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Adam Waytz

Psychologist | Northwestern University

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November 11, 2024

How Organizations Can Encourage Productive Allyship→

November 11, 2024/ ScienceSites

- Harvard Business Review
March 13, 2024

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February 28, 2023

Beware a Culture of Busyness→

February 28, 2023/ ScienceSites

- Harvard Business Review
March–April 2023

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March 31, 2022

Having Putin as a ‘Common Enemy’ Won’t Unite Americans→

March 31, 2022/ ScienceSites

- The Washington Post
March 23, 2022

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April 27, 2020

The Only Thing We Have to Fear Is … Fearing Fear Itself→

April 27, 2020/ ScienceSites

- WIRED
April 27, 2020

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2020, popular-press
June 28, 2019

When Customers Want to See the Human Behind the Product→

June 28, 2019/ ScienceSites

- Harvard Business Review
June 5, 2019

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2019, popular-press
May 31, 2019

How Humans and Machines Can Live and Work Together→

May 31, 2019/ ScienceSites

- CNN Business Perspectives
May 1, 2019

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2019, popular-press
April 30, 2019

Leisure Is Our Killer App→

April 30, 2019/ ScienceSites

- MIT Sloan Management Review
April 23, 2019

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popular-press, 2019
January 02, 2017

What Scientific Term or Concept Ought to Be More Widely Known? The Illusion of Explanatory Depth→

January 02, 2017/ ScienceSites

- Edge Annual Question
January 1, 2017

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November 30, 2016

In an Automated World, Human Connections Can Still Thrive (with Brad Keywell)→

November 30, 2016/ ScienceSites

- LinkedIn
November 2, 2016

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2016, popular-press
September 30, 2016

Whistleblowers are Motivated by Moral Reasons Above Monetary Ones→

September 30, 2016/ ScienceSites

- ProMarket Blog
August 30, 2016

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2016, popular-press
July 01, 2016

The Terrifying Technological Unknown→

July 01, 2016/ ScienceSites

- Slate
June 24, 2016

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2016, popular-press
June 01, 2016

The Strange Relationship Between Power and Loneliness→

June 01, 2016/ ScienceSites

- Harvard Business Review
April 27, 2016

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April 18, 2016

No, You Can’t Feel Sorry for Everyone→

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- Nautilus
April 14, 2016

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2016, popular-press
January 06, 2016

The Limits of Empathy→

January 06, 2016/ ScienceSites

- Harvard Business Review
January–February 2016

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popular-press, 2016
April 16, 2015

Step Outside Yourself (with Hal Hershfield and Diana Tamir)→

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- Slate
February 16, 2015

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popular-press, 2015
April 16, 2015

The Racial Bias Embedded in Darren Wilson’s Testimony (with Kelly Marie Hoffman and Sophie Trawalter)→

April 16, 2015/ Heather Wax

- Wonkblog, The Washington Post
November 26, 2014

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2014, popular-press
October 08, 2014

Why Robots Could Be Awesome Whistleblowers→

October 08, 2014/ ScienceSites

- The Atlantic
October 8, 2014

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2014, popular-press
June 19, 2014

We Think Our Enemies Are Idiots, and That’s a Problem→

June 19, 2014/ ScienceSites

- The Washington Post
June 16, 2014

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2014, popular-press
June 02, 2014

How to Make Robots Seem Less Creepy (with Michael Norton)→

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- The Wall Street Journal
June 1, 2014

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May 15, 2014

Seeing Human: If You Give a Driverless Car a Name, You’re Less Likely to Blame it After an Accident →

May 15, 2014/ ScienceSites

- Slate
May 13, 2014

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Adam Waytz

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Book: The Power of Human

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Recent Work

Journal Articles
Exposure to Automation Explains Religious Declines

Joshua Conrad Jackson, Kai Chi Yam, Pok Man Tang, Chris Sibley, & Adam Waytz. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120, e2304748120 (2023)

Political Bot Bias in the Perception of Online Discourse

Shane Schweitzer, Kyle Dobson, & Adam Waytz. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 19485506231156020 (2023)

Virtuous Startups: The Credentialing Power of the Startup Label

Monica Gamez-Djokic, Maryam Kouchaki, & Adam Waytz. Academy of Management: Discoveries, 8, 441-458 (2022)

Language as a Window Into Mind Perception: How Mental State Language Differentiates Body and Mind, Human and Nonhuman, and the Self From Others

Shane Schweitzer & Adam Waytz. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 150, 1642-1672 (2021)

Concerns About Automation and Negative Sentiment Toward Immigration

Monica Gamez-Djokic* & Adam Waytz*. Psychological Science, 31, 987-1000 (2020)
*equal authorship

In the News

In the News
Your Calendar Needs More White Space

- Harvard Business Review
March–April 2023

Skipping That After-Work Happy Hour? Why It Could Hurt Your Career (audio)

- As We Work, The Wall Street Journal
February 28, 2023

Tired of B’day Parties, Team-Bonding Trips? It’s OK to Be ‘Boring at Work’

- The Times of India
December 8, 2022

Will Algorithms Remove Gender Bias in Hiring?

- The Behavioral Science Hub, Psychology Today
October 10, 2022

Why Are Office Parties So Awkward? (audio)

- Marketplace
July 15, 2022

 
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