About News News Subscribe Social Psychology Leadership Facet Area of Focus - News Ian H. Solomon Craig Volden Christine Mahoney Gerald Warburg Brian N. Williams Jay Shimshack Philip Potter David Leblang John Holbein Kirsten Gelsdorf Benjamin Castleman Gabrielle Adams Lucy Bassett Raymond C. Scheppach Andrew S. Pennock Timothy L. Davis Allan Stam Bala Mulloth Daphna Bassok Jeanine Braithwaite Paul S. Martin Steve Hiss Christopher J. Ruhm Jill Rockwell Laura Toscano Michael D. Williams Noah Myung Sebastian Tello-Trillo Sophie Trawalter Brooke Lehmann Harry Harding Jeff Chidester Margaret Foster Riley Peter Johannessen Todd S. Sechser Adam Leive Brad Carson Eileen Chou Frederick P. Hitz Galen Fountain James H. Wyckoff Jennifer Lawless Larry Terry Sally Hudson William Shobe Adam Roux Amanda Crombie Andy Ortiz Brendan J. Boler Brooke Ray Daniel W. Player Diane Biesecker Diane Biesecker Frederick P. Hitz Isaac Mbiti Paul Becker Sarah Turner (-) Benjamin Converse Facet People - News School Engineering Facet UVA Partner - News Research and Commentary Facet News Type - News 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 Stay Up To Date with the Latest Batten News and Events Subscribe
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