Laboratory for Decision Science, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University


	March 1, 2008 - *Negotiation* "Will your emotions get the upper hand?" February 28, 2008 - HKS Insights "Jennifer Lerner on Emotion, Judgment and Public Policy" February 7, 2008 - *NBC News* "Sad, self-absorbed shoppers spend more" February 13, 2008 - New York Times Tierney Lab "Why Brooding Shoppers Overpay" February 8, 2008 - *New York Times* "Sadness May Encourage More Extravagance" February 9, 2008 - *The Telegraph* "Out of the bag: why sad people splurge" February 8, 2008 - *Agence France Presse* Sad and introspective? Don't go shopping February 8, 2008 - *CBC News* "Misery is not miserly, says study of consumers" February 8, 2008 - *United Press International* "Sadness ups what people willing to spend" February 8, 2008 - *Pittsburgh Post-Gazette* Shop 'til you smile February 8, 2008 - *Science Daily* "Misery Is Not Miserly: Why Even Momentary Sadness Increases Spending" February 7, 2008 - Newsweek "Put Away That Credit Card!" May 14, 2007 - The Washington Post "A Nod To Irresponsibility" October 2005 - Xagena Medicine "Facial Expressions Reveal How the Body Reacts to Stress" September 2005 - The Psychologist (United Kingdom) "Terror Attacks - The Public's Response" August 23, 2005 - Medical News Today "Emotions Continue to Influence Americans' Reaction to 9/11 and the Risk of Terrorism" November, 2004 - American Psychological Association, Observer "Lerner Honored at White House" March 28, 2004 - Pittsburgh Post Gazette "The Thinkers: Emotion's Effects on Decisions is her Field" September 2004 - The Wall Street Journal Classroom Edition "Heart Strings and Purse Strings: How Do People's Feelings Affect Their Economic Decisions?" September 9, 2004 - Photograph from the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) ceremony at the White House. September, 2004 - American Psychological Association, Psychological Science Agenda "Lerner and Moreno Win Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)" Spetember 9, 2004 - *Carnegie Mellon Today* "Yoky Matsuoka and Jennifer Lerner Receive NSF's Presidential Early Career Award" August 15, 2004 - The New York Times Magazine "Sum of All Fears" in "Terror-Filled: Preparing for the worst by never ceasing to think about it" July, 2004 - Business 2.0 "The Economics of Emotions" June, 2004 - Carnegie Mellon Today "Don't Sell When You're Sad" June 8, 2004 - AScribe: The Public Interest Newswire "Carnegie Mellon Gives McCandless Professorships to Up-and-Coming Robotics, Psychology Researchers" May 16, 2004 - The Washington Post "Heart Strings and Purse Strings" March 25, 2004 - CNN Money "Bummed out? Bad time to shop" March 23, 2004 - Pittsburgh Post Gazette "Sad shoppers make bad shoppers, study says" March 19, 2004 - The Wall Street Journal "How Do You Keep The Public Shopping? Just Make People Sad" April 12, 2003 - Calgary Herald "Post 9/11 fears out of sync with reality" March 31, 2003 - The Washington Post "More Afraid Than We Should Be" March, 2003 - Monitor on Psychology "When Anger's a Plus" March 3, 2003 - ScienceNOW AAAS "Emotions Sway View of Terrorism Risk" February 13, 2003 - USA Today "Threats put nation on edge, but fear doesn't conquer all" November 11, 2002 - Macleans "Time of Terror" December 2, 2001 - The New York Times "A New Count of the Dead, But Little Sense of Relief"			If you would like to read news stories on our research, please make selections from the menu on the left.

JENNIFER LERNER, Ph.D. \| Professor (DOWNLOAD CV) Harvard University \| 79 John F. Kennedy Street \| Cambridge, MA, 02138 \| Phone: 617-495-1115 \|