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Sliding vs Deciding: This blog is about romantic relationships and marriage, with insights from relationship science about how relationships develop and what makes or breaks them.

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Saturday, September 26, 2009

Eat and Drink What You Want: The Pre-Commitment Diet

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I have an idea for a new diet. I won’t sell any books about it, though, because it’s not really about cutting calories or losing weight. A...

Saturday, September 19, 2009

Interest in Everyone is Interesting to No One

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Here’s a research nugget that rings true. Using speed dating methods, Paul Eastwick and Eli Finkel of Northwestern University found that p...

Friday, September 11, 2009

Churning

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I’m returning, briefly, to the subject of the endowment effect. If you want more background before I get to a new point, see the two blog ...

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Hand Held. Hand Played.

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I am continuing on with some thoughts about gaming and doing well in life, especially in love life. Please see the last post before this o...

Monday, August 10, 2009

Black Jack or Roulette? You Choose.

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I’m not a gambler. I don’t really enjoy it much and I’m not all that good at it, especially in games that involve bluffing (just ask my wi...

Monday, July 20, 2009

How Endowed?

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I’m back now and ready to write a bit more about the endowment effect. To recap, this is a well-known, potent mechanism wherein people com...

Friday, July 3, 2009

Well Endowed: The Endowment Effect

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Okay, that’s a bit of a misleading title for this post, but I am going to say some things today about the Endowment Effect. First off, a ...

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Scott Stanley, Ph.D.: I am a research professor who conducts studies on marriage and romantic relationships. Along with my colleagues, I also develop materials to help people in their relationships based on research. In addition to academic publications, I have written or co-written a number of books (see below). Together with colleagues Howard Markman and Natalie Jenkins, I head up a team at PREP, Inc. that produces various materials for use in marriage and relationship education. Howard Markman, Galena Rhoades, and I head up our research team at the University of Denver.

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