This is an edited version of the speech given by Chicago Booth’s Nicholas Epley, John Templeton Keller Professor of Behavioral Science, at Booth’s Convocation ceremony on June 13. Mark Twain is often ...

Everyone knows that being obese is very bad for your health. But how overweight do you have to be before you should worry? A new study covering millions of people attempts to answer this question. The ...

“I’m a little bit OCD” is a phrase that’s often bandied around. Perhaps you’ve used it to describe your excessive cleaning habits or desire for order. Some argue that the flippant use of this phrase ...

When scrolling through my Instagram feed, I noticed a post about obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) that provoked a lot of attention in the comments. The question posed in the main image was, “Isn’t ...