are_partners_even_if_they_miss_back-to-school_night.html)

Education Week, October 26, 2016, Beth Holland

[Study Supporter Trial Results](http://www.behaviouralinsights.co.uk/uncategorized/the-behavioural-insights-teams-update-report-2015-16/)

Behavioral Insights Team Update Report, September 15, 2016, David Halpern and Owain Service

[Texting Parents about tests and homework can improve maths results and reduce absenteeism](http://www.behaviouralinsights.co.uk/trial-results/texting-parents-about-tests-and-homework-can-improve-maths-results-and-reduce-absenteeism/)

Behavioral Insights Team, July 15, 2016, Raj Chande

[Text parents about homework to boost exam results](https://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/jul/15/text-parents-about-homework-to-boost-exam-results-study)

The Guardian, July 14, 2016

[Peer Pressure May Not Work the Way We Think it Does](http://www.npr.org/2016/03/25/471817328/peer-pressure-may-not-work-the-way-we-think-it-does)

NPR, Morning Edition, March 25, 2016, Shankar Vedantam

[Study: Showing Students Standout Work Can Backfire](http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2016/02/17/study-showing-students-standout-work-can-backfire.html)

Education Week, February 16, 2016, Sarah D. Sparks

[Practical Guidance from MOOC Research: Learning Beyond the Platform](http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/edtechresearcher/2015/08/practical_guidance_from_mooc_research_learning_beyond_the_platform.html)

Education Week, August 6, 2015, Justin Reich

[Summer School is Coming, Get Parents Involved](http://educationnext.org/summer-school-coming-get-parents-involved/)

Education Next, June 29, 2015, Kim Bohling, Todd Rogers, and Matthew A. Kraft

[Crossing disciplines, finding knowledge](http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2015/05/crossing-disciplines-finding-knowledge/)

Harvard Gazette, May 27, 2015, Corydon Ireland, Christina Pazzanese, Alvin Powell, Colleen Walsh, Harvard Staff Writers

[From voting to writing a will: The simple power of making a plan](http://theconversation.com/from-voting-to-writing-a-will-the-simple-power-of-making-a-plan-65290)

The Conversation, October 20, 2016, Todd Rogers and Adan Acevedo

[In Iowa, Voting Science at Work](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/07/opinion/campaign-stops/in-iowa-voting-science-at-work.html?_r=0)

New York Times, February 5, 2016, Todd Rogers and Adan Acevedo

[Voters vote, non-voters don't. Why is this so hard for pollsters?](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/01/22/voters-vote-non-voters-dont-why-is-this-so-hard-for-pollsters/?0p19G=c)

The Washington Post, January 22, 2016, Todd Rogers and Adan Acevedo

[Thinking About Texting Parents? Best Practices for School-to-Parent Texting](http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/edtechresearcher/2015/12/thinking_about_texting_parents_best_practices_for_school-to-parent_texting.html)

Ed Tech Researcher, December 7, 2015, Justin Reich

[Interaction by parents, teachers an aid to kids](http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/05/25/small-interactions-between-parents-teachers-aid-students-study-says/kthoWPyP8pQaYPckXOJN7M/story.html)

The Boston Globe, May 26, 2015, Jeremy Fox

[Why Elections Make Us Miserable (for a Little While)](http://op-talk.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/11/05/why-elections-make-us-miserable-for-a-little-while/?_r=1)

The New York Times, November 5, 2014, Anna North

[Losing Messages Boost Online Fundraising](http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2014/10/06/losing-messages-boost-online-fundraising/?KEYWORDS=PATRICK%20O%27CONNOR)

The Wall Street Journal - Washington Wire, November 6, 2014, Patrick O'Connor

[How to Win at Raising Money: Warn That You're About to Lose](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/07/upshot/how-to-win-at-raising-money-warn-that-youre-about-to-lose.html?_r=0&abt=0002&abg=0)

The New York Times, October 6, 2014, Brendan Nyhan

[Parental involvement overrated? Don't buy it](http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/05/opinion/rogers-coffman-bergman-education-kids/)

CNN.com, May 5, 2014, Todd Rogers, Lucas Coffman, and Peter Bergman

[TEDx Talk: Turning Mass Intention Into Mass Action](http://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/Turning-Mass-Intention-Into-Mas;search:tag:)

[Academic 'Dream Team' Helped Obama's Effort](http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/13/health/dream-team-of-behavioral-scientists-advised-obama-campaign.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0)

The New York Times, November 12, 2012, Benedict Carey

[Social Science Takes Spotlight Bow in Election - USA TODAY, Nov 10, 2012](http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/vergano/2012/11/10/election-social-science/1695235/)

USA TODAY, November 10, 2012, Dan Vergano

[I’m Right! (For Some Reason)](http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/21/opinion/sunday/why-partisans-cant-explain-their-views.html?_r=0)

The New York Times, October 19, 2012, Steven Sloman and Philip Fernbach

[Don't Let Candidates Dodge Questions](http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/15/opinion/rogers-debate-dodges/index.html)

CNN Special, Updated October 16, 2012

[It’s Easy to Prevent Dodges in President Debates](http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/10/02/a-better-approach-to-presidential-debates/its-easy-to-prevent-dodges-in-president-debates)

The New York Times, Room for Debate Updated June 26, 2013, Todd Rogers and Michael Norton

[How Politicians Get Away With Dodging The Question](http://www.npr.org/2012/10/03/162103368/how-politicians-get-away-with-dodging-the-question)

National Public Radio, October 03, 2012, Alix Spiegel

[Detecting the 'Artful Dodge'](http://www.npr.org/2012/09/14/161156791/detecting-the-artful-dodge)

National Public Radio, Science Friday, September 14, 2012, with Ira Flatow

[Presidential Debates: Why Don't They Just Answer the Question?](http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-rogers-debates-20120923,0,7358566.story)

Los Angeles Times, Opinion, September 22, 2012, Todd Rogers and Michael Norton

[Can Science Plant Brain Seeds That Make You Vote?](http://www.npr.org/2012/07/16/156571493/can-science-plant-brain-seeds-that-make-you-vote)

NPR SHOW: "All Things Considered" July 16, 2012

[The Art of the Dodge](http://harvardmagazine.com/2012/03/the-art-of-the-dodge)

Harvard Magazine, March-April 2012, Peter Saalfield

[Political Applications of Behavioral Science](http://www.hks.harvard.edu/news-events/publications/insight/management/rogers)

Todd Rogers Interview, Harvard Kennedy School Insight;January 27, 2012

[Why Politicians Get Away With Lying](http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/01/22/why-politicians-get-away-with-lying)

The New York Times, The Opinion Page (OP-ED), January 22, 2012, Todd Rogers and Michael Norton

[“Likely Voters” Lie](http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/victory_lab/2011/12/_likely_voters_lie_why_private_campaign_polls_get_such_different_results_from_public_media_polls_.html)

Slate.com, December 15, 2011, Sasha Issenberg

[Artful Dodging in the Courtroom](http://www.thejuryexpert.com/2011/09/artful-dodging-in-the-courtroom/)

The Jury Expert, September 5, 2011, Todd Rogers and Michael Norton

[The Art of Avoiding the Question](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JJfn0E7h5s)

Todd Rogers on CNN with Piers Morgan, August 8, 2011

[Defend Your Research: People Often Trust Eloquence More Than Honesty](http://hbr.org/2010/11/defend-your-research-people-often-trust-eloquence-more-than-honesty/ar/1)

Harvard Business Review, November 1, 2010, Todd Rogers and Michael Norton

[Nudge the Vote](http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/31/magazine/31politics-t.html?pagewanted=all)

The New York Times, October 29, 2010,Sasha Issenberg

['Low Turnout' Talk May Make It True](http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1010/43650.html)

Politico, October 15, 2010, Todd Rogers and Regina Schwartz