About News News Subscribe Leadership Health Policy Education Social Entrepreneurship Social Equity (-) Social Psychology Facet Area of Focus - News Gabrielle Adams Jay Shimshack Adam Roux Brendan J. Boler Jieun Pai John Holbein (-) Benjamin Converse (-) Timothy L. Davis Facet People - News School Engineering Facet UVA Partner - News Research and Commentary Facet News Type - News Aug 12, 2021 Batten Clinical Psychologist Offers 6 Tips for Parents of New College Students Leadership Social Psychology Batten's Tim Davis advises parents to put down the phone, stop texting their kids and give them the space and permission to struggle and build their own new, supportive networks in college. READ IN UVA TODAY Apr 16, 2021 We instinctively add on new features and fixes. Why don’t we subtract instead? Social Psychology Across a series of studies published this month in the journal Nature, Batten’s Gabrielle Adams, Benjamin Converse and co-authors demonstrated that people tend to overlook the option to subtract parts when asked to change or improve something. In an op-ed for The Washington Post, they explore why ‘less is more’ is a hard insight to act on. Read in The Washington Post Apr 14, 2021 Why People Forget that Less is Often More Social Psychology Why, when solving problems, do people prefer adding things to getting rid of them? In an article for The Economist, Batten’s Gabrielle Adams and Benjamin Converse explain their research on subtractive improvements. Read in The Economist Apr 07, 2021 Why Our Brains Miss Opportunities to Improve through Subtraction Social Psychology Leadership In a new paper featured on the cover of Nature, Batten’s Gabrielle Adams, Benjamin Converse and co-authors explain why people systematically overlook subtractive improvements. Learn more Mar 27, 2020 The Essential Role of Resilience During Crisis Leadership Health Policy Social Psychology For the first event in Batten's digital expert chat series, Professor Tim Davis spoke about the importance of “emotional fortitude” during the current health crisis. Learn more Mar 20, 2020 Faculty, Staff Address Student Concerns for Coping with COVID-19 Stigma and Stress Social Equity Social Psychology Members of the University community, including Batten's Tim Davis, emphasize student resiliency and kindness in response to pandemic preparations. READ IN The Cavalier Daily Stay Up To Date with the Latest Batten News and Events Subscribe
Aug 12, 2021 Batten Clinical Psychologist Offers 6 Tips for Parents of New College Students Leadership Social Psychology Batten's Tim Davis advises parents to put down the phone, stop texting their kids and give them the space and permission to struggle and build their own new, supportive networks in college. READ IN UVA TODAY
Apr 16, 2021 We instinctively add on new features and fixes. Why don’t we subtract instead? Social Psychology Across a series of studies published this month in the journal Nature, Batten’s Gabrielle Adams, Benjamin Converse and co-authors demonstrated that people tend to overlook the option to subtract parts when asked to change or improve something. In an op-ed for The Washington Post, they explore why ‘less is more’ is a hard insight to act on. Read in The Washington Post
Apr 14, 2021 Why People Forget that Less is Often More Social Psychology Why, when solving problems, do people prefer adding things to getting rid of them? In an article for The Economist, Batten’s Gabrielle Adams and Benjamin Converse explain their research on subtractive improvements. Read in The Economist
Apr 07, 2021 Why Our Brains Miss Opportunities to Improve through Subtraction Social Psychology Leadership In a new paper featured on the cover of Nature, Batten’s Gabrielle Adams, Benjamin Converse and co-authors explain why people systematically overlook subtractive improvements. Learn more
Mar 27, 2020 The Essential Role of Resilience During Crisis Leadership Health Policy Social Psychology For the first event in Batten's digital expert chat series, Professor Tim Davis spoke about the importance of “emotional fortitude” during the current health crisis. Learn more
Mar 20, 2020 Faculty, Staff Address Student Concerns for Coping with COVID-19 Stigma and Stress Social Equity Social Psychology Members of the University community, including Batten's Tim Davis, emphasize student resiliency and kindness in response to pandemic preparations. READ IN The Cavalier Daily